Epicor Enhances Financials and Supply Chain Management Suites

Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC) today announced significant enhancements to Epicor Enterprise, the companys comprehensive end-to-end suite of proven industry-specific solutions for the global midmarket enterprise. Available immediately, the Financial and Supply Chain Management (SCM) Suites of Epicor Enterprise offer improved forecasting capabilities, better information access and reporting across the enterprise, and improved budget management for stronger compliance and control.

The Epicor SCM Suite is a comprehensive solution that streamlines operations from order fulfillment to warehouse management to supplier relationship management. Epicor SCM provides immediate access to the inventory, pricing and customer information companies need to increase inventory turns, enhance customer service and improve profitability. With over 100 enhancements made in this latest release, Epicor SCM enables more accurate demand forecasting, which in turn improves order fulfillment rates and stock movement efficiency. Empowered to make better informed decisions with Epicor SCM, companies are able to manage to plan and quickly react to changing forecasts while increasing employee productivity.

Real-Time Visibility Improves Supply Chain Accuracy
As the world's leading manufacturer of custom storage organizing products, and an Epicor Enterprise customer, Rev-A-Shelf LLC based in Jeffersontown, Kentucky understands that providing the right products at the right time is a competitive advantage. Rev-A-Shelf employs approximately 250 people in a 200,000 square-foot facility, producing a line of products consisting of polymer, wire, wood, and stainless steel components, manufactured and marketed globally to Kitchen Dealers, Cabinet and Furniture Manufacturers, Cabinet Industry Distributors, and Retail Home Centers.

Prior to implementing Epicor, which includes the Financials, Sales Order Management & Shipping, Purchasing & Receiving, Quality Control, Production and Warehouse Management modules of the Epicor Enterprise suite, Rev-A-Shelf operated with a paper-based receiving, picking and shipping process that provided no real-time inventory visibility. With Epicor, were able to track every item from the time it comes in the door until it leaves our facilities, said Michael Rodgers, information systems manager for Rev-a-Shelf. Productivity has increased in every work cell and weve reduced our warehouse space by one-half because the automated system enabled us to significantly reduce our on-hand inventory requirements. Weve nearly eliminated inventory write-offs, increasing both inventory and shipping accuracy to 98 percent, while increasing our overall productivity by 25 percent.