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Epicor Kinetic EDI and B2B integration

EDI integration for Epicor Kinetic through Demand Management, REST APIs and Epicor's integration tools.

  • Integration supported
  • Implementation services available
  • Cloud, on-premises or hybrid

Overview

Connecting Epicor Kinetic with your trading partners

Epicor Kinetic, formerly Epicor ERP, is used by make-to-order and discrete manufacturers that frequently receive orders, schedules and forecasts from customers electronically. Kinetic's Demand Management functionality is designed to process incoming customer demand, including EDI-sourced orders and schedules, and reconcile changes against existing sales orders and releases.

Kinetic also offers REST APIs built on its business objects and supports Business Activity Queries for extracting data. ECOM integrates Kinetic with trading partners through PRISM, feeding demand into Demand Management or the APIs and generating ship notices and invoices from shipments and A/R invoices. ECOM also provides Epicor Kinetic implementation services.

Read the in-depth guideEpicor Kinetic EDI integration guide: Demand Management, APIs and best practices

Methods

Integration approaches for Epicor Kinetic

Demand Management

Processes inbound customer demand, including EDI orders and schedules, with change review.

REST APIs

Business-object-based APIs for creating and reading Kinetic data.

Business Activity Queries

Configurable queries used to extract data for outbound documents.

Document mapping

How EDI documents map to Epicor Kinetic

Typical mappings between common X12 documents and Epicor Kinetic business objects. Actual designs depend on your configuration and partners.

EDI documentEpicor Kinetic objectDirection
850 Purchase OrderSales order (Demand Management)Into Epicor Kinetic
830 Planning ScheduleDemand schedule and forecastInto Epicor Kinetic
856 Advance Ship NoticeCustomer shipmentFrom Epicor Kinetic
810 InvoiceA/R invoiceFrom Epicor Kinetic

Planning

Implementation considerations

  • Demand change review

    Decide which demand changes post automatically and which require review.

  • Cloud and on-premises

    Integration approaches differ between Epicor-hosted cloud and on-premises deployments.

  • Part cross-references

    Customer part numbers must map reliably to internal parts.

Trading partners

Integration guides that pair with Epicor Kinetic

  • AT&T EDI integration
  • Caterpillar EDI integration
  • Ford EDI integration
  • General Motors EDI integration
  • Honda EDI integration
  • Intel EDI integration
  • John Deere EDI integration
  • Lowe's EDI integration
  • Starbucks EDI integration
  • The Home Depot EDI integration
  • Toyota EDI integration
  • Verizon EDI integration
  • Walmart EDI integration

Epicor Kinetic integration FAQs

What is Epicor Demand Management?

It is Kinetic functionality for receiving customer demand such as EDI orders and schedules and reconciling it with existing sales orders.

Can ECOM integrate Kinetic with automotive customers?

Yes. ECOM translates schedules and orders from automotive and industrial customers and generates compliant ship notices.

Does ECOM implement Epicor Kinetic?

Yes. ECOM provides Epicor Kinetic implementation services alongside trading partner integration.

Integrating or implementing Epicor Kinetic?

Tell us about your ERP environment and trading partners. We will recommend an integration approach and delivery model.