Case Study: Hacel Lighting achieves faster upgrades and integrated factory reporting with Epicor Kinetic (Epicor)

Epicor Kinetic Deployed in the Cloud Enables Factory Reporting Integration

Hacel Lighting, founded in 1980, is a UK-based, design-driven manufacturer of energy-efficient lighting serving sectors such as automotive, retail and commercial from a 40,000 sq. ft. facility in Newcastle. Historically reliant on on‑premise Epicor ERP, the company faced costly, time-consuming upgrades every 2–3 years (each requiring 30–40 consultant days) and recurring hardware refreshes that diverted resources from core business initiatives.

Hacel moved its ERP to Epicor Kinetic in the cloud, going live in 2.5 months and benefiting from faster, automatic updates and eliminated hardware refreshes. The cloud deployment delivered RESTful APIs for real‑time factory reporting into Excel, stronger Microsoft integration, reduced production booking time with Epicor Mobile Warehouse, fewer software bugs, and freed IT resources to focus on strategic business priorities.

Hacel Lighting

Chris Neal

Financial Controller and Company Secretary