As a hospitality or foodservice executive, you know that a powerful technology strategy is the key for success and staying ahead of the competition, which seems to get more sophisticated every day. The strong economy has fueled expansion, consolidations and explosive growth, as well as created challenges for recruiting qualified employees, managing operational costs and meeting the needs of more savvy customers that demand more for less. You need a system that can help you streamline your multi-unit operations and provide you with tools to grow your business. That solution is Epicor for Hospitality and Entertainment.

Epicor for Hospitality and Entertainment is comprised of the Epicor suite of integrated business applications tailored to meet the requirements of this unique industry. At Epicor, we’ve helped many companies like yours successfully use our technology to create a competitive advantage and meet your business objectives more efficiently. Epicor for Hospitality and Entertainment can provide the tools you need to manage growth, refine operations and increase profitability.

Helps you manage growth

Hotels, resorts, restaurants and clubs around the world have chosen Epicor products to be at the core of their company’s infrastructure because of the flexibility and scalability they provide for business growth. As your business expands, Epicor for Hospitality and Entertainment is the one solution that can give you the tools to strategically manage your expansion, whether you are opening location number three, 10 or 310.

Interface with PMS and POS systems

You need real-time visibility of your entire operations, but too often store-level data is too difficult to obtain. With standard interfaces, you have options allowing you to automatically upload data from your labor, property management, point-of-sale or food costing systems into Epicor Back Office applications as often as you like. No more deciphering, recompiling and re-keying of data in order to evaluate the performance of your locations and various business entities. You’ll get more accurate and timely data without the hassles.

Multicompany transactions made easy

Hospitality financial executives choose Epicor Financials Suite for the sophisticated multicompany functionality that makes managing transactions between locations simple and easy. You’ll have the ability to consolidate reports for all entities at the corporate level and the flexibility to track financials for multi-concept operations. Produce separate income statements and balance sheets for each location, perform intercompany consolidations, perform payables and manage cash from numerous bank accounts--all while eliminating manual processing and costly errors. Epicor Financials Suite makes multi-unit accounting so easy you can open new locations without the need for additional finance staff.

Powerful reporting and analytics

Epicor Business Intelligence Suite offers you unparalleled reporting and analytical functionality including OLAP, data warehousing, dashboards and alerts. Track and monitor key process indicators for evaluating individual operations or in support of your manager-incentive programs. And because no two operations are alike, you’ll have the ability to create custom reports to reflect data daily, weekly, monthly or by location.

Epicor Business Intelligence Suite makes it easy to perform sales forecasting, monitor store profitability, create budgets, identify variances and run pro forma analysis for newly proposed locations. Plus, sophisticated query capabilities provide quick views of aggregated summary data and easy drill down to detailed transactional data. With access to real-time information across your enterprise, you’ll be able to identify issues immediately, take corrective action and discover new areas of opportunity. Improve your purchasing process

Epicor Supply Chain Management allows you to set up a solution that gives your unit managers or franchisees the ability to purchase food and supplies from any of your preferred vendors, whether its poultry, paper goods, barware or bed sheets. With detailed tracking and reporting functionality, you’ll obtain more accurate records for rebates and volume discounts. Generate reports to show orders from each location and review purchasing trends on a cumulative basis. And, integration to Epicor Financials Suite completes the purchasing life cycle with automated purchase order and invoice matching capabilities. You’ll significantly reduce labor costs associated with purchasing, eliminate maverick spending and notice visible results in your bottom line.

Empower store managers

Flexible deployment options and the Epicor Portal allow you to implement functionality over the Web for remote and mobile users. Empower managers with secure access into Epicor applications to review performance reports, enter invoices or complete other unit-level transactions.

Flexible to meet your needs

Unlike many other enterprise systems with their rigid business models, Epicor for Hospitality and Entertainment is designed to be adaptable. With the Customization / Developer Suite, you can tailor the system to meet your specific needs. For example, you can easily make form changes, custom reports and variations in business processes to meet your operational requirements. And, Epicor's technology platform provides comprehensive, easy extension and customization through Microsoft COM, .NET and VBA scripting, support for Web deployment and XML-based application integration, allowing you to quickly put new technology to work for easier integration of business applications and Web strategies.

Put Epicor into Your Business

Take advantage of the explosive opportunities offered by today's real-time economy. Epicor for Hospitality and Entertainment can integrate your front office, back office and line-of-business systems to unlock the power of technology for your business and your customers. Let us put Epicor Hospitality solutions into your business.