If Your Team is Managing Workarounds and Not the Business, It's Time to Move to Epicor Kinetic

Manufacturing companies are often filled with dedicated, skilled employees who know how to keep operations moving, no matter what. But over time, even the best teams can become overwhelmed by the invisible workload of workarounds.

If your manufacturing operation is relying on spreadsheets to close process gaps or passing information manually between departments, you’re not managing the business, you’re managing its inefficiencies. It's time to move to Epicor Kinetic.

The True Cost of Workarounds

Workarounds often feel like creative problem-solving in the moment. They keep orders moving and teams productive. But in reality, they create dependencies on people, not processes. They bypass the system, mask the root cause of inefficiencies, and reduce your ability to scale.

Signs your business is running on workarounds:

• Knowledge and processes reside with individuals, not systems

• Frequent email threads to clarify status, orders, or reports

• Double entry or manual reconciliation across systems

• Delays caused by inconsistent or missing information

Over time, these issues add up to lost time, missed opportunities, and burnt-out employees.

People Should Add Value, Not Compensate for Broken Processes

Your team should be focused on value-added tasks: optimizing production, building customer relationships, innovating. Instead, they’re often stuck troubleshooting outdated systems, chasing down data, or fixing errors caused by manual handoffs.

When technology is doing its job, your people can do theirs.

Removing the Patchwork

Many manufacturers operate on a foundation of disconnected systems built over time. As the business evolved, so did the patches. But patchwork fixes only last so long.

Modern business platforms allow for centralized processes, cross-functional visibility, and built-in automation. They reduce reliance on tribal knowledge and make operations predictable, repeatable, and scalable.

Time to Ask the Hard Questions

Are your systems helping your team work smarter, or just helping them work harder? Are your processes aligned with your growth goals, or do they depend on heroics and hustle?

It might be time to stop adapting to your systems and implement systems that adapt to you.

Let’s Replace Workarounds with Workflows

Cambia Advisors helps manufacturers eliminate friction and realign their operations with modern, efficient, and scalable practices, and Epicor Kinetic ERP. Our experts can assess your current environment and uncover the true cost of keeping things "the way they've always been."

Contact Cambia Advisors to schedule a discussion with our Epicor Kinetic ERP and manufacturing industry experts.