PlanteMoran has agreed to provide implementation and consulting services for Epicor. The Southfield, Mich.-based accounting firm, which will not resell the software, has set up a team of ERP systems advisors and implementation specialists and will extend service to Epicor customers. It has hired John Lumpkin to lead the practice. Lumpkin was previously a senior management consultant at the Pragmatek Consulting Group from February 2011 until moving to the CPA firm. His LinkedIn page says he led a “complex $2.2 million, 1.5-year multi-site Epicor 9 implementation project”.