Epicor launches 90 days to cloud ERP with new AI-driven program
Epicor, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software, announced a major expansion of Ascend with Epicor, a program that offers a proven methodology, business planning support, advanced AI tooling and expert consulting guidance to help organizations navigate their cloud journeys.
The expanded offering includes a 90-day go-live target for qualified ERP cloud implementations, leveraging new AI-driven capabilities that help accelerate time-to-value and ongoing business growth.
With this program expansion, Epicor is applying AI to automate and accelerate the most time-consuming parts of ERP delivery, giving customers a faster and more predictable path from decision to a working system while minimizing disruption to day-to-day operations.
“Innovation only creates value when customers can put it to work quickly inside their ERP systems,” said President and Chief Product and Technology Officer Vaibhav Vohra. “That’s why Epicor is delivering industry‑first AI capabilities and applying AI across the implementation process. By working closely across our product and services teams, we’re reducing complexity, accelerating adoption, and enabling qualified ERP deployments in as little as 90 days, without compromising the security and rigor ERP demands.”
Accelerating Time-to-Value for New and Existing Customers
Ascend was introduced last year to support cloud migrations for existing Epicor customers. With this expansion, Epicor is extending it into a broader program that supports three customer scenarios:
- New customers replacing legacy or non-Epicor ERP platforms
- Existing Epicor customers moving from on-premises systems to the cloud
- Existing Epicor customers integrating acquisitions or new business units
In each case, the objective remains the same: reduce friction and accelerate time-to-value.
Ascend uses AI to audit a customer’s environment, extract and organize data, and generate a migration plan before implementation begins — removing much of the manual discovery work that slows projects. This also surfaces risks earlier, allowing teams to address issues before they affect timelines.
Instead of simply moving data from one system to another, Ascend applies a structured approach to extraction and optimization, helping ensure that information is usable and aligned with the new environment from the start.
For customers, Epicor says, that means less time preparing systems and more time operating on a modern platform.
From Months to Weeks in High-Stakes Scenarios
The impact of Ascend is most visible in time-sensitive situations such as acquisitions, where organizations need to integrate systems quickly to maintain continuity. Initial results have demonstrated implementation timelines reduced by up to 40 percent, with some early deployments showing even faster outcomes in specific scenarios.
That kind of timeline compression is rarely achievable in traditional ERP implementations.
“Facing a complex acquisition, we had days — not months — to keep operations running,” said Todd Arntson, IT manager at Cornell Pump Company. “With Epicor as our partner, we deployed Kinetic in just two weeks without losing a single piece of data from our previous ERP, NetSuite. Epicor AI migration tools that are part of the Ascend Program helped us minimize disruption and reduce risk, transforming a high-stakes moment into a confident go-live.”
For more information on Ascend, please visit epicor.com/ascend.
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