Integration · ERP

Ward +
Epicor

Your Epicor data holds answers your team doesn’t have time to extract. Ward integrates with Epicor for home improvement, furniture, and building supply retailers. Inventory, purchasing, production, and sales data power insight cards.

What’s hiding in your
Epicor data.

The problems are already in Epicor. Ward finds them and explains why.

Seasonal Accuracy
Pre-buy timing sharpened
Weather and event signals calibrate seasonal positioning.
Project Basket Value
Cross-sell patterns found
Project purchasing sequences reveal attachment opportunities.
Vendor Fill Rate
Degradation caught early
Fill rate drops flagged before shelf impact materializes.
Inventory Carrying Cost
Slow-movers identified
Demand-aligned ordering frees capital tied in dead stock.

Epicor data, married to
everything else.

Epicor is one signal. Ward combines it with weather, events, competitor pricing, and more.

app.getward.ai Live demo
Acme Retail @Merchandising: VP Analyst claude-sonnet default
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Chat

Ask anything. Ward routes to the right agent and returns cited answers.

Why did Store 37 miss target last week?
You · 9:42 AM
Schema Scout · routed to Merchandising Agent

I pulled Store 37’s last 28 days against the chain baseline. Two root causes, both compounding.

SignalFinding
labor_efficiencyRev/labor-hour −22% vs. cluster, staffing mismatch at 11a–1p peak
inventory.freshFresh fill 83%, backroom replenishment lag at 2–4p
promo.liftBOGO crackers cannibalized Brand Y by 28%, net category +6%

Recommend: re-baseline Store 37 schedule against true peak, raise replen window to 1p, and review the BOGO before next cycle.

8 parallel queries 3 sources cited confidence 0.92
Show me how to fix the staffing mismatch.
You · 9:43 AM
Labor Agent · drafting schedule diff
Querying labor_scheduling
Ask anything, Ward routes to the right agent. Cmd+K

Dashboards

Pinned views built from saved data-lake queries.

Revenue vs. forecast +4.2% WoW
Gross margin % −3.2pp
Fill rate, fresh 83%
Shrink, West region +0.8pp

Models

Browse, search, and manage data–lake model definitions for your tenant.

NameNamespaceVersion
retail_pos_transactionsretail1.0
retail_inventory_snapshotretail1.2
retail_labor_schedulingretail1.0
retail_promo_calendarretail1.1
retail_supplier_performanceretail1.0
sap_inventory_shrinkagesap1.0
ga4_daily_eventsmarketing1.0
meta_ads_ad_levelmarketing1.0

Sources

Connect external systems to the data lake.

NameTypeLast sync
sap_pos_transactionsimport2m ago
sap_inventory_shrinkageimport2m ago
sap_labor_schedulingimport14m ago
retail_inventory_weeklyimport1h ago
retail_google_ads_dailyimport1h ago
retail_meta_ads_dailyimport1h ago
retail_ga4_website_dailyimport1h ago

Architecture

Two ways to connect. Federate against your live systems, or ingest into Ward’s data lake. Toggle below.

Your systems · read-only
SAP Retail
Snowflake
BigQuery
Shopify
Toast POS
Ward Gateway
TLS 1.3 · AES-256
Querying live · data stays put
Federated answers
SELECT * FROM sap.pos
JOIN snow.inventory
WHERE store_id = 37
→ insight cards
Ward Data Lake
→ baselined per store
TLS 1.3 in transit AES-256 at rest Read-only credentials SOC 2 II in progress VPC peering · PrivateLink

Pipelines

Move data from sources into models on a schedule.

NameSourceModelStatusSchedule
sync_sap_pos_transactionssap_pos_transactionspos_transactionsenabledhourly
sync_sap_labor_schedulingsap_labor_schedulinglabor_schedulingenableddaily
sync_sap_inventory_shrinkagesap_inventory_shrinkageinventory_shrinkageenableddaily
sync_retail_inventory_weeklyretail_inventory_weeklyinventory_weeklyenabledweekly
sync_retail_google_ads_dailyretail_google_ads_dailygoogle_ads_dailyenableddaily
sync_retail_ga4_website_dailyretail_ga4_website_dailyga4_website_dailyenableddaily

Streams

Real-time ingestion pipelines.

0events / min
0streams active
0% delivered
  • pos.txn store_037, basket $42.18
  • inv.move dc_west → store_104
  • labor.clock store_022 shift_start
  • pos.txn store_211, basket $19.04

Policies

Browse and manage Cedar access policies for your tenant.

TLS 1.3 AES-256 Read-only SOC 2 II
Policy IDEffectResources
merch-read-defaultpermitModel::*
finance-read-shrinkagepermitModel::"shrinkage"
vendor-blockedforbidModel::"labor_*"
region-west-onlypermitTenant::"acme"

Entities

Principals and resources referenced by Cedar policies.

Entity UIDTypeTenant
Tenant::"acme"Tenantacme
Model::"sap.pos_transactions"Modelacme
Model::"sap.inventory_shrinkage"Modelacme
Model::"sap.labor_scheduling"Modelacme
Model::"retail.toast_pos_daily"Modelacme
Model::"retail.ga4_website_daily"Modelacme

Providers

Manage LLM API keys and the model profiles that use them.

API Keys Model Profiles
NameProviderUsed byCreated
anthropic-defaultAnthropic3 profilesApr 22
openai-defaultOpenAI2 profilesApr 22
gemini-defaultGemini1 profileApr 22
ollama-onpremOllama2 profilesApr 22

LLM-agnostic. Bring your own key, route per task. No lock-in.

Settings

Manage your dashboard preferences and account.

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Account
NameAdmin
Emailadmin@acme.io
Tenantacme-retail
Ward + Epicor, live analysis against your data.
ERP · Primary
Epicor
Sales orders · Inventory · Purchase orders
SAP
ERP
Oracle
ERP
Ward
Data Lake
Enrichment Data
Sales orders
Weather & events
Contractor/Pro data
Competitor pricing
Vendor scorecards
Epicor (primary)
ERP peers
Enrichment data
Real-time data flow

Data Ward reads
from Epicor.

Sales orders Inventory Purchase orders Customer accounts Pricing tiers Vendor performance

Ward connects via Epicor REST API. Compatible with Epicor Prophet 21 and Epicor Eclipse.

01 / Connect
Read Epicor

Read-only access to Epicor. No changes to your configuration.

02 / Combine
Join the lake

Epicor data married to weather, events, and competitor pricing.

03 / Detect
Find the why

Anomalies surfaced continuously, each with a root cause attached.

04 / Deliver
Morning brief

Findings arrive before your team logs in, not in a quarterly review.

Your Epicor data holds answers your team doesn’t have time to extract. Ward reads it continuously and explains why.

Your Epicor today
Problems hide in Epicor until someone has time to look.
  • ×Anomalies found manually, if at all
  • ×Dashboards show what happened, not why
  • ×No one watching between scheduled reviews
With Ward + Epicor
Ward reads Epicor continuously. Findings arrive with root causes.
  • Anomalies detected and explained automatically
  • Root cause analysis, not just an alert
  • Morning brief before your team logs in

Playbooks that run on Epicor.

Ward reads and writes Epicor as the system of record for these playbooks, no ETL. Each closes only when the KPI moves.

Merchandising

Promo conflict cancellation
Cannibalization detected mid-promo. Ward models the kill-or-narrow options and ends the offending overlap on merchandising approval.
Grocery · Fashion · ConveniencePromo engine · POS · SAP CARNet promo lift
Assortment rationalization
Long-tail SKUs tying up capital. Ward ranks by GMROI and proposes the cuts and adds, by cluster.
All retailBlue Yonder · SAP · RelexGMROI
Cluster reassortment
A store cluster is mismatched to demand. Ward re-maps the assortment to the cluster's real velocity.
All retailBlue Yonder · SAPSell-through

Supply Chain

Stockout escalation
Forecast says zero-on-hand within 48 hours. Ward raises replenishment against the SOR and notifies the buyer.
Grocery · Convenience · Pharmacy · Home ImprovementManhattan · Blue Yonder · Relex · SAPOn-shelf availability
Supplier OTIF watch
A supplier is slipping on-time-in-full. Ward tracks OTIF against the penalty clause and flags the breach.
All retailSAP · CoupaFill rate
Cross-store transfer
Overstock in one store, stockout in another. Ward proposes the transfer before the markdown.
All retailManhattan · SAPSell-through

Finance

Vendor invoice dispute
Invoice ≠ receipt or contract price. Ward drafts the dispute packet and routes to AP with the evidence chain.
All retailSAP · Coupa · Oracle Financials · NetSuiteCOGS recovery
Margin leakage audit
Margin is bleeding across categories. Ward decomposes the leak and ranks the recoverable dollars.
All retailSAP · Snowflake · BigQueryGross margin
Freight & accessorial audit
Freight and accessorial charges off-contract. Ward reconciles and flags the recoverable spend.
All retailSAP · CoupaCOGS recovery

Procurement

Vendor scorecard update
Vendor performance is shifting. Ward keeps the scorecard current and ties it to the next negotiation.
All retailSAP · CoupaFill rate · COGS
Contract compliance check
Spend is drifting off contract. Ward flags the lines that miss the agreement.
All retailCoupa · SAP MMOff-contract spend
Off-contract spend flag
Maverick spend outside preferred vendors. Ward surfaces it and routes to the category manager.
All retailCoupa · SAPSavings capture
Tail-spend consolidation
Fragmented tail spend across many vendors. Ward groups it for consolidation.
All retailCoupa · SAP MMSavings capture
Rebate realization tracking
Negotiated rebates aren't being realized. Ward tracks accrued vs. earned and flags the shortfall.
All retailSAP · CoupaMargin recovery

IT & Data

Integration health monitor
A feed goes stale or a connector breaks. Ward catches the gap before the numbers go wrong.
All retailSnowflake · BigQuery · SAP connectorsData freshness
Ward
Insight
Dispatch
Feedback
Evaluate
Learn
01

Insights surface

Ward’s agents detect what changed, why it matters, and what to do about it. Every insight includes a recommended action. Not just a chart to interpret.

Real-time detection Root cause + recommendation
02

Insights become actions

Any insight card can be turned into a tracked ticket or task. Dispatched to the right person, on the right channel: mobile push, text, or email. Not every insight needs a ticket. When one does, it has an owner.

Tickets created automatically Dispatched to the right person
03

Your team responds

Insights get voted up or down with reasoning. Tickets get completed or rejected. Every response is a signal. Ward learns what worked, what missed, and why.

Vote up / down Ticket completed Reasoning attached
04

Outcomes measured

Ward evaluates real results: revenue, margin, fill rate, labor cost. Did the action actually improve the number it targeted? Measured outcomes, not assumptions.

KPI impact tracked Results vs. prediction scored
05

Agents get sharper

Every vote, every completed ticket, every measured outcome feeds back in. Ward learns from your team’s judgment and real-world results. Each cycle sharpens the next. Then it starts again.

Cycle repeats, sharper each time
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Projected global AI market by 2030
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Guarantees any single model stays on top

Your Epicor data holds answers nobody has time to find.

Ward reads it continuously and delivers what it finds. With root causes.

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