Conexiom has broadened its strategic partnership with Epicor in a move aimed at bringing more AI-driven order and invoice automation to distributors using the vendor’s Eclipse and Prophet 21 ERP platforms, according to an announcement made on 14 July. The companies say the integration is designed to shorten order-to-cash cycles, cut manual work and improve day-to-day efficiency in businesses that still rely heavily on document-heavy processes.
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ks that often remain labour-intensive in distribution, including requests for quotations, sales orders, accounts payable invoices, vendor acknowledgements and related workflow handling. By automating those steps inside the ERP environment, the companies are targeting a familiar operational bottleneck: the need to interpret, validate and rekey large volumes of transactional documents before they can be used by finance, procurement or fulfilment teams.
Michel Feaster, chief executive of Conexiom, said the partnership reflects a shared aim of helping distributors become “AI native” and operate more efficiently and competitively. Dan Kaminstein, senior principal product manager at Epicor, said the arrangement gives customers another way to automate critical order and invoice processes while continuing to work in the systems they already use.
Conexiom says the platform captures, corrects, standardises, validates and delivers ERP-ready data across quote-to-cash and procure-to-pay workflows. The company claims it now processes more than 1.5 billion line items a year with more than 95% accuracy, across more than 600 customers. It also says existing joint users include Proax, Field Fasteners, Protective Industrial Products and Links Unlimited.
The emphasis on transactional automation reflects a broader trend in distribution technology, where AI is increasingly being adopted first for practical back-office gains rather than for sweeping strategic reinvention. In businesses where a late or inaccurate order can affect fulfilment, margins and customer service, reducing document-handling friction can have a direct commercial impact.
Conexiom’s wider product set already covers sales orders, vendor acknowledgements and accounts payable invoices, and the company says it integrates with more than 40 ERP systems. Its latest partnership extension suggests vendors are increasingly trying to embed AI more deeply into core business platforms, rather than leaving it as a separate layer on top of them.
Source: Noah Wire Services
