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Epicor Prophet 21 Reviews & Product Details

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What do you like best about Epicor Prophet 21?

The help modules and guided learning tools are very helpful. There are a lot of resources available to get assistance with issues, including WWUG and your account manager. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Epicor Prophet 21?

Sometimes, the fixes are slow to be implemented and we have to do a customization by our inside IT team. This then bogs down the system after the fix has been implemented and released to all users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Epicor Prophet 21 solving and how is that benefiting you?

P21 is working on developing the ability to schedule statements being sent to customers. This increases the time AR can spend on collecting past due accounts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Epicor Prophet 21 Overview

What is Epicor Prophet 21?

For 50 years, Epicor has developed purpose-built solutions for distributors. Our unmatched industry expertise about the unique processes and requirements of distributors are reflected in our solutions, and we partner with customers to develop flexible solutions that meet their current and future needs to support their ongoing growth. With over 250,000 cloud users and a 90% retention rate, our innovative and award-winning solutions are used by leading global distributors who trust Epicor to run their business on a turnkey, integrated platform that streamlines their operations, delivers a seamless integration experience with their customers and suppliers, and drives real growth and profitability. Epicor Prophet 21 is the leading industry productivity solution designed for the unique needs of distributors. Prophet 21 provides the capabilities that distributors need to procure, assemble, ship and deliver the goods their customers want – quickly, efficiently and accurately. Essential supply chain processes are built into Prophet 21 to enable distributors of all sizes to increase sales, improve margins, and increase productivity. Prophet 21 integrates seamlessly with additional distribution systems and modules to deliver a turnkey solution that provides complete visibility into a distributor’s supply chain. Prophet 21 software enables the most critical business functions to work more efficiently, including: • Customer Relationship Management—CRM tools enable distributors to access information quickly and efficiently to streamline day-to-day processes while improving customer service. • Order Management—whether orders are manually entered, remotely via a mobile device or laptop, or online by a customer, information goes directly into Prophet 21 for fast order processing. • eCommerce—with Epicor Commerce a cloud-based eCommerce solution—distributors can increase sales, reach new customers, and shorten sales cycles for all their products and services. • Inventory Management—multiple dynamic inventory replenishment methods give the flexibility to lower carrying costs, minimize excess or obsolete inventory, improve cash flow, and increase customer service levels. • Purchasing—regardless of the number of warehouses, Prophet 21 distribution software centralizes the purchasing process to optimize buying power and inventory levels. • Warehouse Management System—WMS brings a new level of accuracy to all warehouse processes, including receiving, cross-docking, put-away, adjustments, picking, cycle counting, and inventory operations. • Financials—the Prophet 21 real-time general ledger provides up-to-the-minute financial statements, which provides a detailed picture of the company’s financial situation, and make knowledgeable business decisions—allowing distributors to be proactive instead of reactive. • Service and Maintenance—integrated Service and Maintenance helps keep track of service orders, service contracts, preventative maintenance schedules, warranties, and more, while monitoring service technicians’ schedules and open service orders. • Business Intelligence—Prophet 21 solution enables stronger, fact-based decisions with built-in standard reports, “as of” reporting, and analytics tools, while Epicor Data Analytics (EDA) provides interactive dashboards and analysis of data to quickly see important information about business performance.

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Prophet 21 offers warehouse solutions designed to enable users to adapt to changes in the marketplace and maintain their competitive advantage.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Only Epicor provides purpose-built industry productivity solutions for distributors. For 50 years, Prophet 21 has been designed by hundreds of committed employees with deep domain expertise together with distribution. With more than 1,600 wholesale distribution customers throughout the world using Prophet 21, Epicor is one of the leading technology providers for the distribution industry.


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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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Chuck C.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Long time user"
We like that we own the data and the ability to integrate into other systems. It was easy to tell from day one that Prophet21 was engineered for d...
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Harshal N.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
2.5 out of 5
"Outdated UI, Slow operations, Laggy"
Inventory Management Module is better compared to others.
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Michael V.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Solid all around ERP"
If something doesn't work to your specifics, you have the flexiblity to change it and make it your own. A million features and growing.
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CC
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Epicor Prophet 21?

We like that we own the data and the ability to integrate into other systems. It was easy to tell from day one that Prophet21 was engineered for distribution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Epicor Prophet 21?

There's not a lot to dislike. If I had to pick something, it would be the lack of ability to automatically round prices to the nearest penny. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Epicor Prophet 21 solving and how is that benefiting you?

It streamlines our ordering to fulfillment process from beginning to end. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KJ
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Epicor Prophet 21?

The scale of business required for distribution is well-suited for Prophet 21. We have over 100,000 sku's with thousands of customers and custom pricing and purchasing libraries. The features and focuses of P21 make it a natural and helpful tool for servicing this market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Epicor Prophet 21?

Since migrating to the cloud, our performance and responsiveness is much slower. Scheduler processes like Mass Updates (etc...) effect day-to-day operations such as packing list printing, shipping validation, order entry, etc... due to a shared pool of resources that we are taxing with our larger operations.

We can avoid this by scheduling these updates for after-hours, however we run into limitations, errors that need corrected, and other factors that end up delaying processes that used to run concurrently. It has both sped up and slowed our business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Epicor Prophet 21 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Increasing performance through table prioritization, organization, and process priority will be huge for our day to day operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TB
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Epicor Prophet 21?

I like that it is SQL based and the data is easy to access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Epicor Prophet 21?

Cloud is a challenge as we've lost a lot of control over our own data. Our company requested an extremely aggressive implementation schedule that Epicor was not willing to agree to. Based on this, we completed the integration on our own with little assistance from Epicor. We moved a new division to P21 Cloud within less than 6 months and then migrated an existing on-prem P21 instance to that Cloud system 4 months later. If you have an aggressive timeline, you need to be willing to bring in consultants that will assist and/or have an internal staff capable of performing the task on their own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Epicor Prophet 21 solving and how is that benefiting you?

P21 would not have been my first choice of ERP. We landed with it due to various acquisitions and this is what we landed with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JA
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What do you like best about Epicor Prophet 21?

SQL allows you to do alot with the data and allows vendors to easily integrate with P21 and get data, or simply update the database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Epicor Prophet 21?

Support is very very lack of knowledge, sometimes i get copied on the emails that support in Bensalem sends to Support in India, and then the ticket would sit in a Loop of nothing for a few days. I usually have to ask for an update to even get a response from the Epicor Team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Epicor Prophet 21:

I would recommend P21 since this allows the company to run the business and since its on SQL server it allows IT pros to easily get the data when needed, and allow scale Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Epicor Prophet 21 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Data, ability to run a business. P21 allows all parts of the business to use the same application to run day to day business processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harshal N.
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What do you like best about Epicor Prophet 21?

Inventory Management Module is better compared to others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Epicor Prophet 21?

Order management is slow and requires a lot improvement. UI is not at all user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Epicor Prophet 21 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Order management, sales and distribution, billing and invoices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Brennan Kelly of Epicor Prophet 21

Thank you for your feedback about Epicor Prophet 21. 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 Epicor Prophet 21?

An enterprise resource planing software esigned for fulfulling distributors and wholesalers needs. It helps us managing various aspects of business operations, including inventory, order processing, finance and customer relationship management. Its user friendly interphase and scalability also stand out in adapting to diverse business requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Epicor Prophet 21?

It fullfils requirments however it's downsides include a steeper learning for new users and also have potential customization challenges. Some of my team members reports occasional performance issues with larger data sets other then this, ongoing support and updates are crucial for optimal funcationality. Overall, epicor prophet is a powerfull ERP solution but careful consideration of specific business requirement is recomended. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Epicor Prophet 21 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Prophet helps in managing various challenges.

It helps in supply chain management, enhanced customer interations & satisfaction by centralizing customer information, order history & preferences. Helps optimize stock levels, reduce carrying costs & minimises stockouts through efficient tracking and forcasting. Streamlines the order to cash process. Provides the integrated financial tools for accurate accounting. Last but not the least adapts to the evolving needs of business, making it suitable for our team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MV
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What do you like best about Epicor Prophet 21?

If something doesn't work to your specifics, you have the flexiblity to change it and make it your own. A million features and growing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Epicor Prophet 21?

Support's favorit line is Update to the latest to fix what ever issue you may have Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Epicor Prophet 21 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Listen to their customer base and really charge forward with making things happen. Point in time GL reviews is really going to help with error control and audits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

WR
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Epicor Prophet 21?

The ability to innovate and improve on speed and key features over a short period of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Epicor Prophet 21?

The performance could be better at times. When under distress it seems to become very glitchy and laggy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Epicor Prophet 21 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our entire company functions off the performance and stability of P21. I just wish it could be more consistent, but overall it's getting us through every aspect of business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DP
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What do you like best about Epicor Prophet 21?

Prophet is extremely customizable and designed to guide the new user into best practices that pay off over time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Epicor Prophet 21?

With capability comes complexity and the vast capabilities of P21 make it a very daunting experience for the novice., Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Epicor Prophet 21 solving and how is that benefiting you?

World class demand forecasting commbined with excelllent PO generation can turn purchasing into a simple click and buy procedure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TF
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What do you like best about Epicor Prophet 21?

Good ERP, handles accounting, operations, sales and all other functions of the organization well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Epicor Prophet 21?

if the product is not out of box it is difficult to work with P21 to find a solution. CAM's within epicor are not knowledgeable about product which creates a roadblock in our business growth Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Epicor Prophet 21 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Sales orders, accounting and warehouse management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Vedika Khanna of Epicor Prophet 21

Hi Thomas, thank you for your feedback about Prophet 21. We’re sorry to hear about your issues with using Prophet 21. We would like to learn more about the issue you are experiencing so we can deliver a solution quickly. Please email us at customerreferences@epicor.com with your contact information, so we can assist you. Again, we are sorry for the inconvenience you’ve experienced, and we look forward to resolving it quickly.