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Epicor Kinetic API

Epicor Kinetic is a cloud ERP platform for manufacturers and distributors, managing production, supply chain, financials, and order-to-cash. An unofficial API lets you programmatically pull customers, sales orders, parts, jobs, invoices, and supplier records—and push updates like new orders, job changes, and payments back into Kinetic.

By Alex Klarfeld•May 30, 2026
Epicor Kinetic API

What is Epicor Kinetic?

Epicor Kinetic is Epicor's cloud-based ERP platform built for manufacturing and distribution companies, combining industry-specific functionality with AI-driven applications to streamline operations across the supply chain. Manufacturers and distributors use Kinetic to run production scheduling and shop-floor execution, supply chain and inventory, financial management, order-to-cash, and service management—part of Epicor's broader ERP portfolio that also includes Prophet 21, Eclipse, Vision, and others, serving 23,000+ customers across 150+ countries.

Core product areas include:

  • Enterprise Resource Planning (Kinetic ERP core: sales, production, inventory, procurement)
  • Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and shop-floor scheduling
  • Supply Chain Management (SCM) and inventory
  • Financial Management and order-to-cash
  • Service Management, Digital Commerce, and EDI
  • Data Management, Integration & Analytics (Business Activity Queries and Epicor Functions)

Common data entities:

  • Customers, Contacts, Ship-To Addresses
  • Sales Orders, Order Releases, Quotes, Invoices (AR)
  • Parts, Bills of Material, Inventory, Warehouses, Bins
  • Jobs, Operations, Material Requirements, Labor Transactions
  • Suppliers, Purchase Orders, Receipts, AP Invoices, Payments
  • GL Accounts, Journal Entries, BAQs, Epicor Functions

The Epicor Kinetic Integration Challenge

Kinetic ships a capable Open REST API, but turning it into reliable, production-grade automation across real customer deployments is non-trivial:

  • Per-instance endpoints: REST help and OData metadata live at each customer's own [KineticServer]/[KineticInstance] URL, so there is no single global API host to target
  • Cloud vs. on-prem variance: Endpoint coverage, versions, and the security token model differ across Public Cloud, dedicated, and on-premises deployments
  • Auth and access scopes: API keys, access scopes, and a security token server gate which business objects and methods each integration can reach
  • Custom headers and context: Company, Plant, and last-logged-in context must be set via custom headers or calls return data for the wrong site
  • Business-object semantics: Writing sales orders, jobs, or invoices means calling the right business object methods (GetNew, Update, MasterUpdate) in sequence, not simple CRUD
  • Customization drift: BAQs, UD fields, and Epicor Functions are configured per customer, so generic integrations break across tenants and upgrades

How Supergood Creates Epicor Kinetic APIs

Supergood works against your Kinetic instance's Open REST API, OData v4 catalogue, and authenticated business-object flows to deliver a resilient, normalized API layer—across cloud and on-premises deployments.

  • Handles API keys, access scopes, and the ERP security token server, including MFA-protected sign-ins, securely
  • Manages Company/Plant context headers and session continuity with automated refresh
  • Normalizes responses across Sales, Production, Inventory, Procurement, and Financials so you integrate once and rely on consistent objects
  • Adapts to customer-specific BAQs, UD fields, and Epicor Functions rather than forcing a generic schema

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Getting Started

  • Schedule Integration Assessment

Book a 30-minute session to confirm your Kinetic modules, deployment model, and authentication setup.

  • Supergood Generates and Validates Your API

We deliver a production-ready Kinetic adapter tailored to your instance, companies, and plant configuration.

  • Deploy with Monitoring

Go live with continuous monitoring and automatic adjustments as Kinetic evolves across versions.

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API Endpoints

Authentication

POST/authenticate

Authenticate to a Kinetic instance using API keys, access scopes, and the security token server, and obtain a session for downstream calls.

Sales

GET/customers

List customers, contacts, and ship-to addresses with filters for company, plant, and status.

Sales

GET/sales_orders

Retrieve sales orders, order releases, and quotes with status, customer, and date-range filters.

Sales

POST/create_sales_order

Create a new sales order against the configured company and plant via the SalesOrder business object.

Production

GET/jobs

Pull manufacturing jobs, operations, material requirements, and labor transactions for shop-floor scheduling.

Inventory

GET/parts

List parts, bills of material, and on-hand inventory across warehouses and bins.

Procurement

POST/create_purchase_order

Create a purchase order against a supplier via the PurchaseOrder business object with line and release detail.

Financials

GET/invoices

Retrieve AR and AP invoices, payments, and GL postings with company and date filters.

Use Cases

Sync order-to-cash data into your warehouse

- Pull customers, sales orders, releases, and AR invoices from Kinetic into a single warehouse - Stream order status and shipment events to downstream BI and CRM tools - Reconcile payments and credit memos against open invoices

Automate production and shop-floor workflows

- Push new jobs and material requirements into Kinetic and pull operation status back - Sync labor and machine transactions to MES dashboards and analytics - Trigger reschedules and expedites without manual portal clicks

Keep inventory and procurement in sync

- Sync parts, BOMs, and on-hand quantities across warehouses and bins - Create and update purchase orders and receipts against suppliers - Surface stock-outs and reorder points to planning systems

Power AI agents and analytics with live ERP data

- Expose BAQs and Epicor Functions through a normalized API for agents - Run cross-company financial reporting against GL and AP/AR data - Feed real-time ERP context to forecasting and demand-planning models

Technical Specifications

Authentication

API keys, access scopes, and the ERP security token server, with MFA handled in a managed session

Connectivity

Kinetic Open REST API and OData v4 catalogue at your instance's [KineticServer]/[KineticInstance] host

Response format

Normalized JSON across Sales, Production, Inventory, Procurement, and Financials objects

Rate limits

Adaptive throttling tuned to your cloud or on-prem instance to avoid Kinetic-side limits

Session management

Automatic session refresh, token rotation, and Company/Plant context header handling

Data freshness

Near real-time pulls for orders, jobs, and inventory with optional scheduled batch syncs

Security

Encrypted credential vault, scoped access tokens, SOC 2-aligned controls, and audit logging

Webhooks

Event-style callbacks for order status, job completion, shipment, and invoice changes

Latency

Sub-second reads on cached entities; multi-second writes when posting through business-object methods

Throughput

Horizontally scaled workers sized to multi-company, multi-plant manufacturing volume

Reliability

Retry, backoff, and idempotency keys for order, job, and financial transactions

Adaptation

Continuous monitoring of Kinetic releases, OData metadata, and customer-specific BAQ and UD-field drift

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Supergood adapts to Public Cloud, dedicated, and on-premises deployments, targeting your instance's own [KineticServer]/[KineticInstance] endpoints and tuning network configuration to your environment.

Supergood sets the required custom headers for Company, Plant, and last-logged-in context on every call, so reads and writes target the correct site rather than returning data for the wrong company.

Yes. Custom Business Activity Queries, UD fields, and Epicor Functions are exposed through the same normalized API surface, so your customizations are preserved instead of forced into a generic schema.

Yes. Supergood handles the business-object method sequences (GetNew, Update, MasterUpdate) needed to create and update sales orders, jobs, purchase orders, and invoices, with idempotency safeguards.

No. Supergood works with your existing Kinetic instance, API keys, and access scopes. No additional partner approval is required to integrate against your own entitlements.

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