Epicor BisTrack vs. Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

Epicor BisTrack is well-suited for the following scenarios:

• Lumber Yard Management: useful for managing lumber yards, including inventory tracking, order processing, and sales. It helps businesses optimize stock levels, streamline customer orders, and track various lumber products efficiently - can combine with other warehouse management software
• Building Materials Distribution: It excels in businesses that distribute building materials, such as wholesalers and distributors. The software handles order management, pricing, and supply chain operations effectively - this is my company's main course of business Epicor BisTrack is not suited for the following scenario(s):
• Epicor BisTrack is pretty specific to the lumber and building materials industry, so it won't be suitable for usage outside of this industry.

Epicor BisTrack is well-suited for the following scenarios:

Incentivized

If there are lot of complicated systems this might not be the best system. If you have only some complexity Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne is a product a technical or application person can wrap their hands around and understand the whole system.

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• Inventory Management
• Pricing and Quoting Features
• Sales and Order Processing
• Business Analytics

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• The new versions (9.2) of JDE has so much open functionality and really gives the user control over the screens and what they want to see. Love that the layout of the screen is really up to the user and what they want to see it along with freezing columns and creating favorites for way access.
• It is so flexible with the system platforms that it can run on and so easy to customize since it supports so many databases.
• It is intuitive and does not need to have a lot of training on how to use the software.
• It's just a great ERP software and one of the better ones I've seen.
• Oracle is FINALLY starting to listen to the users and SIGs and putting enhancements into the system which makes life easier for us business users.

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• Easier User Interface; hard to navigate or learn
• Financial module could use improvement; i.e. the Accounts Receivable function is lacking and hard to find information easily
• More customization of the built-in reporting and analytics

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• The Configurable Network Language (CNC) is a proprietary protocol, and it can be difficult to source resources that understand this language well.
• It has some inherent limitations with generating PDF or printable files. Most organizations use a third party platform like Creat!form or Bottomline to solve this.
• No built in credit card processing solution, and no plug-and-play eCommerce or webstore capabilities available.

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Epicor BisTrack is essential for those in the lumber and building materials industry, especially if they are in the wholesale/distribution side of things. I provided the rating because I feel that BisTrack has contributed a lot for my company and provided with essential information for decision-making on a day-to-day basis. The score also reflects that while BisTrack is an essential software for my business, there is also room for improvement so that the end users will be able to obtain what they need from the software.

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great design and continuous improvements

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Apologies, our company's IT department contacts support on our behalf. I have never contacted Epicor BisTrack's support myself; only through my company's IT team.

Incentivized

It is simple to use and implement as compared to complex softwares in the market that may take ample amount of time to implement. The budget is also slightly less to provide the same functionality that other softwares are providing. Also having Oracle database that comes with the system is much easier to handle and use and have much security.

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• Increased overall efficiency in inventory management by 5%
• ROI is positive
• BisTrack provides a way for our business to conduct its day-to-day operations

Incentivized

• Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne's advantage is significant cost savings and operational improvements when you run Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne in the Oracle Cloud. Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne offers the only no-compromise enterprise cloud platform for moving Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, its associated database systems, an ecosystem of apps to the cloud. Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne's One-Click Provisioning tool allows you to deploy Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on the Oracle Cloud in hours, not days while maintaining the integrity of existing customized apps.

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