Piston Ring Service Epicor Eagle MES Implementation Case Study

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Piston Ring Service Epicor Eagle MES Implementation Case Study

Case study of Piston Ring Service's 2006 migration from J-CON to Epicor Eagle with LaserCat 3 eCatalog and A-DIS integration for automotive parts distribution.

Published

June 4, 2026

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3 min read

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Piston Ring Service, a Winnipeg-based automotive aftermarket distributor with 27 corporate stores and a 250,000 sq ft DC, replaced its legacy J-CON system with Epicor Eagle in 2006. The implementation included LaserCat 3 for parts identification and direct A-DIS warehouse integration. Benefits included reduced returns, daily pricing oversight via Compass reports, and faster counter transactions. Staff training time dropped to 15 minutes for Windows-familiar users.

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Epicor Eagle replaced J-CON in 2006 with LaserCat 3 eCatalog and A-DIS warehouse interface

LaserCat 3 reduced returns and enabled one additional sale per store per day through better part visibility

Compass reporting provided daily overstrike alerts for immediate margin protection

Counter staff reached transaction proficiency in 15 minutes due to Windows interface familiarity

Direct Eagle-to-A-DIS integration allowed real-time sourcing from 250,000 sq ft central DC

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