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Building on the strengths of its cloud-first architecture, the latest release provides new capabilities and functionality.
“With margins for products eroding, customer demands increasing and an uncertain and somewhat unstable global economy, manufacturers must leverage technology to increase business agility, enable insightful decision-making, and achieve greater gains in rapid fashion,” said Scott Hays, senior vice president, product marketing, Epicor. “Designed to support how people work today, and ready to accommodate how people will work tomorrow, Epicor ERP provides a proven foundation with which to leverage new game-changing technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data and analytics, social collaboration, mobility and additive manufacturing.”
The latest version of Epicor ERP is designed to provide greater cloud deployment flexibility and new and enhanced business functionality out-of-the-box, including new capabilities to support operations such as quality and compliance. The new release also features fully integrated enterprise content management capabilities from the company’s recent acquisition of DocStar.
New Dedicated Tenancy Cloud Option
The latest version of Epicor ERP is now available in a dedicated tenancy cloud deployment model, in addition to multi-tenancy and single-tenancy deployment options. Available for North American customers now, the new dedicated cloud option is intended to offer greater flexibility and control, suitable for organizations needing to adhere to specific regulatory compliance regulations.
In contrast to the multi-tenant model, which achieves scale economies by deploying clients on the same application server and the same database, dedicated tenancy provides each client its own database.
International Financial and Compliance Capabilities
Doing business globally requires a robust and broad reaching tax accounting, international trade and regulatory compliance foundation. The latest version of Epicor ERP features expanded international financial applications and a new electronic compliance engine designed to reduce complexity and improve visibility and controls.
New functionality localized for specific geographic regions supports compliance and reporting, tax and payment processing and international trade requirements. These capabilities could pave the way for operational expansion into high-growth manufacturing markets—such as Vietnam and Thailand, which are expected to be a significant driver of global Gross Domestic Product growth by 2021 (per the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook).
New Data Analytics
Epicor ERP features industry-focused Epicor Data Analytics (EDA), a cloud data analytics solution that can be accessed via desktop or any mobile device. EDA offers configurable out-of-the-box dashboards and the ability to “drill-down” into supporting data for deeper insights. Modular, pre-built content packs for sales, financials, materials, and production are also available.
The latest version of Epicor ERP features enhancements to its configure-to-order design function with a 2D Design Visualization Tool, enabling viewing of models and drawings, markup in 2D, and real-time collaboration on design documents over a network.
Enhancements to Epicor Manifest automated shipping software are intended to streamline shipping processes via new integrated shipping rates and parcel carrier options directly at the point of order quotation, order entry and/or shipping. Epicor Manifest also now integrates with Less than Load (LTL) regional carriers.
New Resources Designed to Streamline Upgrades and Support Training
The new release also incorporates tools to accelerate the upgrade process for customers transitioning from on-premises to cloud deployment models. Epicor Site Analyzer analyzes existing software environments to identify changes and configuration needs in advance of migration to provide a “know before you go” visual representation impact assessment.
A new rapid data migration process enables data to be migrated to a cloud environment in a safe and swift manner, according to Epicor.
Epicor University offers a mix of education and training option for the latest release of Epicor ERP. New Epicor Learning Center training offerings—including 40 self-paced on demand video courses on new ERP functionality and live virtual hands-on training sessions—can help ensure user skills proficiency and roll out success.
Epicor ERP is available now in 36 languages for upgrades and new cloud deployments worldwide. Epicor ERP is compatible with Microsoft Windows 10 and Internet Explorer 11.
For more information, visit the Epicor website.