Why a simulator
Scott Thompson has spent more than 25 years working with manufacturers and distributors on operational technology: ERP integrations, warehouse systems and workflow automation, across systems including Epicor P21, SAP, Oracle NetSuite, Sage and Microsoft Dynamics. He founded Uptimize in 2023 to serve mid-market companies that sit, in his words, “stuck between enterprise IT firms that charge too much and generalist MSPs that don’t understand their workflows.”
Working inside those companies, the same thing shows up again and again: new people learn the ERP by shadowing someone and then practicing on real orders. The mistakes are predictable, like an order at list price instead of the contract, a vendor bill paid twice or stock left in the receiving bin, and each one costs money and someone’s afternoon to fix. Simetta exists so those mistakes happen in practice, where they cost nothing, and come with an explanation.
Uptimize’s rule is “fix the process first, then apply the right technology.” Simetta applies it to training: learn the task the right way, prove it on fresh data, then do it for real.
How it’s built
- Screens modeled on the real thing. Each simulated window is built from a field-by-field reference of the ERP’s own screens, recorded from a live system in look-only mode, so labels, tabs and grids match what people use on the job. No customer data is copied.
- A real rules engine underneath. Credit holds, contract and quantity-break pricing, allocation, terms discounts and the three-way match behave the way they do in a distributor’s system.
- Every scenario is proven. Each of the 125 scenarios is checked automatically: its reference answer must score 100, and doing nothing must fail. A lesson only finishes when the work would pass its test.
- One product, many ERPs. Each ERP is a new set of screens over the same engine and lessons. Prophet 21 is first.
Independent
Simetta is not affiliated with or endorsed by Epicor or any other ERP vendor. We build training that matches the software you already run.