The operating system for your AI workforce.
MeshCore is one hosted system your distribution business staffs with named agents. They remember how you work in a vault you own, run on a schedule you can read, and reach into Prophet 21 through a connection guarded write by write — because we tested all 855 calls in the P21 API against a live install to find out which ones actually work. Built and run by the engineers who wrote it, in Warren, Michigan.
Early access · limited onboarding · mike@meshconnector.com · +1 (586) 271-0980 · Warren, Michigan
Proof, not promises: MeshCore already runs our own business
We are customer #0. The systems below aren't demos — they're MeshCore in production on live Prophet 21 data: a browser workspace over a live P21 database, an AI pipeline that takes a company from profile to brand audit to decision-maker contacts to a P21 import, an agent answering +1 (586) 271-0980 around the clock, and service-order capture writing straight into P21. Every client keeps 100% ownership of the code we write. See the case studies below or read our Prophet 21 guides.
Everything your distribution business needs from its ERP
Prophet 21 runs the business — but out of the box it rarely fits the way your business actually works. We close that gap.
Implementation & Optimization
Go-lives, module rollouts, and health checks for existing installs. We tune the system to your workflows — order entry to purchasing to the GL.
Integrations & APIs
E-commerce, EDI, punchout, shipping, payment, and CRM connections built on the P21 API and middleware — reliable, monitored, and documented.
Custom Applications
Customer portals, sales dashboards, warehouse tools, and quote builders that read and write P21 data directly — modern web apps on your ERP.
Reporting & Analytics
From Crystal Reports triage to modern SQL-based dashboards: margins, open orders, fill rates, and rep scorecards your team will actually use.
DynaChange & Business Rules
Screen customizations, business rules, and workflow automation inside P21 itself — so the system enforces your process instead of relying on tribal knowledge.
AI Automation for Distributors
Email order entry, quote-to-order automation, lead research, and inbox triage — practical AI wired into P21 and your daily operations. This is the consulting work that gets you onto MeshCore.
Case studies you can click: the software we run in production
Live applications running against Prophet 21 right now — each one built to kill a specific piece of manual work. This is the kind of software we build for distributors, and you can click into two of them today.
P21 NextLevel: ERP work moved from the desktop client to any browser
Before: every lookup and service-item change meant a seat in the P21 desktop client. After: the team works in a fast browser workspace on the live P21 database — no client install, and nothing touches the ERP without a draft-and-review step.
- Built with Next.js directly against a live P21 database
- Service-item management with draft-and-review workflows before anything touches the ERP
- The template for the customer portals and internal tools we build for clients
Leads CRM: from cold prospect to first P21 order, with zero rekeying
Before: leads lived in spreadsheets, research was manual, and won deals were retyped into P21 by hand. After: AI research files enriched leads into the funnel overnight, and closed opportunities flow into P21 automatically — no separate CRM subscription. And instead of cold-pitching, it powers seductive lead generation: we find each decision-maker's LinkedIn and Facebook and like their posts — no push, just quiet intrigue that draws them to our profile, so they reach out to us already warm.
- Pipeline dashboard with funnel, stages, tags, and follow-up dates
- Opportunities that flow into P21 as customers, ship-tos, and contacts
- Fed automatically by MeshCore's lead research — agents find them, the pipeline tracks them
- Seductive lead generation: engage decision-makers' social posts so qualified leads come to you
Service-order capture: a nameplate photo becomes a P21 service order
Before: techs copied equipment details onto paper in the field, and the office retyped them into P21 — with the usual lost sheets and typos. After: the tech photographs the nameplate, AI extracts the details, and a reviewed service order is written straight into Prophet 21.
- AI reads the nameplate photo — model, serial, specs — so nothing is written down or retyped
- Human review before commit, then the write goes through the P21 transaction API so all business logic fires
- The same extract → match → draft → commit pattern we use for AI order entry from emailed POs
MeshCore: staff your business with agents, not another dashboard.
Most ERP AI pilots die because they have no memory, no schedule, and no safe way to write. MeshCore is those three missing pieces plus the Prophet 21 knowledge to use them — one hosted system, one isolated server per customer, and named agents you brief like staff.
Every action an agent can take is classed before it ships: read runs freely, draft goes to a person, write-guarded runs only through a recipe we verified live on a real install, and forbidden — raising a credit limit, deleting data, spending money — never happens at all.
- Order entry, self-healing P21 writes, back-order monitors, PO-receipt chasing and credit-hold review
- Memory that's yours: a private Obsidian vault in your own repository, readable and correctable
- A schedule declared in a plain file you can read and edit — not a cron table you can't see
- Add-on packs for quoting, lead generation and company research when you want them
How we compare to Epicor VARs and offshore dev shops
Epicor partners know the product but usually don't build custom software. Offshore shops build software but have never seen a P21 screen. Mesh Connector does both: senior engineers who work inside Prophet 21 every day, at published rates ($125–$175/hr), with fixed scopes, free discovery, and every line of code owned by you. One senior team, one business day to a reply, no account managers in between.
Learn from our engineers: free Prophet 21 technical guides
No gated PDFs, no email capture — the same explanations we give clients on day one. P21 API integration patterns (read from SQL, write through the API, batch with EDI) · DynaChange vs. business rules vs. custom apps — where each customization belongs · AI order entry that actually works: extract → match → draft → commit.
The biggest AI move with Prophet 21 isn't choosing the model. It's preparing the data.
Every distributor we talk to about AI asks the same thing: "Which AI should we use?"
Honest answer after 30+ years in ERP: that's the easy part. We can swap models in an afternoon.
The hard part — the part that decides whether AI actually helps you — is your Prophet 21 data. Item descriptions like 3/4 BLK MI 90 ELL that only your 20-year veterans can decode. Class codes that mean something different at every branch. Years of gold buried in notepad fields nothing ever reads. Duplicate customers. Dead SKUs.
AI doesn't clean that up. It amplifies it.
But spend a few months making that data clean and consistent, and almost any AI will make your team look brilliant — quoting faster, catching pricing mistakes, answering "do we stock this?" instantly.
This is what we do at Mesh Connector. Curious where your data stands?
Discover. Architect. Ship.
No long-term contracts required. Discovery is included. You own the code and the IP.
Discover
We map your current P21 setup, workflows, and pain points. You get a plain-English write-up of what we found and what we'd do — free, whether or not you hire us.
Architect
A fixed scope, a real estimate, and an architecture that fits your environment — not a rip-and-replace. We show our work before we start it.
Ship
Working software, delivered in increments you can test. Documentation, hand-off, and the option of ongoing support — your call.
Consulting rates, published here
A focused fix: one integration, one report suite, one automation. Ideal first engagement.
A full workstream: a custom application, a multi-system integration, or a Prophet 21 automation program.
Multi-phase programs: implementation support, platform builds, and AI automation across departments.
Hourly, when that fits better: Custom Applications $150/hr · AI Automation $175/hr · Integrations & APIs $150/hr · Web & Branding $125/hr. MeshCore is priced separately — a setup fee plus a monthly subscription, quoted after a discovery call. See what's in each tier.
Book your free Prophet 21 discovery review
We map your P21 setup, workflows, and pain points, and send you a plain-English write-up of what we found and what we'd do — free, whether or not you hire us. A real engineer reads every submission and replies within one business day.
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