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What is Kinetic?

Epicor Kinetic is a global, cloud-focused cognitive ERP solution built for manufacturers, driving profitability through real-time insights, people-centric AI, and seamless collaboration. Positioned at the core of your business applications, Kinetic leverages artificial intelligence to extract maximum value from your enterprise data, processes, and decision-making information. Purposely designed with deep industry expertise, it offers end-to-end capabilities for discrete, make-to-order, and mixed-mode manufacturers. Kinetic supports the needs of leading manufacturers across multiple industries, including Industrial Machinery, Fabricated Metals, Electronics and High Tech, Plastics and Rubber, Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Medical Device, Consumer Products, Furniture and Fixtures, Measuring and Controlling Devices, and more. Embrace future-ready business, digital transformation, and flexible deployment with this singular, AI-enhanced ERP solution.

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Epicor Kinetic is the global cloud ERP made with manufacturers, for manufacturers.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

With over 50 years of proven expertise in manufacturing, Epicor is globally recognized for delivering industry-tailored ERP solutions. Central to our success are genuine, long-lasting partnerships that ensure our solutions adapt to dynamic business needs. By leveraging deep industry knowledge, superior industry-specific data models, and collaborations with leading AI providers, Epicor delivers AI-enhanced solutions with greater accuracy, driving higher ROI and maximizing customer efficiency. Kinetic not only meets current demands but also guides businesses toward intelligent manufacturing. The user-friendly interface empowers all users to transform business data into actionable insights and compelling reports, boosting productivity. Our commitment to cloud leadership provides unmatched security, simplicity, and support. While primarily cloud-based, Epicor Kinetic also supports on-premises and hybrid deployments, offering flexible options. Kinetic accelerates customer ambitions by maximizing productivity, growth, and efficiency, making Epicor the essential partner for the world’s most essential businesses.


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Epicor equips hard-working businesses with enterprise solutions that keep the world turning. For 50 years, Epicor customers in the automotive, building supply, distribution, manufacturing, and retail industries have trusted Epicor to help them do business better. Innovative Epicor solution sets are carefully curated to fit customer needs and built to flexibly respond to their fast-changing reality. With deep industry knowledge and experience, Epicor accelerates its customers' ambitions, whether to grow and transform, or simply become more productive and effective.


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Wayne W.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Kinetic is an established ERP that keeps current with technology and with the business environment."
Kinetic is available on prem or in the cloud, it's friendly to medium customization and automation; logging in by SSO is easy; Customer support is ...
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4.0 out of 5
"The product I am using alongside Sugar"
It work as a cloud, very good at working for manufacturing companies
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wendy M.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Positive but now as Efficient as the classic version yet for our company"
Generate suggestions runs faster and screens look pretty. Nice to be able to use on a browser
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Kinetic Demo - Epicor ERP Diagram
Epicor ERP Manufacturing Overview
Kinetic Demo - Business Intelligence and Analytics
Business Intelligence and Analytics in Kinetic provide real-time insights and future predictions using dashboards, trackers, and advanced analytical modules.
Kinetic Demo - Production Management
Comprehensive, modular solution for various manufacturing modes, enhancing production control, agility, and competitiveness in a demanding global market.
Kinetic Demo - Supply Chain Management
Enhances manufacturers' strategic growth by integrating innovative technology, best practices, and comprehensive solutions for effective supply chain coordination and customer satisfaction.
Kinetic Demo - Financial Management
Epicor Financials provides a modern suite of accounting applications for insight, automation, and global compliance, aiming to deliver real value beyond basic financial management.
Kinetic Demo - Planning and Scheduling
Epicor provides comprehensive solutions for efficient, profitable planning and scheduling, enabling companies to swiftly adapt to customer demand changes for diverse business sizes.
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What do you like best about Kinetic?

Epicor Kinetic is a very versatile ERP software that allows the user to create fields, to query the database and display information on customizable dashboards. Kinetic is able to be configured to the particular needs of any company, regardless of the business. Most other software systems do not offer the flexibility of Kinetic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kinetic?

Out of the box, the Kinetic user interface isn't as user friendly for people that need to update or review a lot of data as part of their daily functions. There is a lot of empty space without a lot of data. A more compact view with more data visibility would be better in my opinion. Having to go through options listed on the side of the window can be annoying. However, Epicor does allow customers to create dashboards and tailor the system to better fit specific needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kinetic solving and how is that benefiting you?

Maintaining sales orders, Creating more part numbers and updating revisions are some of the functions that I perform, and Kinetic allows users to complete daily tasks easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Kinetic?

I love that I can access Kinetic (cloud) from anywhere.

It also has outstanding search features, and it allows personalization that enhances the search capabilities.

The "Explorer" screens make it easy to find related information. For example, in Order Entry you can easly access the packing slip, and invoice, as well as see if the invoice has been paid without ever leaving order entry Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kinetic?

It can be harder to identify the table/field names. In the classic version you could easly identify a field in the screen from the help menu.

If you are a classic user it can be difficult to find the same fields in the Kinetic screens. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kinetic solving and how is that benefiting you?

Taking advantage of queries, custom updatable dashboards, and connecting via OData Kinetic allows us better control of our data. It gives us insights into how our business is doing and we are able to combine information from Kinetic to other data visulation systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wayne W.
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What do you like best about Kinetic?

Kinetic is available on prem or in the cloud, it's friendly to medium customization and automation; logging in by SSO is easy; Customer support is good for most functional or technical issues/requests, and we have a good Customer Account Manager; Implementations are aided by a good data migration tool; licenses are concurrent; It is adaptable to our manufacturing needs and requirements; the Kinetic technology stack is modern; SaaS service is reliable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kinetic?

The integration with advanced MES and labeling automation could use some modernization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kinetic solving and how is that benefiting you?

Kinetic is able to support both a custom job shop environment as well as high-volume manufacturing. It offers a secure SaaS product and is accessible internationally. It has helped us find where we best serve the market and who our best customers are. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Kinetic?

Generate suggestions runs faster and screens look pretty. Nice to be able to use on a browser Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kinetic?

Dashboards are less efficient because they need to be in tab view and can see less information at a time. Tab ing between fields seems slower Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kinetic solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our team keeps all records in Kinetic. Not sure that Kinetic itself is solving any issues for us except for new or improved functionality that was not in the classic version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Kinetic?

The activity being visible in entry screens is very handy. App Studio seems to be more intuitive than previous screen customization tool. Home screen is great. Ditching the local client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kinetic?

Scroll bars are too small! Field titles and data kind of bleed together, not much distinction with the look. Converting dashboards is time consuming. Many of the default options have to have a layer created to change to make the dashboard more user friendly, such as simply having the panel grid card expand at runtime. Plus, adding data filters is not as easy as it was in classic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kinetic solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allowing our business to accurately build product, book orders, ship and invoice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Kinetic?

Epicor is easily customizable and the software does have a lot of flexibility that can be developed and implemented quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kinetic?

I'm coming back, 3 years after initially writing this review to update that the software is still a complete disaster. The development team has ZERO quality control measures in place to ensure that what is delivered to the customer doesn't break core functionality. We are consistently let down by Epicor not being able to live up to even the barest of expectations. I cannot stress enough that if you are looking for a strong, stable, and reliable ERP, Epicor is NOT your answer. I implore you to look at other software.

DO NOT fall for Epicor's pitch. The Kinetic version of the software could barely even be considered alpha. It is not even close to complete enough to be offered for beta testing, nevermind as a complete offering that a customer could purchase. We fell for this and are consistently crippled by how horribly incomplete and buggy the software is.

Worse still, Epicor's dedicated support is the most ineffective that I have ever worked with. That combined with the state of their product offering results in consistent failures that directly cost money in wasted time and loss of productivity.

The cloud offering is also very incomplete. Documentation that is specific for supporting a cloud environment is nonexistent and causes further delays to solving problems because Epicor consistently offers solutions that do not work due to the nature of the environment.

I would not recommend this software or this company to anyone under any circumstances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Kinetic:

Ask for very structured and pointed demonstrations. The demo team will do a great job of only demonstrating features that they know to work in a demo environment.

Ask to speak to references that are using the most current version of the Kinetic interface. Many users will be on the most current release of the software but with a different interface that Epicor is obsoleting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kinetic solving and how is that benefiting you?

We came from a very old ERP system that we outgrew years ago. It finally came to the point where we needed to upgrade to something modern to get control over our planning, shopfloor, and inventory practices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Shona Sinclair of Kinetic

Thank you for your feedback about Epicor Kinetic. We’re sorry to hear that you are unhappy with the solution. We would like to learn more about the specific issues you are experiencing so we can deliver assistance quickly. Please can you email us at socialmedia@epicor.com with your contact information, so we can assist you.

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What do you like best about Kinetic?

I am currently in the process of upgrading our old Epicor version 9.05 to the cloud-based Kinetic 2021. So far, the thing I like the most is the ease at which different people can gather the information that they need for their position in the company. Visually it is a better-looking product. I currently like the ability to use the classic view for which my users are most familiar with and the new Kinetic view, which has a cleaner look to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kinetic?

It is a very new version, so not all of the screens have been re-designed into the Kinetic view yet. That may not happen for the next few updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kinetic solving and how is that benefiting you?

Having access to Kinetic through any device is huge for an administrator like myself. The amount of times I've been asked for information or password resets while out of the office proves it is a great saver for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Machinery
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What do you like best about Kinetic?

The ability to easily customize the software to your business needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kinetic?

The number of upgrades via Kinetic cloud means more testing than normal and same items always seem to fail Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kinetic solving and how is that benefiting you?

Kinetic solves many day to day problems with communication, scheduling, planning, order fulfillment, and finance. The ease of creating custom dashboards/reports/applications helps solve problems quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Manufacturing
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What do you like best about Kinetic?

It work as a cloud, very good at working for manufacturing companies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kinetic?

the finance part does not respond the most of the needs for particular countries, like MexicoanFISCO system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kinetic solving and how is that benefiting you?

traceability and quicker info updae Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Design
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What do you like best about Kinetic?

Outstanding for manufacturing as it offers customized parts input at any time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kinetic?

Not very user friendly, refereshing takes time, support is not very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kinetic solving and how is that benefiting you?

automating processes and services for interior design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Brennan Kelly of Kinetic

Thank you for your feedback about Epicor Kinetic. We’re sorry to hear that you are unhappy with aspects of the solution. We would like to learn more about the specific issues you are experiencing so we can deliver assistance quickly. Please can you email us at socialmedia@epicor.com with your contact information, so we can assist you.