Why Should Manufacturers Choose Aspera to Implement Epicor ERP?
An important question when looking for an ERP system that supports your entire business is,“Why choose this solution/provider over all the others on offer?”
We asked our customers about the key factors they considered important when they choose their ERP solution. Their answers could be summed up as follows:
- Vendor Experience
- Assessment of product and vendor
- Benefits
- Technology
So how does Aspera Solutions, Epicor’s largest partner across UK and Ireland, stack up against these criteria?
1) Vendor Experience
Aspera has decades of experience in providing full cycle ERP solutions.
We have successfully implemented Epicor ERP in 14 countries (to date) and 4 continents.
We focus on the delivery of world class ERP solutions through local, knowledge based teams and are a multi-award winning Epicor Partner since 2001. A key specialty is powering Epicor ERP within manufacturing and distribution companies.
2) Assessment of Vendor and Product
Top areas for consideration when assessing the product and vendor are displayed below when considering Aspera and Epicor ERP
Aspera Solutions | Epicor (Kinetic, ERP, Prophet 21) |
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Well established vendor – stable company | Well established product – strong pedigree |
Significant experience in manufacturing | Globally used with 20,000+ customers in 150 countries |
Experienced staff with track record of project delivery success | Modern technical platform |
Largest Epicor ERP accredited Partner in UK&I | Awarded Aspera Solutions International Partner of the Year 2019, 2020 |
Customer centric approach with focus on long term relationship and delivery of value | Equally comfortable with Out-of-the-box or Customisable implementations |
Strong solution design capability based on full understanding of customer’s requirements | Modern, mobile friendly user interfaces, easily modified by client |
Public cloud, private cloud or on-premise implementation experience | On premise and cloud based options |
3) Benefits
Implementing Epicor ERP benefits for Manufacturers
Engineer-to-order (ETO), Manufacture-to-order (MTO) Excellence | |
Modern User Interfaces & Analytics | The Kinetic design experience delivers. a modern UX/UI, embedded trackers & dashboards, and a full suite of business intelligence and analytics tools. |
Collect real time data directly from the shop floor | Advanced Manufacturing Execution System (MES) improves quality, reduces scrap, boosts productivity and helps ensure on-time delivery. |
Full suite ERP Solution | Financials, HR, Manufacturing Mngt, Inventory Mngt, Purchasing Mngt, Quality Mngt, Sales Mngt. |
Inventory Control | Control inventory costs with inventory and warehouse management, including handhelds and bar-coded labels/documents |
Quality, Returns & Recall | Complete audit trails of production process, including material lots, production process used, in process quality checks and results |
Manage Multi-Site Locations | Complete support for multi-plant / multi-company environments along with a global support network to support multi-national efforts |
Supply Chain Collaboration | Epicor supports optimum collaboration flexibility with 100% Service-Oriented Architecture coupled with a complete ERP |
Operational Visibility | Epicor is a fully integrated solution for manufacturers bringing complete visibility of all processes under one solution |
4) Technology
Epicor is available both in the cloud (Kinetic) and on premise (Epicor V10X).
In recent years, Epicor has been completely revamped for todays modern, mobile workforce – delivering a superior UX/UI.
Epicor is built on native Microsoft technology platforms based on an SOA architecture and REST services. As standard there is a Superuser toolkit allowing for the modification of the database, screen customisation/configuration and the application of localised and company based business rules and workflow. Custom/configured changes delivered through the toolkit have no impact on the core logic of the ERP System.
This allows trained superusers to take full control of the application without any risk of interrupting core business logic and also allows for all changes to upgrade with the standard application.
Get in touch if you’d like to learn more.