Epicor Smarter Business Intelligence

The solution Smarter Business Intelligence contains the preconfigured analytical reports received in real time and Epicor 9 integrated with an e-business intelligence of the ERP system. The solution is based on use of service-oriented architecture of Epicor ERP and also modern technologies in the field of analytics and cloud computing of Microsoft using which new opportunities of more faithful representation of information open the predictability and managerial effectiveness the companies focused on growth and development using innovations increases.

Access to the Smarter BI tools is provided on the basis of roles and the built-in analytics which is provided to the user in the context of an assigned task, it is easy to create, unroll and provide them access to end users. Epicor ERP offers a wide choice of the tools for the user which are already a part of standard delivery such as tools of the analysis of business activities (business activity queries, BAQ), reports on operating activities and also the dashboards providing data taking into account the user's business role. Also there is a possibility of consolidation of these means with more advanced analytics for creation of powerful slozhnosostavny applications on the Internet using Microsoft SharePoint or on mobile devices - and all this is easy, without the assistance of IT specialists.

EPM(Enterprise Performance Management) Server and EPM Performance Canvas create the consolidated analytical platform which offers storage of operational data on the principle of the Plug and Play, creation and management of an OLAP cubes and rich opportunities of visualization of the keyword parameters and the directions selected by the user. The special value of the Epicor EPM platform consists available a row preset industry the analyst that removes need of additional involvement of IT specialists. With more than 40 preset OLAP-cubes of Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services offers 400 business parameters provided with 1600 accounting measurements and 800 metrics, users are given ample opportunities of penetration into an essence of each direction of business. Using search on the basis of wiki-technology and full-function mobile representation through EPM Performance Canvas, collecting, distribution and interpretation of business information becomes simpler.

One more aspect of a new solution - an opportunity to offer the enterprises of any size analytics on perspective and an opportunity to trace key performance indicators - what was a prerogative of exclusively large companies with the extensive IT budget earlier.