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Epicor FP&A vs The EDA Suite

Epicor FP&A gives finance teams a solid foundation for compliance and statutory reporting. For businesses that want to plan further ahead, the EDA Suite powered by Phocas extends FP&A to forward-looking planning, agile forecasting and detailed modeling.
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Compliance to forward-looking planning

Epicor FP&A

Epicor FP\x26amp;A
  • Purpose
    Statutory reporting, consolidation, IFRS/GAAP compliance
  • Data integrations
    Direct Epicor ERP integration; limited support for non-Epicor sources
  • Users
    Finance teams, built by accountants for accountants
  • Ease of use
    Finance-led, requires BAQs, Excel and manual workflows
  • Drill down
    Flat, one path drill downs (invoice-level only)
  • Budgeting & forecasting
    Rigid structures, complex setup, accountant-centric
  • Excel dependency
    Heavy reliance on Excel for reporting, formulas & modeling
  • Pre-built solutions
    Supports select Epicor ERPs

Phocas

Phocas
  • Purpose
    Financial planning tools built on a BI foundation; rolling forecasts, what-if modeling, exploratory analysis
  • Data integrations
    Integrates directly with Epicor ERPs as well as 200+ other systems; ERPs, CRM, Excel, HRIS, finance
  • Users
    Finance, operations, sales, executives – easy for everyone to use
  • Ease of use
    Self-serve, point & click, no coding or IT dependency
  • Drill down
    Dynamic, multi-level drill downs with pivot & side-by-side comparisons
  • Budgeting & forecasting
    Flexible & collaborative with live ERP data that keep budgets current & forecasts rolling
  • Excel dependency
    Familiar exports but not dependent; spreadsheets become a launchpad, not a limitation
  • Pre-built solutions
    Delivers full solutions for all major Epicor ERPs; P21, Eclipse, Prelude, Kinetic, E10, CMS, Mattec, BisTrack, Lumbertrack, Eagle
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The EDA Suite powered by phocas

BI, Financial Planning & Rebates in one platform

Faster reporting, flexible planning

Faster reporting, flexible planning

Dynamic financial reporting

EDA Financial Statements turns your Epicor ERP data into live, customizable reports that give finance teams and department leaders the insight they need. Instead of static outputs, you get flexible FP&A reporting that supports analysis, management reporting and planning – all in one place.

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Flexible planning

Most mid-market planning still happens in spreadsheets, which are rigid and slow to adapt when conditions change. EDA Budgets & Forecasts is a modern, automated tool that makes it easy to keep plans current and adjust quickly as the financial year plays out.

 

Flexible planning

Seamless implementation

Because Phocas is a chosen Epicor BI and FP&A partner, the implementation process is smooth, supported, and tailored to your Epicor ERP. Epicor + Phocas manage the setup, getting you up and running quickly and ensuring your solution is ready for real-world use.
Seamless implementation
Customer quote

Customer quote

"As a global manufacturing business, EDA makes life a lot easier for us. We didn’t have to provide internal resources to build out our own BI solution, and we don’t have to worry about the ingress into the system and to have to get that data. EDA has done it for us."

Integration

Unlike third-party tools that require complex mapping, The EDA Suite powered by Phocas is designed to pull directly from your Epicor ERP, and beyond. EDA integrates with multiple data sources like CRM, finance, operations and HRIS systems.

Phocas Integrations
Customer quote

Customer quote

"Compared to all the other tools that I have used, Phocas is a people-centered solution and by far the easiest. The learning curve is much less steep.”

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Understand the past, operate better today, and plan well for the future

Whether you want to get your data organized for your team or you’re looking to combine business intelligence capabilities with financial reporting, planning and forecasting… We can help.
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