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Joe Cowan, CEO, EpicorJoe Cowan, CEO
Change is constant and the manufacturing industry is evidence of it as the sector is poised to enter a new era with additive manufacturing, cluster manufacturing and near-shoring,” says Joe Cowan, CEO, Epicor. In addition, the digitization of the shop floor is creating a rush of device connections and data streams, which requires greater responsiveness than ever for profitable growth. To remove growth barriers, manufacturers need to turn their data explosion into intelligence and insights that supports real-time decision making, across every function in the organization. “They need to be able to ‘see the forest through the trees’.” While this sounds simple enough, many manufacturers struggle in this area, burdened by legacy ERP systems which add complexity and inefficiency rather than streamlining and simplifying the business of manufacturing. Overcoming this challenge, Epicor renders its latest version of Epicor ERP, which is built upon five key principles—collaboration, mobility, choice, responsiveness and simplicity—with increased functionality to support business growth, reduce business complexity and streamline businesses with ERP systems.

Epicor ERP helps manufacturers to optimize internal efficiency, increase the speed and standard of execution, and deliver quality products and solutions on time. “Epicor ERP delivers accurate and timely information that provides the insight needed to drive operational efficiency and effectiveness, enabling greater responsiveness to manufacturing opportunities,” cites Cowan. Driven by best practices, it easily accommodates organizations’ expanding user base, product lines, and geographic range.

In an instance, Boers & Co Fine Metalworking Group that develops fine mechanical parts needed a new ERP platform that could provide employees on the shop floor with up-to-the-minute information for their growing business. Once Epicor ERP was implemented, Boers immediately got easier access to accurate data from a single source, enabling them to communicate better with its customers. “We are committed to give customers a choice to deploy their Epicor ERP—on-premises installation, hosted operation or in a multi-tenant SaaS model,” says Cowan.


Epicor ERP delivers accurate and timely information that derives insight needed to drive operational efficiency and effectiveness, enabling greater responsiveness to manufacturing opportunities


The company provides easy access to point solutions that customers can leverage to connect and extend the value of their Epicor deployments.

Along with Epicor ERP, the company also delivers MES solutions that give consistent, accurate, and visible metrics to help maintenance managers and shop floor managers take proactive efforts to keep the equipments running. Since, performance efficiencies gained from MES can open up possibilities to increase output and profitability from existing production assets, Epicor Mattec MES—production control software provides 24/7 manufacturing information of all the plant operations, and instant monitoring and control of production. Mattec MES reduces scrap, waste and machine downtime, improves cycle times, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), automatic part qualification, while scheduling production effectively.

The integration between Epicor Mattec MES and Epicor ERP presents an out-of-the-box combination that radically simplifies deployment, empowering users to quickly unlock the power of a closed-loop enterprise system that connects the top floor to the shop floor in real time.

Epicor brings powerful capabilities with simplicity and accessibility—finding new ways to make ERP easy and intuitive to use, deploy and manage, which involves removing of barriers to access information, and minimizing steps in the flow. The company has consolidated and expanded a number of strategic functions to better support its global customers, which includes opening of its India Technology Center and integration of General and Administrative functions into shared service centers in Mexico, Slovakia and Malaysia. Epicor recently launched a major upgrade to its cloud-based ERP platform that boasts a new mobile framework. “We are also working closely with Microsoft, having chosen the Microsoft Azure Datacenter to support new cloud deployments,” concludes Cowan.

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Epicor Recognises International Partner Excellence at Momentum Conference 2023

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Epicor, a global leader of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, today announced its Partner Excellence Award winners at this year’s Momentum International Partner Conference 2023.

The event recognises industry Channel Partners that have outperformed in their commitment to the growth of Epicor business, through innovation and cloud technology with their customers.

“The essential businesses that make, move, and sell increasingly recognise the significant benefits that the cloud can provide to their businesses,” said Paul Flannery, Epicor Vice President, International Channel Sales. “Epicor Channel Partners have been there every step of the way to support and collaborate with our customers on their digital transformation journeys and are a natural extension of our business in delivering the deep industry expertise our customers expect.”

This year’s award winners included:

• Industry Specialist Award: Index Infotech LLC delivered strong expertise in precast concrete and deployed Epicor Kinetic to multiple customers. They continually develop their industry knowledge and best practice by providing outstanding outcomes for their customers.

• Business Transformation Award: Kairos Solutions Pte Ltd was recognized for its work in collaborating with a customer on their Industry 4.0 journey, providing a fully integrated and automated solution through Epicor Kinetic that delivered measurable outcomes for the business.

• Cloud Transformation Award: Coreplus Co.,Ltd evolved their organizational model to lead with cloud, working closely with a customer to expand and connect their operations across Southeast Asia, covering each of the customers’ make, move, and sell initiatives.

• Rising Star Award: Mindbox delivered exceptionally strong year-on-year growth across a variety of Epicor platforms in a very competitive and price sensitive market. The team made significant investments in their sales and marketing organisation with a focused demand generation model.

• International Partner of the Year Award: Precise Business Solutions significantly transformed its business over the last three years to focus on delivering for customers in the cloud, executing strong and sustainable performance while delivering value across many new cloud customers, migrations and add-on sales.

Andy Coussins, Epicor Senior Vice President and Head of International, concluded, “Congratulations to all our worthy Partner Excellence Award winners. I am delighted to share and celebrate our Channel Partner successes in person once again. Thank you to all our Partners strong collaboration, with their support we are able to deliver for our customers across the make, move, and sell industries with resounding success.”

Epicor to Showcase ‘Insight Advantage’ of Several New Automotive Solutions During AAPEX 2023 in Las Vegas

Company to introduce next-generation parts catalog, B2B eCommerce platform, and predictive analytics solutions for aftermarket parts and service businesses

AUSTIN - Epicor, a global leader of industry-specific enterprise software designed to promote business growth, will introduce during next week’s AAPEX 2023 Show in Las Vegas several innovative solutions designed to help automotive businesses capture the “Insight Advantage” powered by the company’s vast set of vehicle, part, and service information and cutting-edge data science capabilities.

The Epicor exhibit (A2238) will feature live demonstrations of the next-generation, cloud-based Epicor Catalog for Automotive and Epicor Commerce for Automotive B2B eStore, and two advanced data analytics solutions that enable automotive professionals to predict and address future demand for parts and services.

“These new solutions are made possible through our nearly 40-year investment in building the automotive aftermarket’s premier product content engine and connected data network,” said Tim Hardin, Epicor Senior Vice President of Global Auto, Data, and Extend Services. “Together, these and a broad range of other Epicor solutions provide a unique ‘Insight Advantage’ that helps our automotive partners accelerate growth, increase business value, and deliver a consistently superior customer experience.”

The Epicor automotive content engine was established in the early 1980s to support development of the company’s industry-first electronic catalog. Introduced in 1984, the Epicor Catalog today includes part, tire, and non-application data representing more than 13,800 product lines and more than 4,000 industry suppliers around the world. In conjunction with Epicor solutions connecting customers at every level of the aftermarket value chain, this data enables visibility into more than 750 million part-inventory snapshots per day, more than 1 billion individual part transactions per year, and approximately 140 million vehicle repair events per year.

This rich channel intelligence guides the development of Epicor next-generation business growth tools, including each of the four solutions that will debut next week in Las Vegas:

Next-Generation Epicor Catalog for Automotive

Epicor will demonstrate standalone, cloud-native electronic catalog products for customers in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The all-Spanish-language catalog for Mexico is already in use in several locations while the U.S./Canada catalog will be available in early 2024.

Epicor Commerce for Automotive B2B eStore

Representing a comprehensive modernization of the existing Epicor B2B eStore, Epicor Commerce for Automotive is a powerful, highly flexible and user-friendly eCommerce solution that helps distributors and other users increase sales and boost customer satisfaction.

Epicor Predictive Inventory Assistant

Epicor Predictive Inventory Assistant is the automotive aftermarket's first intelligent inventory management solution that provides stocking recommendations based on aggregated financial information from “stores like you.”

Epicor Predictive Maintenance Assistant

Epicor Predictive Maintenance Assistant enables service providers to predict likely future repair needs for virtually any popular passenger vehicle, resulting in stronger customer relationships and increased revenue.

To learn more about these and other Epicor solutions for automotive businesses, visit booth A2238 during next week’s AAPEX 2023 Show in Las Vegas, contact your Epicor representative, visit www.epicor.com, or call 888.463.4700 (option 5).

Epicor Recognized as a Leader in the Nucleus Research CPQ Technology Value Matrix 2023

AUSTIN - Epicor, announced that for the second time in a row it has been positioned as a Leader in the Nucleus Research Configure Price Quote (CPQ) Technology Value Matrix published in November 2023.

Nucleus evaluated Epicor CPQ, a comprehensive solution that streamlines the quoting process by automating configuration, pricing, and quoting. It enables businesses to handle complex product configurations efficiently, set accurate pricing based on rules, and automate the generation of professional quotes. Epicor CPQ can be used as a standalone product or integrated with the Epicor Industry ERP Cloud.

“Customers choose Epicor CPQ for an end-to-end solution that will drive customer engagement and help boost revenues,” said Vaibhav Vohra, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Epicor. “Epicor's continued positioning as a Leader in the Nucleus CPQ Technology Value Matrix is a testament to the power and value it delivers for our customers.”

In the ranking report, Nucleus highlighted “upgrades that mitigate IT overhead while fostering adoption of new technology, ensuring a fully headless product configurator experience.” They also applauded the new Method of Manufacture (MoM) viewer widget, which is “aimed at facilitating self-service buying experiences, even for highly customized and intricate products.”

A complimentary copy of the report is available for download here. For more information on Epicor CPQ, please visit our website.