Epicor Software Corp., Dublin, CA, a business software provider for manufacturing and distribution organizations, announced that BlackHawk Industrial Distribution Inc., Broken Arrow, OK, has selected the Epicor Prophet 21 wholesale distribution enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.
BlackHawk Industrial is No. 28 on MDM’s list of the top 40 industrial distributors. The company is currently implementing a very active buy-and-build strategy in the industrial distribution space. To date, BlackHawk has acquired eight industrial distributors, including Duncan Industrial, Tool Service and Kendeco.
The Epicor solution will provide BlackHawk with a scalable business management system for 420 users initially, incorporating a Microsoft Windows-based platform and SQL Server database. BlackHauk hopes to improve warehouse, order and inventory management; purchasing automation; financial management; and reporting and business intelligence analysis.