#1 most frequent
United States of America
79.0%560 installations of 709
What is Epicor Kinetic?
Epicor Kinetic is a customizable, scalable, product-centric cloud ERP designed specifically for manufacturers.
Categories & Use Cases
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Top Performing Features
Cost Capture
Capture costs including those for procurement, financials or time and labor, including from external systems
Category average: 7.9
Automatic reordering
The software can be set up to automatically reorder a good when it falls below a certain threshold.
Category average: 7.6
Order Orchestration
Define and execute order fulfillment processes for products as well as services on the same order.
Category average: 7.9
Areas for Improvement
Travel & Expense Management
Enter expenses from mobile devices, integrate credit card and travel booking, configure policy enforcement
Category average: 7.4
Task Insight for Project Managers
Project manager visibility into task progress of team members
Category average: 6.7
Fulfillment Management
Support for multi-channel demand and execution fulfillment processes
Category average: 7.1
Who Buys & Uses Epicor Kinetic
#2 most frequent
Canada
7.8%55 installations of 709
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5.2%37 installations of 709
Epicor Kinetic is a great software
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use the software for planning production. We currently have a plastic injection molding facility in California. We use this software to also communicate cross-functionally and make decisions and priorities on the production planning and inventory control. Supply chain management module is also used extensively for supply planning high-risk suppliers.
Pros
- Planning
- Inventory management
- Tracking
- Supply Management
Cons
- Report pulling
- Cloud system
- Mobile integration
Return on Investment
- It is good investment as we replaced various other software
- cost management
- HR, production, Logistics and Supply Chain is now linked
Usability
Epicor by Bob
Pros
- Handling all types of orders - jobs, purchases, and customer orders.
- MRP scheduling is very good and easily modified by part or group.
- Easily getting other info about a key field by right-clicking and traveling to a new form.
Cons
- RMA and DMR. Although it can handle these, the function seems like an afterthought. It isn't as smooth as the rest of Epicor.
- Reporting is ok but it runs slowly. We are still using Crystal.
- Barcoding in general but mostly the warehouse management part.
Return on Investment
- Epicor has allowed us to easily develop new products and release them to our customer quickly.
- Because the data in Epicor is open to 3rd party apps It's allowed us to improve process even farther.
- My favorite tool is DMT. It has saved us some much time because we can modify data so quickly and efficiently. Also when we acquired new companies it allowed is to import the data in hours.
- Because of the flexibility of the grid format on forms IT doesn't have to create one off reports. Also, Users can to small batch imports releaving IT workload.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Dynamics
Other Software Used
Tableau Server, Docuware Cloud
Epicor Kinetic Review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Epicor Kinetic for purchasing, receiving, shipping and invoicing. The problem we used to have before Epicor Kinetic is having to use two different softwares to complete everything Epicor Kinetic can do. The scope of our use case helps clarify communication to ensure there's understanding of what Epicor Kinetic aims to accomplish by building what the business needs.
Pros
- easy to customize home page
- user friendly
- custom reports
Cons
- move the delete button away from the save button
- being able to obsolete an MPN for a part and having it be grayed out
- being able to rate MPN's for part by preference
Alternatives Considered
QuickBooks Desktop Premier
Other Software Used
Paylocity
Epicor ERP in a manufacturing environment
Pros
- Customization.
- Scheduling.
Cons
- Complicated customization.
- Many of the functions which are used by most companies need to be added by users.
Return on Investment
- Allowed visibility into manufacturing performance.
- Easy project cost calculations.
Alternatives Considered
Oncontact, Sage 500 ERP and Global Shop Solutions One-System ERP
Other Software Used
Oncontact, Autodesk Inventor, Microsoft Office 365
Epicor ERP Review
Pros
- supply chain management (SCM)
- human capital management (HCM)
Cons
- Human Resources management should be improved
- Integration with other Financial and HR applications
- Overall security
Return on Investment
- This platform has a positive impact on our business.
- Epicor outperforms the average ERP solution.
Alternatives Considered
Aptean Platinum HRM (Discontinued), ADAPTcrm and AdaptUX
Other Software Used
Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe Advertising Cloud (formerly Adobe Media Optimizer), Microsoft Teams
