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What Is Epicor Kinetic?
Manufacturing involves more than production. Businesses need to manage materials, inventory, purchasing, sales orders, production schedules, costs, finance, and customer requirements while keeping daily operations on track.
Epicor Kinetic is a cloud-focused ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system built specifically for manufacturers. It brings business and manufacturing processes together in one platform, helping companies manage operations, access real-time business information, and make better decisions.
Epicor Kinetic supports cloud, on-premises, and hybrid deployment options, giving manufacturers flexibility to choose an IT setup that fits their business requirements.
What Does Epicor Kinetic Do?
Epicor Kinetic helps manufacturers manage important business and production processes from a connected ERP platform.
Depending on the company’s requirements, Kinetic can support areas such as:
- Production Management – Plan and manage manufacturing activities, work orders, and production processes.
- Inventory Management – Track materials, components, finished goods, stock levels, and inventory movement.
- Supply Chain Management – Manage purchasing, suppliers, materials, and supply chain activities.
- Order Management – Track customer orders from order entry through fulfillment.
- Financial Management – Manage accounting, financial transactions, costs, and reporting.
- Production Planning and Scheduling – Plan production based on available materials, resources, and schedules.
- Quality Management – Support quality processes and help manufacturers monitor product and production requirements.
- Customer Management – Manage customer information, orders, and related business activities.
- Business Intelligence and Reporting – Access business information and reports to support operational and management decisions.
Why Do Manufacturers Use Epicor Kinetic?
Manufacturing companies often work with multiple systems, spreadsheets, and manual processes. This can make it difficult to get a clear view of production, inventory, costs, and customer orders.
Epicor Kinetic brings key processes into one ERP environment, helping manufacturers:
Improve Visibility Across Operations
Get a clearer view of production, inventory, purchasing, sales, and financial activities in one ERP system. This helps teams access the information they need without relying on multiple disconnected systems. Teams can also work with the same business information across different departments.
Manage Production More Effectively
Manage production orders, schedules, materials, and resources in one connected system. This gives production teams better visibility into ongoing work and helps them coordinate manufacturing activities. It also helps teams monitor production progress and respond to changes in schedules or requirements.
Track Inventory and Materials
Monitor inventory levels and material movement to know what is available and what production needs. This can help reduce stock shortages, excess inventory, and delays caused by missing materials. Better inventory visibility also helps teams plan purchasing and production based on actual stock information.
Connect Manufacturing and Finance
Connect manufacturing activities with costs, revenue, inventory, and financial information for better business visibility. This helps management understand how production activities affect overall financial performance. It provides a more complete view of costs and financial results across the business.
Support Data-Based Decisions
Access current business information to monitor performance and make informed decisions. Managers can use reports and operational data to identify trends, monitor key areas, and plan next steps. Having relevant information in one system can help management respond more quickly to changing business conditions.
Epicor Kinetic Cloud, On-Premises, and Hybrid Deployment
One important consideration when selecting an ERP system is where and how the system will be deployed. This flexibility allows manufacturers to consider their existing infrastructure, IT resources, security requirements, business processes, and long-term technology plans when selecting a deployment model.
Epicor Kinetic supports different deployment approaches:
What Industries Can Use Epicor Kinetic?
Epicor Kinetic is designed for manufacturing businesses with complex operational requirements.
It can be considered by companies involved in areas such as:
- Industrial manufacturing
- Automotive manufacturing
- Aerospace and defense manufacturing
- Fabricated metals
- Machinery and equipment manufacturing
- Electronics manufacturing
- Distribution and manufacturing
- Make-to-order manufacturing
- Engineer-to-order manufacturing
- Mixed-mode manufacturing
The right ERP configuration depends on the company's manufacturing processes, business structure, operational requirements, and reporting needs.
Epicor Kinetic vs. Traditional Manufacturing Software
Traditional manufacturing software may focus mainly on production or specific operational functions. An ERP system such as Epicor Kinetic takes a broader approach by connecting manufacturing with other business processes.
How Epicor Kinetic Supports Manufacturing Growth
As manufacturing operations become more complex, managing information across separate spreadsheets and systems can become difficult.
Epicor Kinetic provides a platform for managing manufacturing and business processes in one environment. Manufacturers can use the system to establish more connected processes, improve access to business information, and support operational planning as the organization grows.
The appropriate implementation depends on the company's industry, manufacturing processes, number of users, locations, existing systems, reporting requirements, and deployment preferences.
Why Choose Mustard Seed Systems for Epicor Manufacturing ERP?
Mustard Seed Systems Corporation (MSSC) helps Philippine manufacturers assess, implement, and support ERP solutions based on their business needs. With 27 years of technology implementation experience, MSSC provides support for manufacturing requirements, ERP configuration and implementation, user training, and ongoing support, with branches across Metro Manila, Cavite, Dagupan, Cebu, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro, and Davao.
