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Contact: Lisa Preuss
Epicor Software Corporation
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lpreuss@epicor.com
Epicor Introduces New Functionality for Enterprise Resource
Planning Solution
Newest Version Features Enhanced Scalability and Performance, New Core
Manufacturing and Supply Chain Functionality, Support for Windows Vista and Access to
Epicor’s On-Demand Tax Automation Solution
CHICAGO — National Manufacturing Week (Booth #4713) — September 26, 2007 —
Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC), a leading provider of integrated enterprise
software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies, today introduced
new features and functionality for Epicor® Vantage®, the company’s comprehensive
manufacturing and supply chain management (SCM) solution. Epicor Vantage is built using a
true service-oriented architecture (SOA) that enables continuous performance initiatives, realtime
connectivity between supply-chain applications and partners, and greater business agility
for make-to-order (MTO) and mixed-mode manufacturers and distribution companies.
Building on its strong SOA foundation, this latest version of Epicor’s manufacturing and
supply-chain platform provides enhanced scalability and performance aimed at supporting the
needs of larger organizations with up to 2,000 concurrent users. Significant technology
upgrades support the latest releases from Microsoft Corp., including Windows Vista, enabling
customers to take advantage of new technologies to boost productivity and collaboration.
“Because most people in business are already familiar with Microsoft technologies,
Epicor is able to use products such as Microsoft .NET 3.0, the 2007 Microsoft Office system,
and Windows Vista to deliver enterprise solutions that require less ramp-up time to use, and
which customers find very flexible and scalable,” said Charles Johnson, general manager of
Microsoft Worldwide Manufacturing. “We are pleased to be working with Epicor to provide
customers with innovative technology solutions that both improve customers’ operations and
lower their total cost of ownership.”
Additionally, Epicor Manufacturing now offers expanded third-party application
integration via Epicor Service Connect, Epicor’s standard business process orchestration
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that enables organizations to simply and easily configure integration among applications
to best fit their business needs.
“For years, Epicor’s manufacturing solution has been designed to successfully meet the
needs and requirements of midmarket manufacturers,” said Rodney Winger, senior director of
product marketing, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management. “Today we are increasingly
focused on adding features that also address the needs of larger, global manufacturers; this
functionality also helps our progressive midmarket manufacturing customers address many of
the same challenges larger organizations are dealing with.”
With this latest release, Epicor delivers new and enhanced functionality for both core
manufacturing and supply chain operations. Notable enhancements in the areas of planning,
scheduling and production management facilitate a streamlining of these processes from an
operational perspective. Enhanced Global Finite Scheduling offers real-time assessment of
present and short-term plant or warehouse capacity as defined by on-hand resources (material,
machines, labor, etc.).
The solution also provides improved visibility into material and capacity needs for
planning purposes. In real-time, organizations now view material constraints with full links to
information such as purchase order, job and lead time in conjunction with short horizon days of
supply, offering improved material requirements planning (MRP) performance.
Expanded supply chain functionality includes enhanced support for international and
export shipments throughout the order-to-pack and manifest shipping process. The new
phantom pack feature provides the ability to multiple case pack all items on an order for quick
and efficient pack processing.
Epicor Tax Connect now available to manufacturers
Additionally, Epicor manufacturing customers can now leverage the company’s new ondemand
sales tax management service, Epicor Tax Connect. An innovative Web servicesbased
sales tax automation solution, Tax Connect is a full-service sales tax solution that
eliminates the tedious work and complexity of calculating, collecting, reporting on and remitting
taxes across multiple jurisdictions within the US and Canada. The solution assists
manufacturers in keeping compliant with changing jurisdiction- and commodity-specific taxation
rules, and provides for automated generation of sales tax return reports.
Realizing the true benefits of SOA
More than 1,500 manufacturers are now leveraging Epicor’s SOA manufacturing
solution, including Commercial sheet-fed and web offset printer, Spartan Graphics, Inc., the first
manufacturer to go live on the new version. Epicor Vantage has been an integral part of
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Spartan Graphics business since 1996, with all aspects of the company’s daily operations
relying on the system.
“Spartan Graphics has grown and acquired a number of companies since our initial
implementation of Epicor,” said Todd Hofert, IT Director for Spartan Graphics. “Our ultimate
goal was to have a standardized ERP solution across all of our companies. Each of our
companies share centralized accounting and IT functions, and standardizing on a single
platform was an appealing option to reduce staffing requirements and the cost of training staff.”
Hofert continued, “The SOA-built Vantage solution offered the flexibility that we needed
to tailor the solution to our unique business needs. This flexibility has allowed us to not only
achieve our standardized ERP goal; it has allowed us to improve many business processes
resulting in improved efficiencies and greater information availability. These improvements
include better inventory controls and management, streamlined purchasing functions,
automation of many routine tasks, integration of data with our sister companies through the use
of multi-site management, as well as improved access to critical information required to
communicate effectively with our customers. We also intend to extend this information directly
to our customers through the use of Customer Connect, allowing us to offer a level of custom
service our competitors are unable to provide.”
About Epicor Software Corporation
Epicor, named one of FORTUNE magazine’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in 2006, is a
global leader dedicated to providing integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer
relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and professional services
automation (PSA) software solutions to the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies.
Founded in 1984, Epicor serves over 20,000 customers in more than 140 countries, providing
solutions in over 30 languages. Employing innovative service-oriented architecture (SOA) and
Web services technology, Epicor delivers end-to-end, industry-specific solutions for
manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services that enable companies to drive
increased efficiency, improve performance and build competitive advantage. Epicor solutions
provide the scalability and flexibility to meet today's business challenges, while empowering
enterprises for even greater success tomorrow. Epicor offers a comprehensive range of
services with its solutions, providing a single point of accountability to promote rapid return on
investment and low total cost of ownership. Epicor’s worldwide headquarters are located in
Irvine, California with offices and affiliates around the world. For more information, visit
www.epicor.com.
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