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Unify Your Enterprise: Seamless Oracle & Epicor Kinetic Integration

Connect your core ERP and accounting systems for real-time data flow, automated workflows, and a singular source of truth with our intelligent iPaaS solution.

The Challenge

The Challenge: Disconnected Oracle and Epicor Kinetic Systems

Operating Oracle (whether Fusion Cloud, EBS, or specialized modules) and Epicor Kinetic in silos creates a fragmented enterprise landscape. This leads to operational inefficiencies, costly errors, and a lack of unified visibility crucial for strategic decision-making.

  • Manual data entry between systems leads to errors, delays, and wasted resources.
  • Inconsistent customer, product, and financial data across Oracle and Epicor Kinetic.
  • Delayed financial closes due to complex, manual reconciliation processes.
  • Lack of real-time visibility into inventory, orders, and production status.
  • Difficulty generating comprehensive reports and forecasting accurately.
  • Compliance risks from fragmented audit trails and data discrepancies.
Integration Diagram
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The Solution

The Solution: Intelligent Integration for Oracle & Epicor Kinetic

Our iPaaS solution provides a powerful, flexible, and intelligent bridge between your Oracle (e.g., Fusion Cloud, EBS) and Epicor Kinetic systems. By leveraging an API-first, event-driven architecture, we automate critical workflows, synchronize data in real-time, and provide a unified view of your enterprise operations, powered by low-code development and AI-driven intelligence.

  • Bi-directional data synchronization for core entities.
  • Pre-built connectors and templates for rapid deployment.
  • Visual drag-and-drop workflow designer.
  • Real-time event processing and webhook support.
  • AI-powered data mapping and validation.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Oracle + Epicor Kinetic 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 Oracle and Epicor Kinetic, 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 Oracle + Epicor Kinetic deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

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

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • Bi-directional data synchronization for core entities.
  • Pre-built connectors and templates for rapid deployment.
  • Visual drag-and-drop workflow designer.
  • Real-time event processing and webhook support.
  • AI-powered data mapping and validation.
  • Robust error handling and retry mechanisms.
  • Centralized monitoring and analytics dashboards.

Technical Integration Details: Oracle & Epicor Kinetic

Our iPaaS solution provides a robust and flexible framework for integrating Oracle and Epicor Kinetic, leveraging their respective strengths through modern API connectivity, event-driven architectures, and intelligent data orchestration. We ensure secure, scalable, and resilient data exchange between these critical enterprise systems.

Data Flow Steps

API Connectivity: Establish secure connections to Oracle (Fusion Cloud REST APIs, potentially EBS SOAP/XML Gateway) and Epicor Kinetic (RESTful OData APIs).

Authentication & Authorization: Configure OAuth 2.0 (for Fusion Cloud/Kinetic) or API Key/Token management with least privilege access, securely managed by the iPaaS secrets vault.

Event-Driven Triggers: Set up webhooks in Epicor Kinetic or listen for Oracle Business Events to initiate real-time workflows upon data changes (e.g., new Sales Order, updated Inventory).

Data Extraction: Retrieve relevant data from source system using optimized API calls (e.g., bulk APIs, filtered queries).

Data Transformation & Mapping: Apply visual drag-and-drop mapping, AI-assisted suggestions, and complex transformation logic (e.g., currency conversion, data enrichment, field concatenation) to align schemas.

Data Validation: Implement rules to ensure data quality and integrity before pushing to the target system, leveraging AI for anomaly detection.

Data Loading: Create or update records in the target system via optimized API calls (e.g., batch operations for high volume).

Error Handling & Retries: Implement intelligent retry mechanisms with exponential backoff, dead-letter queues for persistent errors, and automated alerts.

Monitoring & Logging: Centralized dashboards provide real-time visibility into integration health, transaction status, and performance metrics.

Data Touchpoints

Oracle Customer <-> Epicor Kinetic Customer
Oracle Sales Order <-> Epicor Kinetic Sales Order
Oracle Product / Item Master <-> Epicor Kinetic Part
Oracle Inventory <-> Epicor Kinetic Part (OnHandQty)
Oracle Invoice (AR/AP) <-> Epicor Kinetic AR Invoice / AP Invoice
Oracle Supplier <-> Epicor Kinetic Vendor
Oracle Purchase Order <-> Epicor Kinetic Purchase Order
Oracle General Ledger (GL) Entry <-> Epicor Kinetic GL Journal Entry
Oracle Shipment <-> Epicor Kinetic Ship Head
Oracle Employee <-> Epicor Kinetic (for HR/Payroll data)

"Oracle <--- (Event Trigger/API Call) ---> iPaaS (Connect, Extract, Transform, Validate, Map, Load, Monitor) <--- (Webhook/API Call) ---> Epicor Kinetic"

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Oracle + Epicor Kinetic.

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

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /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
Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating Oracle

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

Hover over the steps on the right to see detailed integration points.
Data Mapping

Key Entities & Intelligent Mapping between Oracle and Epicor Kinetic

Seamless integration hinges on accurate and intelligent mapping of core business entities. Our iPaaS provides comprehensive tools, including AI assistance, to ensure data consistency and integrity across Oracle and Epicor Kinetic for all critical records.

Customer

Represents a business or individual that purchases goods or services. Central to CRM, sales, and financial processes.

Oracle Fields

CustomerID CustomerName Address (multiple types) ContactInfo CustomerType PaymentTerms CreditLimit

Epicor Kinetic Fields

CustNum (PK) CustID (Unique ID) Name Address ContactName PhoneNum EmailAddress CreditLimit

Mapping Notes

Ensure consistent `CustomerID` or a custom external reference ID for bi-directional matching. Oracle's complex address structures require careful mapping to Epicor's address lines. Deduplication logic is crucial upon creation.

Next Steps

See Oracle + Epicor Kinetic integration in action.

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

Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

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

E-commerce Order & Inventory Synchronization

When an order is placed on an e-commerce platform, it's immediately created as a Sales Order in Oracle. Real-time inventory levels from Oracle's SCM are then pushed to Epicor Kinetic's Part inventory and back to the e-commerce site, preventing overselling. Shipment updates from Epicor Kinetic (Ship Head) are reflected in Oracle and communicated to the customer.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 E-commerce platform triggers new order event.
  2. 1 iPaaS creates Sales Order in Oracle Fusion Cloud.
  3. 2 Oracle updates Inventory, which triggers update to Epicor Kinetic Part (OnHandQty).
  4. 3 Epicor Kinetic processes fulfillment, creating Ship Head record.
  5. 4 Shipment details (TrackingNumber, Status) from Epicor Kinetic synced to Oracle.
  6. 5 Oracle updates Sales Order status and notifies e-commerce platform/customer.

Business Outcome

Seamless order fulfillment, accurate real-time inventory, reduced stockouts, and improved customer experience.

Frequency

Real-time, event-driven

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

Discover the strategic advantages and business value of seamless integration between your systems.

Accelerated Financial Close
Automate GL journal entries, cash application, and intercompany reconciliations between Epicor Kinetic and Oracle Financials, significantly reducing manual effort and speeding up month-end processes.
Enhanced Operational Efficiency
Automate end-to-end workflows like Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay, eliminating manual data entry, reducing human errors, and streamlining core business processes across Oracle and Epicor Kinetic.
Real-time Data Accuracy
Ensure consistent, up-to-date customer, product, inventory, and financial data across both ERPs with bi-directional, event-driven synchronization, preventing discrepancies and improving data integrity.
Unified Customer & Business View
Achieve a true Customer 360 by synchronizing customer master data, sales orders, and invoice history, empowering sales, service, and finance teams with comprehensive insights from Oracle and Epicor Kinetic.
Reduced IT Burden & Cost
Leverage a low-code/no-code iPaaS and AI assistance to empower business users to build and manage integrations, reducing reliance on costly IT development and maintenance.
Improved Compliance & Auditability
Maintain comprehensive audit trails for all data transactions between Oracle and Epicor Kinetic, ensuring regulatory compliance and simplified auditing processes.

Accelerated Financial Close

30% Faster Financial Close

📋 What You Get

Automate GL journal entries, cash application, and intercompany reconciliations between Epicor Kinetic and Oracle Financials, significantly reducing manual effort and speeding up month-end processes.

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to 30% improvement in Faster Financial Close, enabling your team to focus on high-value strategic initiatives.

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose
POST /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/receivablesInvoices Create AR Invoices in Oracle Financials, often from Epicor Kinetic.
POST /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/salesOrders Create or update Sales Orders in Oracle Order Management, often from an eCommerce platform or CRM, then potentially syncing status/details to Epicor Kinetic.
GET /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/inventoryItems Retrieve inventory item details and current stock levels from Oracle Inventory for synchronization with Epicor Kinetic or external systems.
POST/GET/PATCH /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/customers Create, retrieve, or update customer records in Oracle Customer Master Data Management for 360-degree synchronization with Epicor Kinetic.
POST /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/financials/generalLedgerJournals Post journal entries to Oracle General Ledger, typically consolidating data from Epicor Kinetic.
POST/PATCH /hcmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/employees Create or update employee records in Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, for synchronization to Epicor Kinetic (e.g., for payroll).

Transformation Logic

  • Data Type Conversion: Automatically convert data types (e.g., string to integer, date formats).
  • Field Concatenation/Splitting: Combine multiple source fields into one target field (e.g., FirstName + LastName to FullName) or vice-versa.
  • Lookup Tables: Translate codes or values (e.g., Oracle CustomerType to Epicor Customer Group) using configurable lookup tables.
  • Conditional Logic: Apply transformations based on specific conditions (e.g., if OrderStatus is 'Shipped', then update ShipmentDate).
  • Data Aggregation: Summarize or aggregate data from multiple source records into a single target record (e.g., GL entries).
  • Default Value Assignment: Assign default values if a source field is empty or null.
  • Currency Conversion: Convert monetary values between different currencies with exchange rate lookups.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • API Rate Limit Exceeded: Handled by exponential backoff and queuing.
  • Invalid Data Format: Data transformation rules and AI validation prevent this; if it occurs, routed to DLQ.
  • Required Field Missing: Validation rules ensure completeness; if missed, logged and alerted.
  • Authentication Failure: Immediate alert, with secure credential management and rotation.
  • Network Timeout: Automatic retries with increasing delays.
  • Duplicate Record Creation: Handled by idempotent operations and deduplication logic, or flagged for review.
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Technical FAQs

What is the best way to integrate Oracle (Fusion Cloud/EBS) with Epicor Kinetic?
The best approach involves using a modern iPaaS platform that leverages API-first, event-driven strategies. For Oracle Fusion Cloud, this means utilizing its REST APIs and Oracle Business Events. For older Oracle EBS, the iPaaS can connect via SOAP, XML Gateway, or secure database integrations. Epicor Kinetic's robust RESTful OData APIs are ideal for real-time data exchange. The iPaaS orchestrates, maps, and validates data flow bi-directionally.
Does Epicor Kinetic support real-time integrations, and how do I achieve them with Oracle?
Yes, Epicor Kinetic is designed with event-driven capabilities and robust RESTful APIs, making it highly suitable for real-time integrations. To achieve real-time synchronization with Oracle, your iPaaS should leverage Epicor Kinetic's webhooks or event streams and Oracle Business Events to react instantly to data changes, pushing updates bi-directionally as they occur.

Platform Capabilities FAQs

How can low-code/no-code tools help with Oracle and Epicor Kinetic integrations?
Low-code/no-code tools within an iPaaS empower business users and citizen integrators to graphically design, build, and manage integration workflows for both Oracle and Epicor Kinetic without extensive coding. This significantly accelerates development cycles, reduces reliance on IT, and allows business teams to quickly adapt integrations to changing needs, fostering greater agility and responsiveness.

AI Features FAQs

How can AI enhance my Oracle and Epicor Kinetic integration workflows?
AI significantly enhances these integrations by providing intelligent mapping suggestions, automating data validation, detecting anomalies (e.g., suspicious transactions, incorrect invoice amounts), and offering autonomous exception handling. This reduces manual intervention, improves data quality, and provides predictive insights across your Oracle and Epicor Kinetic data.

Challenges & Solutions FAQs

What are the common challenges when integrating Oracle and Epicor Kinetic, and how are they addressed?
Common challenges include managing data consistency across different schemas, handling varying API rate limits, ensuring robust error handling, and orchestrating complex multi-step workflows. Our iPaaS addresses these by providing centralized data mapping and transformation, intelligent queuing for rate limits, multi-tiered error handling with retries and dead-letter queues, and a visual orchestration layer for complex workflows.

Data Management FAQs

How do I ensure data consistency across Oracle and Epicor Kinetic?
Data consistency is achieved through a robust iPaaS that provides centralized data mapping, transformation, and validation rules. Define canonical data models, implement schema validation, and ensure all data flowing into or out of Oracle and Epicor Kinetic conforms to these standards. Bi-directional, event-driven synchronization with conflict resolution strategies is key.

Governance FAQs

What kind of governance is needed for Oracle and Epicor Kinetic integrations?
Integration governance involves establishing clear policies for API usage, data security, error handling, version control, and environment promotion (Dev-QA-Prod). It includes maintaining an integration catalog, defining ownership, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards for all data flows between Oracle and Epicor Kinetic. The iPaaS provides tools for centralized management and auditing.

Customization FAQs

Can I integrate custom fields from Oracle or Epicor Kinetic?
Absolutely. Our iPaaS supports the synchronization of custom fields (e.g., Oracle DFFs, Epicor Kinetic user-defined fields). You can easily map these custom fields bi-directionally using the visual designer, apply transformations, and ensure your business-specific data remains consistent across both ERP systems. AI can even assist in mapping these unique fields.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Oracle + Epicor Kinetic.

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 Oracle + Epicor Kinetic integration in action.

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