What’s New in Epicor Kinetic 2025.1

Exploring the Latest Enhancements in Usability, Compliance, and Operational Intelligence

Epicor Kinetic 2025.1, released in May 2025, introduces a robust set of updates aimed at improving visibility, accuracy, and operational efficiency across the ERP system. As part of Epicor’s regular biannual release cycle, this version is especially relevant to teams in Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and IT who are looking for smarter tools, cleaner workflows, and enhanced compliance.

From carbon cost tracking to streamlined material handling and improved financial clarity, this release delivers practical enhancements that address real-world business needs.

Carbon Cost Tracking in Jobs, Quotes, and Purchase Orders

Feature Summary:

A new carbon tracking capability allows organizations to calculate and monitor the environmental impact of business transactions directly within:

• Jobs

• Quote tables

• Purchase orders

Why It Matters:

As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives continue to shape business strategies, being able to assess the carbon cost of materials, products, and procurement decisions directly within the ERP system enables more responsible planning. It also simplifies compliance with sustainability reporting standards and provides new layers of visibility into supply chain emissions.

Enhanced Part Activity Tracker

Feature Summary:

The Part Activity Tracker receives several usability and performance upgrades, including:

• Faster data loading

• A cleaner and more intuitive UI

• Enhanced filtering and transaction traceability

Why It Matters:

These updates improve how users investigate part movement, costing, and usage history, which are critical for planning, auditing, and inventory management. For supply chain professionals and operations teams, the upgraded tool helps reduce research time and improve accuracy in decision-making.

New Tax Integration with Sovos

Feature Summary:

Epicor now integrates with Sovos, a global tax compliance provider, offering:

• Automation of jurisdictional tax calculations

• Reduced need for manual tax coding

• Streamlined audit readiness

Why It Matters:

For businesses operating across state or international boundaries, tax compliance is often complex. The Sovos integration minimizes the risk of errors and simplifies reporting requirements, especially in multi-jurisdiction environments.

Inactive Tags for Warehouses and Reason Codes

Feature Summary:

Users can now mark both warehouses and reason codes as inactive.

Why It Matters:

This quality-of-life update helps maintain clean databases by ensuring that outdated or unused entries do not appear in selection menus. It prevents transactional errors and simplifies user training and navigation in environments with large datasets.

Purchase Order Suggestions Now Focus on Active Suppliers

Feature Summary:

The purchase suggestion engine has been enhanced to automatically prioritize:

• Active suppliers only

• Valid and current supplier relationships

Why It Matters:

This reduces manual oversight and ensures that purchase recommendations are aligned with approved supplier lists, reducing risk and increasing efficiency in procurement workflows.

New Project Management Dashboard in Epicor Grow

Feature Summary:

Epicor Grow introduces a no-code, real-time dashboard tailored for project management, offering:

• Visual KPIs tied to budgets, schedules, and milestones

• Profitability and performance metrics

Why It Matters:

Project managers gain a centralized view of project health without relying on external tools or complex reports. It improves accountability, facilitates proactive adjustments, and aligns project execution with business goals.

Mass Processing in the Material Request Queue

Feature Summary:

Users can now perform mass actions in the Material Request Queue, including:

• Releasing materials to jobs

• Transferring inventory between locations

Why It Matters:

This enhancement supports efficiency in high-volume operations, reducing manual steps and streamlining material movement workflows in production or warehouse settings.

Return Materials and Assemblies into a PCID

Feature Summary:

Epicor now supports returning materials and assemblies to a PCID (Package Control ID).

Why It Matters:

This is particularly beneficial for industries that use reusable packaging or modular components. It strengthens support for circular inventory strategies and lean warehousing practices by allowing more granular tracking and movement within PCIDs.

Credit Amount Visibility in Multiple Currencies

Feature Summary:

The Credit Manager screen now displays credit amounts in:

• The company’s base currency

• The customer’s transaction currency

Why It Matters:

This facilitates clearer financial communication, especially with international customers. It enhances credit management workflows by making it easier to assess limits, evaluate risk, and process holds or releases.

Bank Adjustments Across Multiple GL Accounts

Feature Summary:

Users can now allocate a single bank adjustment to multiple General Ledger accounts.

Why It Matters:

This functionality supports more accurate financial corrections and is especially useful in scenarios involving shared accounts, partial refunds, or reallocations. It also improves the audit trail for bank reconciliation processes.

Final Thoughts

Epicor Kinetic 2025.1 delivers targeted, real-world improvements across operations, finance, compliance, and supply chain workflows. To get the most out of this release, consider taking a few practical steps within your environment:

• Audit your supplier lists to ensure inactive or outdated vendors are correctly deactivated, enabling smarter PO suggestions.

• Review and clean up inactive records like obsolete warehouses or reason codes, improving data quality and ease of use.

• Explore the new Grow dashboard to centralize project tracking and reduce dependency on external tools.

• Evaluate your ESG reporting needs and determine if carbon cost tracking could be integrated into your current quoting or job workflows.

• Check with your tax and finance teams to assess the potential impact and benefits of the Sovos integration for your business model.

Small adjustments in system setup and process alignment can help teams activate new features more effectively and see tangible returns on their upgrade efforts.

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