7 Epicor Kinetic Features Sheet Metal Fabricators Wish They'd Had Years Ago
There’s a moment every manufacturer knows when you’re standing on the floor, a job is late, costs are blowing past the estimate, and someone hands you a printout that’s already 48 hours old. You don’t need more paper. You need visibility.
Epicor Kinetic was built just for that moment.
Here are seven features that sheet metal fabricators consistently point to when they say: “I only wish I’d had this sooner.”
- Real-Time Job Costing Visibility
No more waiting until a job closes to find out whether you made money. Epicor Kinetic tracks labor, materials, and overhead against the estimate in real time so you can catch margin bleed while there’s still time to act.
- Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC)
Operators clock in and out of jobs directly on the floor. Time and labor data flows into the system instantly so there’s no paper travelers, no manual entry at the end of the week, and no reconciliation headaches.
- Advanced MES (Manufacturing Execution System)
Scheduling, sequencing, work center capacity, and job status are all in one place. Epicor’s MES gives your team a live view of what’s running, what’s next, and where the bottlenecks are before they become delays.
- Automated Purchasing and Material Replenishment
Kinetic links demand, inventory, and purchasing so the system generates replenishment suggestions automatically. Fewer rush orders, fewer stockouts, and fewer Friday afternoon phone calls to suppliers.
- Configurable Quoting for Engineer-to-Order Jobs
For sheet metal fabricators and discrete manufacturers handling custom work, Kinetic’s CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) tools let estimators build accurate quotes faster by pulling live material costs and routing times rather than relying on memory and spreadsheets.
- Quality Control Built Into the Workflow
Inspections, non-conformance tracking, and corrective actions live inside the same system as production, instead of a separate binder or a shared drive folder that hasn’t been updated since last quarter.
- Role-Based Dashboards for Every Level of the Business
The plant manager sees throughput and capacity. The CFO sees margin and cash flow. The estimator sees open quotes and win rates. Kinetic’s dashboards are configurable so every person gets the numbers they actually need.
Ready to See the Full Picture?
These seven features are just the beginning. Epicor Kinetic is a full-scale ERP built specifically for sheet metal manufacturers designed to give your team real-time control across every job, every line, and every dollar.
Acuvera Tech is an Epicor Platinum Partner specializing in ERP implementation for mid-size manufacturers and distributors. We help growing companies get the most out of Epicor Kinetic and Prophet 21, from initial setup to long-term optimization. If you’re ready to see what modern ERP looks like for your operation, we’d love to talk.
