About Kinetic

Kinetic offers flexible, industry-specific enterprise resource planning solutions that are designed around the specific needs of manufacturing customers. The solutions leverage new technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), social collaboration, big data and analytics, 3D design automation, and mobility for a combination of rich global functionality built on agile technology.

Kinetic capabilities include a CRM for managing customer and partner data, invoices, quotes, orders, multi-level pricing contracts, and more. Tools for performance management provide visibility into the business, allowing users to plan, execute, and analyze at both strategic and tactical levels using business intelligence (BI) data. Users can securely capture, store, manage, and access content and documents at any time, via any device, using Epicor’s content management system (DocStar), empowering interdepartmental collaboration.

Organizations are able to manage and streamline financial operations and gain insights into performance, expense, and risk through tools and controls to support complex legislative requirements. Features for planning and scheduling provide day-to-day control and long-range planning, helping to manage supply and demand in real-time with resource optimization, availability, change management, and more. Epicor’s tools for manufacturing and production provide a full range of supply chain management, execution, and distribution capabilities.

Kinetic helps organizations plan and execute simple or complex, multi-level projects with strict costing and billing through features for project planning, time and expense management, billing and revenue, and resource management. Users are able to maximize service effectiveness by coordinating service center processes and managing each aspect of the supply chain from forecasting to fulfillment. Kinetic also includes human capital management from onboarding, to talent management.

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  • Free Trial
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Key benefits of Kinetic

  • Epicor ERP allows the integration of new technologies and processes in order to help make accurate, data-driven decisions.

  • Get a clear line of sight on everything from product and design through manufacturing and fulfillment to ensure that products will be profitable.

  • Cloud-ready Epicor ERP enables users to access business intelligence (BI) dashboards from any device.

  • Mitigate risk with greater visibility and closer collaboration across the entire supply chain.

  • Drive efficiency and productivity with tools that help better plan resources, balance and distribute work, collaborate with suppliers, and respond to shifting demand.

    • Typical Customers

    • Freelancers
    • Small Businesses (2-50)
    • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
    • Large enterprises (500 and more)

    Deployment

    • Cloud-based
    • On-premise

    Markets

    Colombia, Mexico, United States

    Supported Languages

    English, Spanish

    Pricing starting from:

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    • Free Version
    • Free Trial
    • Subscription

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    Features

    Total features of Kinetic: 100

    • API
    • Accounting
    • Accounting Integration
    • Activity Dashboard
    • Activity Tracking
    • Audit Management
    • Audit Trail
    • Automated Scheduling
    • BOM Creation
    • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
    • Barcoding/RFID
    • Billing & Invoicing
    • Bills of Material
    • CRM
    • Capacity Planning
    • Collaboration Tools
    • Compliance Management
    • Cost Tracking
    • Customer Database
    • Customizable Reports
    • Data Visualization
    • Demand Forecasting
    • Distribution Management
    • Document Management
    • EDI
    • ERP
    • Enterprise Asset Management
    • Estimating
    • Financial Analysis
    • Financial Management
    • For Small Businesses
    • Forecasting
    • Forms Automation
    • HR Management
    • Import/Export Management
    • Integrated Business Operations
    • Inventory Management
    • Inventory Optimization
    • Inventory Replenishment
    • Inventory Tracking
    • Invoice Management
    • Issue Management
    • Item Management
    • Job Costing
    • Lifecycle Management
    • MES
    • Maintenance Management
    • Material Requirements Planning
    • Monitoring
    • Multi-Channel Management
    • Multi-Currency
    • Multi-Location
    • Order Fulfillment
    • Order Management
    • Order Processing
    • Order Tracking
    • Payroll Management
    • Performance Metrics
    • Planning Tools
    • Process Modeling & Designing
    • Procurement Management
    • Product Data Management
    • Production Management
    • Production Scheduling
    • Production Tracking
    • Project Management
    • Projections
    • Purchase Order Management
    • Purchasing & Receiving
    • Quality Control
    • Quality Management
    • Quotes/Estimates
    • Real Time Analytics
    • Real Time Data
    • Real Time Monitoring
    • Real Time Reporting
    • Real-time Updates
    • Reporting & Statistics
    • Reporting/Analytics
    • Retail Inventory Management
    • Returns Management
    • Rules-Based Workflow
    • Safety Management
    • Sales & Operations Planning
    • Sales Forecasting
    • Sales Orders
    • Shipping Management
    • Status Tracking
    • Stock Management
    • Supplier Management
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Task Management
    • Third Party Integrations
    • Time & Expense Tracking
    • Traceability
    • Transportation Management
    • Warehouse Management
    • Work Order Management
    • Workflow Management
    • eCommerce Management

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    Reviews

    Overall rating

    3.8 /5
    (175)
    Value for Money
    3.5/5
    Features
    3.8/5
    Ease of Use
    3.5/5
    Customer Support
    3.3/5

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    Eric
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    • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
    • Company size: 201-500 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Value for Money
    • Ease of Use
    • Customer Support
    • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

    Very customisable ERP

    Reviewed on 03/01/2019

    Pros

    This ERP is very customisable. You can change the behavior of the software with it's DATA DIRECTIVE, METHODE DIRECTIVE. You can change the look and feel of every screen with it's internal .NET engine.

    Cons

    It is slow... You will need a very fast server.
    The query engine (BAQ) is very limited with Epicor 9 but I heard it's better with Epicor 10.
    If you made a lot of customisation, the upgrades will be difficult.

    Rob
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    • Industry: Restaurants
    • Company size: 501-1,000 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

    Full-featured mid-tier ERP based on Microsoft Stack (or cloud option)

    Reviewed on 08/01/2021

    Very simple to implement. Training people was the hardest part. We upgraded from a 20 year old...

    Very simple to implement. Training people was the hardest part. We upgraded from a 20 year old ERP which was not WYSIWYG but users liked new formats. As usual customers wanted every option but after implementation realized that they could live without it since there were similar features in the existing software.

    We have a factory with about 40 office workers, 400 on factory floor, two distribution centers and main office. Factory in Mexico, others in US.

    Project management support from Epicor was great. Not impressed with support. Often had to wait long time for solutions and it required a lot of data on our part to answer their questions.

    The MS Stack was easy to configure, secure and administrate.

    We purchased our own servers and hosted them in a shared DC. Performance was good once we figured out how to configure everything including firewalls, WAN and various remote servers.

    No problems migrating data to new environment but we kept the legacy system for queries.

    We added a 3rd-party EDI solution and it worked well to reduce Order processing issues.

    The Epicor software was rarely the problem. Mostly project and training issues that delayed the effort.

    Pros

    The MS stack makes it easy to customize for reporting, data storage. Multi-tier configuration with database, application server and options for web-clients, fat clients and terminal servers.
    Many options for customization in addition to code development. Multi-everything.

    Relatively easy to upgrade and stay on current releases. Great administrative tools and ability to add resources as demand grow, including localizing servers for better performance.

    Cons

    Nothing really. There are lots of modules and each has a lot of simple to understand configuration options.

    Response from Epicor Software

    Hi Rob, thank you for your feedback about Epicor ERP. We're glad to hear you find the ease of customization beneficial. Your feedback is invaluable. Please email us at [email protected] to share additional comments and learn about the program.

    Nicole
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    • Industry: Information Technology & Services
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    • Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10

    Great if you are a potential new customer, not so great after

    Reviewed on 12/09/2016

    Pros

    We went from a manmade access system to this ERP system being our first. I enjoyed the easy click through menu options and ability to customize the forms to our liking. We have a unique business that would not fit an out of the box capability.

    Cons

    Reporting is not easy in this system. Almost everything has to be customizable and it created many years worth of problems trying to build this system without a strong support team. We have been trying for over a year to get our rep to give us pricing on licenses as we have grown and would like to expand in this area. We cannot get responses from the website support, our rep, or anything. Once you become a customer, you are abandoned, and left with very little support. this was not ideal as we developed how we wanted to use an ERP system and what the system could really do. We have spent 100s of thousands with other consulting companies to try to build the system, all while paying for the support and maintenance without any support.

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    • Industry: Mining & Metals
    • Company size: 51-200 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

    Lots of customizations required

    Reviewed on 05/12/2018

    Overall, the software works as intended. If an issue comes up, it’s generally an easy fix even if...

    Overall, the software works as intended. If an issue comes up, it’s generally an easy fix even if it does take a bit of time. Much of what we do as a company can sometime require us to have to dig around in the system to find the information we need but the good thing is that Epicor allows for that digging thru it’s search fields.

    Pros

    The very thing that kind of sucks about this software is also the thing that makes it “work” for our company. The ability to customize the software for our day to day business needs is awesome.

    Cons

    Unfortunately, those customizations make fixing things a little more difficult than if we were able to use the software “out of the box.” Having developers in a different country also prohibits and lengthens “fix time” due to time difference.

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    • Industry: Retail
    • Company size: 201-500 Employees
    • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

    Epicor ERP

    Reviewed on 13/05/2021

    Good experience but I can be better, if you have a midsize company is a good option

    Good experience but I can be better, if you have a midsize company is a good option

    Pros

    It's easy to implement and if you have an .NET team the knowledge curve is low and you can customize the modules by yourself

    Cons

    CRM is not good, also the web version has so much problems when we compare to other competitors

    Alternatives Considered

    Dynamics 365

    Reasons for Switching to Kinetic

    Cost and hardware infrastructure

    Response from Epicor Software

    Hi there, thank you for your feedback about Epicor ERP. We're glad to hear you've found it easy to customize and would like to learn more re: your experience of the CRM. Your feedback is invaluable. Please email us at [email protected]

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    Kinetic FAQs

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    Kinetic offers the following pricing plans:

    • Free Trial: Not Available

    Contact Epicor for detailed pricing information.

    Kinetic has the following typical customers:

    51-200, 201-500, 501-1,000, 1,001-5,000

    Kinetic supports the following languages:

    English, Spanish

    Kinetic supports the following devices:

    Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

    Kinetic integrates with the following applications:

    Epicor Advanced MES, Epicor ERP Financial Management

    Kinetic offers the following support options:

    Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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