Applications That Work the Way You Do

Customizing traditional systems is time-consuming and costly due to complex coding, integration challenges, vendor dependency, upgrade complications, lack of agility, regulatory hurdles, maintenance overhead, scalability issues, and specialized resource constraints. These low-code/no-code development tools mitigate the challenges:

• Epicor Cloud SDK: Lets you define metadata for a new service, generates the service, creates or generates the related database table, application, REST API, and user interface for that application, all without coding.
• Epicor Application Studio: Allows users to configure a wide array of elements such as screens, fields, workflows, and more with a visual drag-and-drop designer in Epicor. It empowers a wider range of users to personalize the system while also helping ensure that customizations are secure, upgradeable, and aligned with best practices.

Lack of robotic process automation (RPA) capabilities and computer-assisted human workflows can lead to inefficiencies, increased costs, customer dissatisfaction, compliance challenges, inability to expand your business, and a loss of competitive edge. These low-code/no-code development tools mitigate the challenges:

• Epicor Automation Studio, Powered by Workato: An enterprise iPaaS, Workato is often referred to as an integration-led automation platform. With a library of connectors and recipes as your starting point, you can set up RPAs such as checking for contracts in the Epicor system that are about to expire or automatic workflows that trigger emails requesting approvals, to name just a few examples.
• Epicor Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Workflow: Our fully digitized repository with business automation eliminates the waste and double handling associated with paper, poorly maintained online folders, and never-ending email threads. ECM Workflow provides an easy-to-use graphical canvas for you to create and edit document-driven workflows such as for AP invoice approvals.
• Epicor CPQ: Our visual configure, price, quote system lets salespeople and customers use drag-and-drop options to change colors, dimensions, parts, and materials. A button click automatically generates quotes and supporting documents, along with everything needed to start production: CAD drawings, BOMs, instructions, and cut sheets.

The absence of no-code/low-code tools intensifies the gap between IT experts and business users. This leads to delays in operational responses, missed opportunities due to slow adaptations, and miscommunications over needs and solutions. The result is increased costs and rigid systems, with business users often feeling dependent and frustrated; the overall efficiency and agility of your organization can suffer. In contrast, Epicor low-code /no-code development tools can empower all users to succeed:

• Epicor Connected Process Control: Designed for manufacturers, this low-code/no-code solution enables non-technical users to digitize procedures, integrate devices, and optimize workflows, ensuring improved efficiency and quality in production
• Grow, an Epicor solution: Our no-code/low-code approach allows non-technical users to harness BI effortlessly. With 75+ out-of-the-box connectors, users easily link to diverse data sources in addition to the Epicor system, and through a user-friendly interface, craft custom dashboards and reports. The benefits of advanced analytics are now accessible to everyone.
• Epicor Automation Studio, Powered by Workato: Workato's low-code/no-code features enable non-technical users to establish integrations and automations with ease. Boasting over 1,000 connectors, this solution simplifies the connection to a vast range of platforms, while its library of 500,000+ ready-to-use recipes plus Epicor industry templates offers users predefined workflows. This reduces the need to build from scratch and helps ensure a swift, user-friendly setup process.

Not having the right development tools can stifle your business’s ability to innovate rapidly, making it less competitive and adaptable in a fast-changing market environment. Our no-code/low-code tools encourage new ideas and solutions without the traditional development hurdles. Users are free to experiment and create unique situations that meet their needs:

• Epicor Cloud SDK: Create an extension that perfectly mirrors a manufacturer’s complex production process incorporating details about materials, machines, stages, quality controls, and more.
• Grow, an Epicor Solution: Allow employees at all levels to identify trends, pinpoint inefficiencies, and propose informed solutions with Grow BI. Giving everyone the ability to assemble, transform, analyze, and visualize data enriches cross-departmental collaboration—leading to more diverse and innovative problem-solving approaches.
• Epicor CPQ: Automate processes like quote creation and CAD file and BOM generation, reducing bottlenecks and freeing up engineering and sales teams. Time and resources saved can be redirected to R&D and responding to market demands.

Different platforms use diverse technologies and standards, making connections complex. Systems receive software updates on a regular basis, often causing disruptions to existing integrations. Furthermore, the technical expertise required for smooth integrations may not always be available within your organization. Epicor Automation Studio, powered by Workato, uses a low-code approach to make this scenario run smoothly:

• Epicor connectors: Interface outside apps and platforms with Epicor using its REST API, enabling data exchange without manual API handling.
• Recipes: Dictate data flow and data transformation using a visual interface.
• Triggers: Cover a wide range, including from new or updated records, run on a schedule, from a webhook, and more.
• Error handling: Monitors integrations and notifies you of sync errors.
• Templates: Help you get started with 1000+ platform connectors to non-Epicor systems, plus 500,000+ recipes