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Sharpen Your Edge in the Global Market
Improve efficiency and differentiate your services with Epicor solutions designed for metals service centers.
The Right ERP Partner Helps You Stand Out From the Crowd
Volatile raw material costs, uncertain mill lead times, and changing customer forecasts all create a delicate balancing act for metal service centers. If your ERP doesn’t meet the requirements of your industry’s unique operations, you risk getting lost amid the competition. Epicor solutions can help make a difference to your bottom line and to your customers:
- Deliver competitive pricing with margin analysis available at the time of order
- Consistently manage your inventory across multiple locations
- Offer new value-added services to optimize margins and outperform customer expectations
Epicor Kinetic ranked a top ERP solution for manufacturers by G2
Offer Customers More Value with Data-Driven Operations
Connect Processes Across the Yard, the Warehouse, and the Sales Office
Integrated ERP technology allows your business to eliminate inefficient processes like re-keying information. You get more accurate, updated information about inventory and machine utilization, so you can make faster adjustments. Epicor Kinetic offers a single solution for marketing, sales, quoting, production and planning, sourcing, procurement, customer service, and finance—all built to handle the needs of metal service centers.
Deliver Solid Customer Service at Every Step
Your customers are counting on you to know their business inside and out. Luckily, we know yours. With Epicor, you have the tools you need to keep the right materials in stock, quickly deliver customer quotes, efficiently schedule orders, and maintain delivery performance.
Control the Levers of Profitability
Speed matters for purchasing and inventory management. A connected ERP system connects all the dots for you, so you can control costs and create more value for customers. Kinetic provides inventory control alongside material requirements planning (MRP). Nesting software integrations help you optimize material utilization and reduce scrap. Epicor Advanced MES provides automatic production monitoring. Machine-related data helps you keep equipment running.
Challenges We Help Solve
Epicor analytics deliver visibility across business functions through intuitive dashboards and reports. Teams can monitor performance, review trends, and manage exceptions as they occur.
- Access real-time metrics on sales, inventory, and production
- Customize dashboards for managers, planners, and executives
- Compare supplier and customer performance metrics
- Visualize cost drivers and utilization patterns to support decisions
- Use built-in data tools to evaluate operational efficiency
Epicor ERP is designed for scalability and secure access. Teams can work from any location using modular functionality that grows with business needs.
- Add capabilities such as Advanced MES, CRM, or Epicor Commerce as operations expand
- Access data through modern web and mobile interfaces
- Support hybrid or full-cloud deployment models
- Enable remote collaboration across sites and departments
- Maintain consistent user experience from shop floor to sales office
Epicor Financials can centralize accounting and compliance while supporting multi-site and cross-border operations. Integrated financial controls help maintain consistency across distributed entities.
- Manage multi-currency and multi-company structures
- Automate intercompany transactions and consolidations
- Maintain local regulatory and tax compliance in each region
- View financial performance in real time across all locations
- Connect finance with production, inventory, and logistics data for complete visibility
Gain clear visibility into material availability and movement across facilities. Epicor solutions connect your warehouse, yard, and production data to support accurate, real-time tracking of metals inventory.
- Manage and plan inventory using attribute sets such as heat certifications and test results
- Transact and view stock in multiple units of measure
- Create new stock items for remnants and offcuts to minimize waste
- Enable mobile scanning and wireless transactions for warehouse and yard teams
- Maintain traceability from mill source through finished goods
Epicor supports fast, consistent estimating by connecting order, material, and pricing data in one place. Sales and service teams can configure, price, and quote with accuracy and transparency.
- View cost details and margins for each quote or job
- Digitize estimating steps with approvals and customer confirmations
- Reference stored specifications and prior orders to streamline quoting
- Access product attributes and pricing from mobile or CRM interfaces
- Integrate with eCommerce or Salesforce environments for connected customer engagement
Coordinating tight delivery schedules is easier when production, logistics, and customer data work together. Epicor tools help manage dispatching, routing, and shipping accuracy across operations.
- Use production scheduling to align inventory and delivery timing
- Support mobile picking and shipping transactions in the yard or warehouse
- Simplify fulfillment and reduce re-handling through automated workflows
- Coordinate truck routing and proof-of-delivery records for each shipment
- Connect with carriers or logistics partners from a single operational view
Equipment monitoring and maintenance tools within Epicor systems provide insight into utilization and performance. Operators and maintenance teams can view machine data to keep production steady and predictable.
- Schedule and record preventive maintenance for all assets
- Capture live digital or analog signals from sensors and PLCs
- Connect to OPC-compliant devices for real-time visibility
- Track run rates, downtime, scrap, and energy metrics
- Combine IoT and Advanced MES tools for data-driven performance tracking
Efficient supplier collaboration reduces material loss and improves coordination across the production network. Epicor supports structured communication and analysis with trading partners.
- Automate RFQ requests and supplier change-order workflows
- Exchange data through supplier portals or EDI integrations
- Track vendor shipping performance and quality measures
- Manage purchase contracts, landed cost details, and buyer workbenches
- Support continuous supplier improvement initiatives through shared analytics
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Thousands of manufacturers rely on Epicor software to help them grow and scale. Bring us your questions. Tell us what's working and what's not. We'll work with you to curate the right solution for your business.