New AI capabilities in the Epicor Ascend program to help customers implement and scale cloud ERP systems faster with less disruption.
Epicor has announced a major expansion of Ascend with Epicor, a program that offers business planning support, 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.
As per the expansion announcement, Epicor is applying AI to automate and accelerate ERP delivery, giving customers a faster, 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 Vaibhav Vohra, President and Chief Product and Technology Officer at Epicor. “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.”
Epicor Ascend: 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, says Epicor.
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, that means less time preparing systems and more time operating on a modern platform.
From Months to Weeks in High-Stakes Scenarios
As per Epicor, 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.
