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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Epicor Kinetic: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/epicor-kinetic/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/epicor-kinetic/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/epicor-kinetic.md",
  "title": "Epicor Kinetic: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Epicor Kinetic is on 2 Newsprint research maps: the AI supply chain planning software map and the AI manufacturing operations software map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated May 26, 2026.",
  "period": "May 6, 2025 to May 26, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
    "id": "C4YC9J9",
    "slug": "epicor-kinetic",
    "name": "Epicor Kinetic",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://www.epicor.com/",
    "summary": "Epicor's Kinetic ERP, one of the two Epicor industry ERP clouds (with Prophet 21) that Epicor Prism plugs into. Prism is a network of vertical AI agents that work inside the ERP. Prism started as a chat layer for finding and acting on ERP data. In May 2026 Epicor added a design system (Lux), a build workspace (Agent Foundry) and new agents, including an MRP Log Agent that explains why MRP made a recommendation. Buyers are manufacturers and their IT and operations leads.",
    "founded": null,
    "categories": [
      "mrp"
    ],
    "status": "active",
    "price_note": null,
    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
    "off_map": null,
    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Manufacturing ERP and MRP"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
  "launch_list": false,
  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "Epicor's Kinetic ERP, one of the two Epicor industry ERP clouds (with Prophet 21) that Epicor Prism plugs into. Prism is a network of vertical AI agents that work inside the ERP. Prism started as a chat layer for finding and acting on ERP data. In May 2026 Epicor added a design system (Lux), a build workspace (Agent Foundry) and new agents, including an MRP Log Agent that explains why MRP made a recommendation. Buyers are manufacturers and their IT and operations leads.",
    "source": {
      "name": "nasdaq.com",
      "url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/epicor-expands-ai-accelerate-productivity-scale-supply-chain-industries-2025-05-06"
    },
    "from": "record"
  },
  "maps": [
    {
      "map": "supply-chain-planning-software",
      "title": "The AI supply chain planning software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/supply-chain-planning-software/#co-epicor-kinetic",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Epicor Kinetic",
      "site": "https://www.epicor.com/",
      "category": "Manufacturing ERP and MRP",
      "what": "Epicor's Kinetic ERP, one of the two Epicor industry ERP clouds (with Prophet 21) that Epicor Prism plugs into. Prism is a network of vertical AI agents that work inside the ERP. Prism started as a chat layer for finding and acting on ERP data. In May 2026 Epicor added a design system (Lux), a build workspace (Agent Foundry) and new agents, including an MRP Log Agent that explains why MRP made a recommendation. Buyers are manufacturers and their IT and operations leads.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "nasdaq.com",
        "url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/epicor-expands-ai-accelerate-productivity-scale-supply-chain-industries-2025-05-06"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led (Epicor pages were blocked to automated reads)",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agent",
          "Planning analytics",
          "Assistant",
          "MCP or agent API",
          "MRP"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 1,
      "scale": "Enterprise incumbent: a public company or nine-figure revenue (Large private ERP vendor; Epicor says its opt-in ERP dataset covers roughly 40 percent of the estimated $54B U.S. independent supply chain market (its own claim).)",
      "founded": null,
      "founded_source": null,
      "fate": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "nasdaq.com",
          "url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/epicor-expands-ai-accelerate-productivity-scale-supply-chain-industries-2025-05-06"
        },
        {
          "name": "salestechstar.com",
          "url": "https://salestechstar.com/predictive-ai-artificial-intelligence/epicor-introduces-agentic-ai-stack-to-power-action-across-erp-workflows/"
        },
        {
          "name": "panorama-consulting.com",
          "url": "https://www.panorama-consulting.com/epicor-acquired/"
        },
        {
          "name": "silicon.co.uk",
          "url": "https://www.silicon.co.uk/press-release/epicor-expands-ai-to-accelerate-productivity-at-scale-for-supply-chain-industries"
        }
      ],
      "more_sources": 0,
      "cross_listed": false
    },
    {
      "map": "manufacturing-operations-software",
      "title": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-epicor-kinetic",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Epicor Kinetic",
      "site": "https://www.epicor.com/",
      "category": "Manufacturing ERP and MRP",
      "what": "Epicor's ERP for discrete manufacturers, with production scheduling, MRP and shop floor modules. The plant-facing AI is Epicor Prism: an MRP Log Agent that \"analyzes MRP output logs so users can better understand why MRP recommendations were made\" and a Reasoning Agent that answers questions such as why a production line is behind schedule. Epicor also showed agents that resequence shop floor jobs. Buyers are production planners, plant managers and IT leads.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "salestechstar.com",
        "url": "https://salestechstar.com/predictive-ai-artificial-intelligence/epicor-introduces-agentic-ai-stack-to-power-action-across-erp-workflows/"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agent",
          "Assistant",
          "Production analytics"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 1,
      "scale": "Enterprise incumbent: a public company or nine-figure revenue (Large private ERP vendor; Epicor says its opt-in ERP dataset covers roughly 40 percent of the estimated $54B U.S. independent supply chain market (its own claim).)",
      "founded": null,
      "founded_source": null,
      "fate": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "salestechstar.com",
          "url": "https://salestechstar.com/predictive-ai-artificial-intelligence/epicor-introduces-agentic-ai-stack-to-power-action-across-erp-workflows/"
        },
        {
          "name": "softwarereviews.com",
          "url": "https://www.softwarereviews.com/vendor-technology-notes/at-insights-2026-epicor-reframes-erp-from-record-keeper-to-action-taker"
        },
        {
          "name": "erp.today",
          "url": "https://erp.today/epicor-erp-ai-prism-europe-factory-floor/"
        },
        {
          "name": "itbrief.co.uk",
          "url": "https://itbrief.co.uk/story/epicor-launches-prism-ai-for-uk-europe-erp-users"
        },
        {
          "name": "nasdaq.com",
          "url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/epicor-expands-ai-accelerate-productivity-scale-supply-chain-industries-2025-05-06"
        }
      ],
      "more_sources": 0,
      "cross_listed": true
    }
  ],
  "off_map_url": null,
  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/epicor-kinetic/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-05-26",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Epicor shows agents that resequence shop floor jobs",
      "summary": "An analyst note on Insights 2026 says Epicor ran live demos of agents that resequence shop floor jobs on live supply signals, and that the shop floor replanning is cloud-only.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-epicor-kinetic"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Software Reviews (Info-Tech) note",
        "url": "https://www.softwarereviews.com/vendor-technology-notes/at-insights-2026-epicor-reframes-erp-from-record-keeper-to-action-taker"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/epicor-kinetic/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-05-20",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Epicor adds Agent Foundry, Lux and an MRP Log Agent to Prism",
      "summary": "At Insights 2026 Epicor introduced Lux (an agentic design system), Prism Agent Foundry (a guided workspace to build and customize agents) and new Prism agents, including an MRP Log Agent that \"analyzes MRP output logs so users can better understand why MRP recommendations were made\". It says more than 30 further agents are in development.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI supply chain planning software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/supply-chain-planning-software/#co-epicor-kinetic"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "SalesTechStar (Epicor release)",
        "url": "https://salestechstar.com/predictive-ai-artificial-intelligence/epicor-introduces-agentic-ai-stack-to-power-action-across-erp-workflows/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/epicor-kinetic/#event-3",
      "on": "2025-05-06",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Epicor makes Prism agents and Grow AI generally available",
      "summary": "At Epicor Insights 2025 Epicor announced general availability of Epicor Prism agentic AI and Epicor Grow AI predictive machine learning, with Prism integrated into Prophet 21 and Kinetic. Epicor says its AI covers more than 200 use cases.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI supply chain planning software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/supply-chain-planning-software/#co-epicor-kinetic"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Epicor release via Silicon UK",
        "url": "https://www.silicon.co.uk/press-release/epicor-expands-ai-to-accelerate-productivity-at-scale-for-supply-chain-industries"
      }
    }
  ]
}