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Information Management
Data governance for efficient operations, compliance, better decisions, and business success.
Data-Driven Success
Epicor will help your business meet modern-day information management challenges.
- Adhere to complex regulations and standards
- Maintain records for audit trails in complex supply chains
- Protect sensitive data
- Manage data retention periods
Now is the Time to Get Ahead
Source: Zipdo
80%
Data Analysts who spend half their time on cleaning data
75%
Companies stating better data management is a major organizational issue
37%
Companies who have a defined data management strategy
35%
Percentage of total company revenue lost due to poor data management.
Information Management for Makers, Movers, and Sellers
Manufacturers
Epicor manufacturing solutions use information management to increase productivity, maintain quality standards, effectively manage resources, and make informed decisions for a competitive advantage in the market by:
- Providing real-time production insights and reducing downtime
- Identifying product defects and implementing corrective action
- Protecting sensitive data and complying with industry regulations, avoiding legal issues and penalties
- Ensuring timely availability of materials and finished products, reducing holding costs and stockouts
- Establishing proper data audit trails and documentation for compliance verification
Distributors
Epicor distribution solutions use information management to provide better inventory control, streamlined supply chain operations, enhanced data security, and compliance adherence, leading to improved efficiency, customer satisfaction, and competitiveness in the market by:
- Improving demand forecasting and maintaining optimal stock levels, minimizing carrying costs and stockouts
- Providing data accuracy and consistency, speeding up order processing while preventing errors
- Complying with industry-specific regulations and data protection requirements, avoiding legal issues and penalties
- Enabling effective communication and collaboration with suppliers, enhancing supply chain efficiency
Retail
Epicor retail solutions use information management to optimize operations, enhance customer experiences, ensure data security, and comply with regulations, driving efficiency, growth, and customer satisfaction by:
- Personalizing shopping experiences, enhancing customer engagement, and boosting loyalty
- Tracking and predicting inventory needs based on sales trends.
- Gaining insights into buying habits for more effective marketing and sales strategies
- Coordinating effectively with suppliers and managing logistics for timely deliveries
- Protecting sensitive data from unauthorized access and security breaches, building trust with customers and suppliers
Building Supply
Epicor solutions for lumber and building materials use information management to optimize inventory, enhance supply chain operations, ensure data security and compliance, and make data-driven decisions.
- Tracking lumber and building material inventory levels accurately, ensuring the right mix of products and reducing carrying costs
- Classifying products based on attributes, making it easier to organize and locate items in warehouses
Challenges We Help Solve
Navigating complex regulations is a challenge for businesses. Continuous adaptation and vigilance are required to stay competitive and compliant.
Epicor can smoothly manage swiftly-changing regulations at all levels of government throughout the globe.
- Epicor Quality Management Solution: Certified or verified for compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 27001, Amazon Web Services (AWS), SOC 1 and 3, ITAR, HIPAA, FedRAMP
- Epicor Quick Ship: Ensures all shipping procedures, documentation, and labeling meet current regulations of each global shipping location
- Epicor Enterprise Content Management (ECM): Ensures all relevant documents are controlled, versioned, and archived according to regulatory requirements
- Epicor ECM can quickly identify affected documents for review if a standard changes
In intricate supply chains, ensuring traceability and maintaining records are vital. Goods pass through numerous stages, and lapses risk disruptions, financial hits, and reputation loss.
Epicor offers various products that will significantly help your business with these challenges, including:
- Epicor Solution for Your Industry: Provides a comprehensive view of your entire business with time-stamped records of every activity
- Epicor EDI: Automates document exchange between systems throughout your entire supply chain and maintains accurate records of all transactions
- Epicor Quality Management: Logs quality-related and product traceability data and provides document control
- Epicor Enterprise Content Management (ECM): Securely stores all documents related to the supply chain in accordance with company and regulatory requirements
Protecting sensitive data is crucial in the digital era. Businesses must securely store vast data while ensuring authorized access.
Breaches risk financial loss, legal issues, and reputational harm. As cyber threats evolve, Epicor helps you address these challenges in the following ways:
- GDPR: Epicor adheres to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and all other government compliance policies
- Data management tools with strong encryption, access controls, and user authentication
- Epicor Security Suite: Delivers a comprehensive security approach with an expertly installed firewall, workstation anti-virus to protect against malware and ransomware, and cloud data backup.
Managing data retention periods poses significant challenges. Regulations dictate how long various data should be retained and when files must be securely deleted.
Navigating storage costs, laws, and operational procedures requires careful oversight. Epicor offers products to ensure your business is in compliance.
- Epicor Solution for Your Industry: Provides database purge and summarize purge functions
- Epicor Quality Management System: Configures to automatically manage the retention of quality-related records, aligning with regulatory requirements
- Epicor Enterprise Content Management (ECM): Set specific retention policies for different types of documents or content
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