1. Connect — Leverage reads open POs from your Epicor instance via REST API, BAQ export, or file-based sync depending on your version and hosting environment.
2. Communicate — Automated outbound follow-up goes to suppliers on acknowledgment, ship date confirmation, and exception reporting — in the channel they already use.
3. Capture — Supplier responses are normalized into structured data automatically, no matter how the supplier replies.
4. Alert — Your team sees exceptions and OTIF risk before they become production problems, not after.
Epicor Kinetic tracks receipts, not supplier commitments. The native procurement module tells you what arrived and when — it doesn't tell you whether a supplier confirmed your PO or flagged a quantity change. Leverage fills that gap.
Prophet 21 and Eclipse distributors manage high PO volume with lean teams. Distribution operations running P21 or Eclipse often have one buyer managing hundreds of open lines across dozens of suppliers. Leverage automates the follow-up layer so buyers focus on exceptions, not chasing acknowledgments.
On-premise and older Epicor builds have limited API surface. Leverage supports file-based sync and BAQ-based exports as integration fallbacks — no dead ends based on your ERP version.
According to Aberdeen Group (2023), automated PO tracking reduces operational costs by up to 30%. IDC (2023) finds that 60% of enterprise procurement teams will move to AI-powered automation by 2025.
