What Manufacturing Business Leaders Need to Know about AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast becoming a critical component of business operations for manufacturers. As AI becomes more established, manufacturing executives need to keep pace by understanding its implications and potential benefits.
At Epicor, we’re developing more than just a chatbot. Epicor Prism is a network of vertical AI agents that utilize the power of large language model (LLM) services. Prism is already available in Epicor Kinetic, our global cloud ERP for manufacturers, and our long-term vision is for Epicor Prism to serve as the user interface for LLM-enabled processes across all Epicor ERP platform.
Access our eBook to get a clear understanding of how you can apply AI to improve your manufacturing business.
How BytePlus ModelArk and ByteDance Seed Are Powering Creativity & Commerce
This e-book explores how BytePlus ModelArk and Seed models combine enterprise-grade infrastructure with advanced AI capabilities to accelerate content creation, empowering businesses to deliver high-quality text, images, and videos at scale for today’s fast-paced creative and commercial demands.
- Content Suite in Days, Not Weeks
- Studio-Quality Visuals & Video in Seconds
- Enterprise-Grade AI Built for APAC & Global Scale
Beyond the Cloud: Building a Secure & Scalable AI Ecosystem
As enterprises move beyond pilot AI projects and isolated use cases, the need for a secure, scalable, and cost-effective AI ecosystem has never been more critical. This e-book serves as a practical guide for IT leaders and decision-makers seeking to operationalize AI at scale.
- Understand how ungoverned AI usage can compromise compliance and data integrity, and what enterprises can do to mitigate these risks.
- Learn how to choose the right models for the job, from deep-thinking LLMs for analytics to lightweight AI for real-time responsiveness.
- Explore strategies like model quantization, elastic scaling, and infrastructure optimization to reduce costs while maintaining enterprise-grade performance.
Auth0 and AWS: Building secure, scalable GenAI and SaaS apps
You've built a successful app and now you're ready to grow. But scaling for enterprise clients comes with a new set of challenges, including security, compliance, and user experience. Businesses want a solution that's secure, reliable, and easy to use, and many are turning to customer identity to build that trust.
Explore how the combined power of Auth0 and AWS helps you build enterprise-ready apps that:
- Secure access at scale
- Meet compliance requirements
- Deliver frictionless user experiences
Level up your iOS Game: Tips for speeding up continuous integration
Struggling with painfully slow iOS builds? Here's a gift for you!
Get your free eBook, packed with actionable best practices for optimizing your CI, speeding up iOS builds and tests, and gaining more time for the work you love.
You'll learn:
- How to compile faster, from Swift hygiene to choosing the right hardware
- Expert CI setup tips, including monitoring, alerts, and thoughtful branch policies
- Strategies for faster test execution — from flaky tests to smart parallelization
- Quick summary sections with tips you can put into action right away
The Evolution of the Automotive Aftermarket Outlook
The global automotive aftermarket is in a transformative era, driven by disruptive vehicle technologies, shifting consumer behaviors, new business models, and increased vehicles in operation (VIO). Frost & Sullivan’s research has identified the top transformations currently facing businesses in this market; these can serve as both challenges and new growth opportunities. Our new VBook empowers you with actionable strategies to help your business thrive and lead the way forward in the aftermarket industry.
ERP Meets Last-Mile Logistics: Key Features for Building Bigger Profits
Today’s supply chains are increasingly complex. From the time someone places an order to product delivery to payment, there are numerous steps for logistics and finance teams. Integrating enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems with specialized last-mile logistics system can streamline this complicated process. While ERP systems are the foundation for business operations, a last-mile logistics system provides the tools you need for real-time tracking, route optimization, proof of delivery, returns management, and more. An automated and streamlined workflow manages much of the work and ensures your data is always up-to-date. Integration creates a unified system that improves customer satisfaction, creates significant efficiencies, and produces demonstrable bottom-line savings.
Don’t Trust Your Gut: Become a Data-Driven Parts Distributor
Data-focused companies gain unique insights that prevent lost revenue and reduce unnecessary expenses. Leveraging data for strategic decisions optimizes supply chains, enhances customer experiences, and improves business processes. However, many parts distributors haven't yet realized its value. Start with this actionable guide to becoming a "data-driven parts distributor," capable of transforming data into growth. It outlines seven key challenges in collecting, organizing, analyzing, and acting on data, providing practical advice to overcome these obstacles.
Does Your DEM Strategy Connect All the Dots?
Comprehensive DEM
Imagine a world where digital experiences are always on, performing flawlessly and able to handle any business situation. That world is in reach with a more comprehensive DEM that’s able to capture and integrate critical data from across your tech stack, identify where and why issues are happening, and help you fix them before they impact the relationships you’ve worked so hard to build with your users.
What Manufacturing Business Leaders Need to Know about AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast becoming a critical component of business operations for manufacturers. As AI becomes more established, manufacturing executives need to keep pace by understanding its implications and potential benefits.
At Epicor, we’re developing more than just a chatbot. Epicor Prism is a network of vertical AI agents that utilize the power of large language model (LLM) services. Prism is already available in Epicor Kinetic, our global cloud ERP for manufacturers, and our long-term vision is for Epicor Prism to serve as the user interface for LLM-enabled processes across all Epicor ERP platform.
Access our eBook to get a clear understanding of how you can apply AI to improve your manufacturing business.
Don’t Trust Your Gut: Become a Data-Driven Parts Distributor
Data-focused companies gain unique insights that prevent lost revenue and reduce unnecessary expenses. Leveraging data for strategic decisions optimizes supply chains, enhances customer experiences, and improves business processes. However, many parts distributors haven't yet realized its value. Start with this actionable guide to becoming a "data-driven parts distributor," capable of transforming data into growth. It outlines seven key challenges in collecting, organizing, analyzing, and acting on data, providing practical advice to overcome these obstacles.
ERP Meets Last-Mile Logistics: Key Features for Building Bigger Profits
Today’s supply chains are increasingly complex. From the time someone places an order to product delivery to payment, there are numerous steps for logistics and finance teams. Integrating enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems with specialized last-mile logistics system can streamline this complicated process. While ERP systems are the foundation for business operations, a last-mile logistics system provides the tools you need for real-time tracking, route optimization, proof of delivery, returns management, and more. An automated and streamlined workflow manages much of the work and ensures your data is always up-to-date. Integration creates a unified system that improves customer satisfaction, creates significant efficiencies, and produces demonstrable bottom-line savings.
The Evolution of the Automotive Aftermarket Outlook
The global automotive aftermarket is in a transformative era, driven by disruptive vehicle technologies, shifting consumer behaviors, new business models, and increased vehicles in operation (VIO). Frost & Sullivan’s research has identified the top transformations currently facing businesses in this market; these can serve as both challenges and new growth opportunities. Our new VBook empowers you with actionable strategies to help your business thrive and lead the way forward in the aftermarket industry.
10 Reasons Businesses Shouldn’t Use QuickBooks
Are you still relying on QuickBooks for your growing business? Discover why leading finance directors are making the switch in our new ebook, "10 Reasons Businesses Shouldn't Use QuickBooks."
This concise guide reveals the hidden limitations of QuickBooks that could be holding your finance team back. You'll learn how more advanced financial management solutions can streamline operations, improve reporting accuracy, and empower your strategic decision-making-capabilities that QuickBooks simply can't deliver as your business scales.
Why download this ebook?
If your organization is outgrowing QuickBooks, this resource will help you identify the roadblocks to efficiency, compliance, and growth that many finance leaders face. It’s packed with actionable insights to help you modernize your finance function and gain a competitive edge.
Inside, you’ll discover:
- Why QuickBooks falls short for accountants and finance leaders-and what you need for deeper financial insight and compliance.
- How limited automation and poor integration waste your team’s time-and what best-in-class automation can do for your close process and forecasting.
- The risks of manual workarounds and spreadsheet dependency-and how better tools can free up your team for strategic tasks.
Don’t let outdated tools slow your progress. Download the ebook now and see how your finance team can work smarter, not harder.
5 Signs Your Engineering Firm Has Outgrown QuickBooks
Is your engineering firm still relying on QuickBooks to manage complex projects and multi-entity operations? Our new ebook, “5 Signs Your Engineering Firm Has Outgrown QuickBooks,” reveals the critical limitations holding back growing engineering services organizations-and how you can break free.
This essential guide explains why so many finance directors in the engineering sector are moving beyond QuickBooks to solutions like Sage Intacct. You’ll discover how to eliminate manual workarounds, gain real-time project profitability insights, and automate revenue recognition-capabilities that QuickBooks simply can’t provide as your firm scales.
Why is this ebook valuable for engineering finance leaders on QuickBooks?
Engineering firms face unique financial challenges: complex project accounting, multi-entity management, and evolving billing models. QuickBooks, built for basic accounting, forces teams into error-prone spreadsheets and manual processes that drain resources and hinder growth. This ebook shows you how to modernize your finance function, streamline your workflows, and provide your leadership team with the insights they need to drive profitability and growth.
Key Takeaways You’ll Find Inside:
- Automate and Integrate: Learn how to eliminate hours of manual data entry and spreadsheet reconciliations with automation and seamless integration-freeing your team to focus on strategic work, not repetitive tasks.
- Real-Time Project Profitability: Discover how to gain instant visibility into project margins, utilization rates, and earned value with dimensional reporting and customizable dashboards, so you always know which projects and clients drive your bottom line.
- Simplify Multi-Entity and Revenue Recognition: See how to manage all your entities in one place, automate intercompany transactions, and ensure compliance with complex billing and revenue recognition standards-without the headaches of manual consolidations and error-prone spreadsheets.
Don’t let outdated tools limit your firm’s potential. Download the ebook now to see how leading engineering finance teams are working smarter, not harder.
