SAP HANA with Integrated Business Planning is an enterprise-grade, real-time in-memory platform with best-in-class cloud supply chain planning, ideal for multi-site, global, and complex supply chains. Epicor Kinetic is a strong, practical cloud ERP tailored to discrete and mixed-mode manufacturers and distributors, a great fit for small to mid-size manufacturing with shop-floor, production, and cost control priorities. This ETS comparison helps executives evaluate the two.
It compares core platform and architecture, supply chain and advanced planning, analytics and real-time insights, financials, compliance, and global operations, integration and extensibility, and deployment and TCO — acknowledging Epicor's lower cost and faster deployment for mid-market manufacturers alongside SAP's stronger scale and long-term TCO for large, complex global enterprises.
The deck identifies which companies are the best fit for each, makes the case for moving from Epicor to SAP HANA and IBP through three selling points (enterprise visibility with fewer stockouts and lower inventory, faster decisions through what-if modeling and a control tower, and scale for global growth and compliance), and is candid about the risks: program complexity and change management, upfront cost, and integration needs.
The full comparison is available above as a PDF and closes with recommended steps for the executive sponsor — value assessment, an IBP pilot for demand and inventory, a steering committee, and a three-year TCO model — plus a one-slide summary of when to move and when to stay.