Epicor 9 launched in the Middle East
N/A (January 01, 2009) – nables business anywhere regardless of country, industry, or access device Epicor Software Corporation, a provider of enterprise business software for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies, recently announced the launch of its next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution Epicor 9 in the Middle East.
“Our history of innovation leveraging Microsoft technology continues with Epicor 9,” said John
Hiraoka, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Epicor. “We are redefining the enterprise software experience for users, with more ways for them to interact with information residing in their ERP system” through the 2007 Microsoft Office system (Office Outlook 2007, Office Word 2007, and Office Excel 2007) and more “ultimately driving increased efficiency as users are empowered to work smarter, faster and add increased value for their businesses.”
“We decided to go with Epicor 9 based on the many enhancements and features it offers”, said Omar Ali, Production Manager, Petra Engineering Industries Company. “We are currently in the implementation stage, and hope to be up and running soon. Epicor have provided us with strong support over the past months and we believe once Epicor 9 is fully implemented, it will improve our overall operational efficiency.” Petra Engineering Industries Company is a leading designer and manufacturer of industrial and commercial air conditioning equipment with sales in more than 35 countries around the world.
Epicor 9 aims to virtually put “ERP everywhere,” utilizing Web 2.0 concepts to provide users with a collaborative enterprise business application experience regardless of country, industry, or access device, enabling business without barriers.
Business anywhere
The tools that people use to conduct business today have changed. Business is everywhere, business is real-time, and business is always online. The Internet and ubiquitous mobility play an essential part in the daily lives of the information-hungry global economy.
Featuring a global engine design approach, Epicor 9 offers a comprehensive configurable ERP platform and global footprint that’s ready for deployment anywhere. The initial release is expected to support over 20 languages and countries, with rapid expansion planned to the world’s principle markets in more than 40 countries in the Americas, EMEA, and the Asia Pacific Rim.
Applications can be accessed via a range of mobile devices, such as Windows Mobile, Symbian, BlackBerry, and the Apple iPhone for wireless business. Additionally, Epicor Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) can also be deployed direct to mobile devices and include full search capabilities.
Business insight
Today’s businesses find that it is no longer enough to respond retroactively to trends uncovered by complex business intelligence tools all too often removed from the point of decision and managed and used by a select few. Information workers require decision support in real time, and they want it deployed in the tools they already use, day in and day out. Epicor Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) offers a combination of intuitive enterprise search-based user experiences, user-driven key performance indicators (KPIs), role-based interactive dashboards, and pre-packaged analytics.
Business architecture
With Epicor True SOA all client code as well as application business logic is delivered as self-describing business services. Part of Epicor True SOA is the Epicor Everywhere Framework, a unique technology that stores all user interface attributes as XML metadata. This permits Epicor applications to run as smart clients or Web clients or on mobile devices, all from the same source code.
Business requirements
Companies will be able to select the fundamental options that are right for their business choosing whether to deploy on-premise, single-tenant hosted, or multi-tenant Software as a Service (SaaS), Windows-based or Web-based, centralized or decentralized end-to-end or individual suites. Customers can also choose how to configure the application suites to best fit and improve business processes. End users can choose several options for interacting with their ERP system.
Source: Epicor
