Accenture Launches Digital Portal for Product Developers | SupplyChainBrain

Accenture Launches Digital Portal for Product Developers

February 4, 2016

The Accenture Enterprise Product Information and Content (EPIC) Portal consolidates product-development data from multiple systems into a single, organized view. Accenture said it developed the portal for companies that design, engineer and manufacture complex products in the aerospace, automotive, consumer products, electronics, industrial equipment, high-tech and life science industries. The tool features pre-defined integration with product lifecycle management, enterprise resource planning and other applications used in product design and production.

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