Epicor Route Optimization — assigns orders to vehicles and sequences every stop for minimum drive time.

What Epicor Manages, and What It Cannot:
Epicor manages production orders, inventory, and shipping documentation with real depth. When orders are ready to ship, it generates packing slips and bills of lading. It provides no intelligence on which truck should carry which orders or what sequence a driver should visit multiple customer sites in.

What Changes When Epicor and SuiteFleet Are Connected:

• Shipment sync: shipment records, customer addresses, and delivery requirements flow from Epicor into SuiteFleet automatically.
• Load optimization: orders assigned to vehicles by weight and geography, avoiding overloaded or half-empty trucks.
• Window-aware sequencing: stops planned around narrow receiving windows, cutting late arrivals and idle trucks.
• Mixed-load handling: routes account for load changes mid-route when delivering finished goods and collecting returns on the same run.
• Epicor writeback: completed routes and delivery data synced back automatically.

Who This Is For:
Manufacturers on Epicor Kinetic or Prophet 21 who self-deliver rather than use third-party carriers, especially those serving jobsites or facilities with strict receiving windows.

Technical Integration Details:
Connects via the Epicor REST API v2. Customer addresses, order weights, product dimensions, and delivery requirements flow into the optimization engine without manual data transfer.

How It Works (steps):

1. Shipment records are pulled from Epicor Kinetic via REST API.
2. SuiteFleet assigns orders to vehicles by weight and geography, then sequences every stop for minimum drive time.
3. Optimized routes are dispatched to drivers, and delivery status syncs back to Epicor automatically.