Epicor Kinetic Cloud Options: Cloud Mastery for Manufacturers
Do you understand your Epicor Kinetic cloud options compared to on-prem ERP history? In the realm of managed service providers (MSPs) and systems integrators (SIs), the names of giant cloud computing corporations like Azure and Google often loom large. However, the...
Overcoming Epicor Cutover Challenges: A Tale of Cryptic Errors
Epicor Admin Quick Tip: Regen After a Refresh I once had an Epicor go-live brought to its knees by an administrative snafu – as cutover weekend neared, the Epicor admin refreshed the Epicor production environment with a copy of the Epicor Pilot database. Such a step...
Best Practices for Evaluating a Next-Generation B2B Platform
How to Think about E-Commerce as a Manufacturer E-commerce continues to be a pivotal topic in the manufacturing world – distributors caught on to e-commerce comparatively quickly, as the demand for streamlined processing became a core competency. But in the...
License to Go Live: Accessing Epicor License Info
Manufacturing a License to Be Different No two Epicor implementations are quite the same. One of the primary reasons for the differences between the configuration of two Epicor® Kinetic environments has to do with licensing. The Epicor® application has a broad suite...
Common Epicor Project Terms You Should Know
It seems that every discipline has its share of jargon. You see it when accountants throw around terms like “EBITDA”, engineers speak of “TQM”, and I.T. staff reference “API” or “DMZ”.These are the words and phrases used by specialists as they discuss their work. The...
Introducing Epicor Automation Studio
There’s always something new with Epicor Kinetic and P21. And here’s something new that is coming!At the annual Epicor Insights conference, in Nashville, there was an announcement about “Epicor Automation Studio”. The word “Automation” caught my attention because it...
Out-of-the-Box vs. Best-in-Breed Credit Card Processing
The (ERP) Credits Are Rolling ERP was once a battle between “comprehensive” and “best-of-breed” solutions. While the “comprehensive” solution providers claimed to offer a one-stop-shop of business functionality, providers working under a “best-of-breed” model...
This Old IT: The Modify vs. Rebuild Software Quandary
When should you start from scratch? When I was about ten years old, my family lived in an old frame house. I have a lot of fond memories from our time there, but it had some quirks.Originally a two-bedroom house, a third bedroom had been added onto one side. Built in...
6 Tips to Save Time & Money When Customizing Your Epicor Application
Here at EstesGroup, we do a lot of customizations for Epicor ERP and P21 systems. These include adding new logic to processing, adding / changing reports, updating screens to add custom information and creating new dashboards to simplify business understanding. We...
Paying the Piper in Epicor E10, Kinetic & Prophet 21
Best Practices for Paying Supplier Invoices in Epicor ERP There are many challenges when it comes to paying supplier invoices in Epicor E10, Epicor Kinetic (E11), or in Epicor Prophet 21. In simple terms, a company purchases goods from a supplier according to...