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Epicor Kinetic + Vantiv Integration

Clarity Connect™ integrates Epicor Kinetic with Vantiv, automating business processes and data sharing. This robust integration connects your critical business systems to automate order processing, inventory management, and customer data synchronization.

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The Challenge

Connecting with Clarity Connect™

Clarity Connect™ links Epicor Kinetic and Vantiv through automation and data sharing. Integrating these platforms benefits businesses by streamlining processes and connecting front-end and back-end systems.

Considerations when connecting these applications include security, performance, and physical access. We support both SaaS (Cloud) and On-Premises connection types.

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The Solution

Seamless Integration

Our middleware platform ensures robust and reliable data transfer between Epicor Kinetic and Vantiv.

Implementation Timeline

Go live with Epicor Kinetic + Vantiv in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both Epicor Kinetic and Vantiv, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most Epicor Kinetic + Vantiv deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Robust Integration Architecture: Epicor Kinetic & Vantiv

A modern iPaaS forms the backbone of the Epicor Kinetic and Vantiv integration, providing a resilient, scalable, and secure architecture. It acts as an intelligent middleware, orchestrating complex workflows, managing data transformations, and ensuring seamless communication between the ERP and payment gateway.

Data Flow Steps

Event-Driven Architecture: Utilize Vantiv webhooks for real-time transaction updates, minimizing polling and ensuring data freshness.

Canonical Data Model: Define a standardized data model for key entities (Transaction, Customer, Order) within the iPaaS to simplify mapping and ensure consistency.

API-First Design: All interactions rely on robust APIs from both Epicor Kinetic and Vantiv.

Batch Processing: For non-real-time operations like daily settlement report ingestion into Epicor Kinetic's GL.

Request-Reply Pattern: For synchronous payment authorization/capture requests.

Circuit Breaker Pattern: To prevent cascading failures during Vantiv API outages.

Data Touchpoints

iPaaS Platform (Connectors for Epicor Kinetic & Vantiv)
Epicor Kinetic APIs (RESTful)
Vantiv APIs (RESTful)
Vantiv Webhooks
Message Queues (for high-volume event processing)
Secure Secrets Manager (for API keys)
Monitoring & Alerting System
AI Fraud Detection Service (optional)

"The architecture features an iPaaS at the center. Epicor Kinetic connects to the iPaaS via its RESTful APIs. Vantiv connects via RESTful APIs for requests and webhooks for real-time events. An optional AI Fraud Service can be integrated with the iPaaS."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Epicor Kinetic + Vantiv.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$599 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
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Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating Epicor Kinetic

Integrating Epicor Kinetic fosters greater efficiency and data accuracy. Automate your critical business processes to deliver consistently outstanding results.

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Data Mapping

Data Entity Mapping

Explore how data flows between systems with intelligent field mapping and transformation logic.

Transaction

Represents a payment event in Vantiv (authorization, capture, refund) and its corresponding financial record in Epicor Kinetic.

Epicor Kinetic Fields

[field, InvoiceNum],[type, string],[notes, Mapped from Vantiv's merchantTransactionId] [field, OrderNum],[type, string],[notes, Linked to the original sales order] [field, TranAmt],[type, decimal],[notes, Transaction amount] [field, TranDate],[type, date],[notes, Transaction date] [field, TranType],[type, string],[notes, Payment, Refund, Void, etc.] [field, PaymentMethod],[type, string],[notes, e.g., 'Credit Card', 'ACH'] [field, CustomerNum],[type, string],[notes, Links to Epicor Kinetic Customer]

Vantiv Fields

[field, transactionId],[type, string],[notes, Vantiv's unique ID] [field, merchantTransactionId],[type, string],[notes, Your internal order/invoice ID, maps to Epicor Kinetic's InvoiceNum/OrderNum] [field, amount],[type, decimal],[notes, Transaction amount] [field, currency],[type, string],[notes, Currency code] [field, status],[type, string],[notes, AUTHORIZED, CAPTURED, REFUNDED, VOIDED] [field, type],[type, string],[notes, AUTH, CAPTURE, SALE, REFUND, VOID] [field, paymentMethodType],[type, string],[notes, CC, ACH, etc.] [field, timestamp],[type, datetime],[notes, Date and time of transaction] [field, cardDetails (tokenized)],[type, string],[notes, Secure payment token]

Mapping Notes

Vantiv's `merchantTransactionId` is crucial for linking back to Epicor Kinetic's `InvoiceNum` or `OrderNum`. Status changes in Vantiv must trigger updates in Epicor Kinetic (e.g., payment status on sales order, invoice).

Next Steps

See Epicor Kinetic + Vantiv integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

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Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

Explore how the integration behaves in real business scenarios, with clearly defined steps, outcomes, and execution patterns.

eCommerce Order to Vantiv Payment & ERP Sync

Seamlessly process customer orders placed on an eCommerce platform by routing payment details to Vantiv for authorization and capture, then automatically creating the order and updating inventory in Epicor Kinetic. Payment status is reflected across all systems.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 Customer places order on eCommerce.
  2. 1 Payment details sent to Vantiv via iPaaS for authorization.
  3. 2 Vantiv processes payment and returns status.
  4. 3 iPaaS updates eCommerce order status and creates/updates sales order in Epicor Kinetic.
  5. 4 Inventory levels in Epicor Kinetic are adjusted.
  6. 5 Payment token is stored securely for future use.

Business Outcome

Faster order fulfillment, accurate inventory management, real-time payment visibility, enhanced customer experience.

Frequency

Real-time, event-driven

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose

⚡ Transformation Logic

  • Map Vantiv's `merchantTransactionId` to Epicor Kinetic's `OrderNum` or `InvoiceNum` for unique identification.
  • Convert Vantiv payment `status` values (e.g., 'CAPTURED', 'REFUNDED') to Epicor Kinetic's equivalent payment/invoice statuses.
  • Aggregate daily Vantiv transaction types (sales, refunds, fees) into summary journal entries for Epicor Kinetic's General Ledger based on predefined GL account mappings.
  • Standardize address formats and customer contact information between systems.
  • Ensure all financial amounts are handled with appropriate precision and currency conversion if applicable.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • Vantiv API unavailability during payment processing.
  • Invalid `merchantTransactionId` preventing Epicor Kinetic order update.
  • Mismatched currency codes causing transaction failure.
  • Network latency leading to timeouts.
  • Data validation errors during GL posting.
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about integration implementation, security, and best practices.

General FAQs

▸ What is Vantiv, and how does it fit into an enterprise integration strategy?
Vantiv, now Worldpay from FIS, is a leading payment processing platform. In an enterprise integration strategy, Vantiv acts as the central hub for securely processing credit card, debit card, and alternative payments. It integrates with your ERP (like Epicor Kinetic) for financial reconciliation, eCommerce platforms for checkout, CRMs for customer payment profiles, and other systems to provide a unified, automated payment lifecycle.

iPaaS Benefits FAQs

▸ Why should I use an iPaaS for Epicor Kinetic and Vantiv integration instead of custom code?
An iPaaS provides pre-built connectors, visual mapping tools, and robust orchestration capabilities specifically designed for complex enterprise integrations. Unlike custom code, iPaaS offers faster development, easier maintenance, better scalability, built-in error handling, and enhanced governance, significantly reducing the total cost of ownership and improving agility for Vantiv and Epicor Kinetic integrations.

Security & Compliance FAQs

▸ How does Vantiv integration help with PCI DSS compliance for Epicor Kinetic?
Vantiv offers tokenization services and hosted payment pages that allow you to process payments without sensitive cardholder data ever touching your internal systems. By integrating with Vantiv via these methods and an iPaaS, you can significantly reduce your PCI DSS scope and compliance burden for Epicor Kinetic, as your ERP only handles non-sensitive payment tokens, never raw card details.

Financial Operations FAQs

▸ Can I automate financial reconciliation with Vantiv and Epicor Kinetic?
Absolutely. Modern iPaaS platforms can fully automate the reconciliation process. They retrieve daily settlement reports from Vantiv, parse the transaction data, apply predefined mapping and business rules, and automatically generate journal entries in Epicor Kinetic's General Ledger, significantly speeding up your financial close and reducing manual errors.

AI Enhancements FAQs

▸ How can AI enhance my Epicor Kinetic and Vantiv payment workflows?
AI can augment Vantiv workflows by providing advanced fraud detection (real-time scoring, anomaly detection), optimizing payment routing for higher approval rates, automating exception handling in reconciliation, and predicting potential payment failures. For Epicor Kinetic, AI can also assist in auto-mapping settlement data to GL accounts and detecting anomalies in financial postings.

Billing & Subscriptions FAQs

▸ Is it possible to manage recurring billing and subscriptions with Epicor Kinetic and Vantiv integrations?
Yes. By integrating Vantiv with a subscription management platform (or a custom billing module in Epicor Kinetic) via iPaaS, you can automate the entire recurring billing lifecycle. This includes securely storing tokenized payment methods, scheduling recurring charges, handling failed payments with dunning logic, and updating subscription statuses in Epicor Kinetic.

API Technical FAQs

▸ What are idempotency keys, and why are they important for Vantiv integrations?
Idempotency keys are unique identifiers sent with Vantiv API requests that modify state (like capturing a payment or processing a refund). If a request is retried, Vantiv uses the key to ensure the operation is executed only once, preventing duplicate transactions and maintaining data integrity, which is especially critical for financial operations impacting Epicor Kinetic.

Error Management FAQs

▸ How do I handle errors and failed transactions in Vantiv integrations with Epicor Kinetic?
Robust error handling is crucial. Implement intelligent retry mechanisms with exponential backoff for transient issues. For persistent failures (e.g., invalid data), route messages to a dead-letter queue for manual investigation. Automated alerts should notify relevant teams immediately of critical payment failures or reconciliation discrepancies to ensure prompt resolution and data consistency in Epicor Kinetic.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Epicor Kinetic + Vantiv.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$599 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Next Steps

See Epicor Kinetic + Vantiv integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

Start Free Trial Request Live Demo