Growth Story On #CloudERP, Retail, And AI Shows PromiseAnd Key Milestones
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Epicor convened it’s annual user conference April 15-18 in Las Vegas. The new management team showed a renewal in product and sales execution to over 3500 attendees. Key announcements include:
- Release of EVA AI-Based virtual agent. Powered by NLP, the new agent delivers conversational experiences that support industry use cases in areas such as manufacturing, distribution retail, and automotive after market.
- Latest version of Epicor ERP. Release delivers EVA, new IOT hub, MES expansion, UI transformation, automated order entry, and supplier portal.
- New version of Epicor Prophet 21.Key features includes EVA interface, mobile proof of delivery, welding and industrial gas tracking for portable assets.
- Latest release of Epicor iScala. New iScala gives customers enhanced reporting and analytics, improved user experience, integration to Data analytics, better training, and international standards and localizations.
- Delivery of Epicor Retail Cloud. New specialty retail cloud offering released with embedded analytics.
Figure 1. #EpicorInsights19 Highlights Technology Innovations In Latest Releases
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Figure 2. Twitter Moments for #EpicorInsights19
EventReport: @Epicor #EpicorInsights19 Cloud ERP Is Back In Style
The Bottom Line: The General Acceptance Of Cloud ERP Will Spur Innovation
The arrival of Steve Murphy has opened up a new chapter for Epicor. With 54 software releases over the past 18 months, 90% year-over-year SaaS annual growth, and a modernization of products, Epicor is emerging as an innovative leader for mid-market and industry verticalized markets. With almost an estimated $900M in revenues, Epicor’s transformation comes in time as mid-market ERP customers seek cloud deployment choice, improved analytics, new user experiences, and a modernization of legacy systems. Conversations with over 50 customers indicated they sought Epicor as a technology partner who can provide the largest cloud foot print, integration expertise, a Microsoft stack friendly environment, and innovation pipeline for IOT, AI, mixed reality, and other future exponential technologies.
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