Epicor

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Epicor Software Corporation

Type	Public (NASDAQ: EPIC)
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Irvine, California
Key people	L. George Klaus, Chairman, President & CEO[1]
Industry	Computer software
Products	ERP
Revenue	$495.6 million USD (2008)[2]
Net income	▲ $38.8M FY (2008,Non-GAAP)[3]
Employees	2,800 (2008)[2]
Website	www.epicor.com

Epicor (NASDAQ: EPIC) develops a range of enterprise software targeted at midmarket companies primarily in the manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services industries. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California and was founded in 1984 as Platinum Software Corporation. In the late 1990’s, executives made some strategic acquisitions to help evolve Platinum from a provider of financial accounting systems to a provider of end-to-end enterprise solutions. To help solidify the transformation, the company went through a name change. In May 1999, Platinum Software changed its name to Epicor Software Corporation.

Following are some of the company's notable acquisitions/divestitures:

• 1997 - Acquired Clientele Software Inc. (Clientele is a CRM solution for managing customer-centric processes, with modules for support, sales, marketing and self-service)
• 1998 - Platinum Software Corporation and DataWorks Corporation merger extends company's manufacturing ERP offering
• 2001 - Sold Platinum for Windows (PFW) to Best Software, which was the name then used by the US branch of Sage Software
• 2002 - Acquired procurement and sourcing solutions from Clarus
• 2004 - Acquired Scala Business Solutions expanding company's global presence to 140+ countries
• 2005 - Acquired CRS Retail Systems, Inc. adding point-of-sale solutions to its retail offering
• 2008 - Epicor Completes Acquisition of NSB Retail Systems

Epicor was named in Business 2.0 magazine's 2007 list of the 100 fastest-growing technology companies (this is the company's second consecutive year on the list). In 2006, Epicor also made Fortune's 100 fastest-growing companies list.^{[citation needed]}

Epicor Business Software

Epicor provides software in the following areas:

Enterprise Resource Planning

Supply Chain Management Epicor offers Supply Chain Management (SCM) software as part of their end-to-end ERP solutions. Epicor SCM is complemented by an array of enterprise capabilities, including customer relationship management (CRM), supplier relationship management (SRM), and supply chain execution (SCE).

Retail Management

Service Management

Enterprise Performance Management

Human Capital Management

IT Service Management

Governance, Risk and Compliance

Professional Services Automation

Service-oriented Architecture

In 2008, Epicor launched Epicor 9, an attempt to unify the previously diverse Epicor range into one coherent ERP system with distinct modules. This replaced Epicor Vantage, Epicor Scala and portions of Epicor Enterprise. Epicor 9 however still lacks functionality from the E4SE (Epicor for Service Enterprises) suite. This is expected to be integrated into Epicor 9 during 2010.

External links

• Epicor homepage
• Connected Enterprise – Focused on trends and technologies associated with ERP
• Connected Retailer – Focused on trends and technologies impacting retailers

References

1. ^ "Form 8-K For Epicor Software". http://biz.yahoo.com/e/090126/epic8-k.html. Retrieved 2009-01-26. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Corporate Profile". http://www.epicor.com/Company/Pages/CorporateProfile.aspx. Retrieved 2008-07-15. 
3. ^ "Epicor(R) Reports 2008 Fourth Quarter Results". 2009-02-04. http://ir.epicor.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=86140&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1252220&highlight. Retrieved 2009-02-04. 

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