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Analytics and AI
Is the Autonomous Enterprise the Future SAP Customers Want?By Robert Holland
In May 2026, SAP announced its Autonomous Enterprise vision, featuring new AI capabilities and agents designed to transform business operations, yet customer enthusiasm has shifted to concerns about governance, cost, and the uncertain timeline for AI integration, highlighting a disconnect between market expectations and the cautious approach adopted by organizations within the SAP ecosystem.
DAILY NEWS
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Enterprise AIAnalytics and AI
Why Industry Context Is Becoming Critical to Enterprise AI
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AI in cybersecurityAnalytics and AI
AI and Cybersecurity: Faster Attacks, Smarter Defense, and Agent Identity Risk
ERP adoption strategiesBusiness Process Management and Automation
Infor Treats Post-Go-Live Adoption as an ERP Design Problem
Epicor channel partnersBusiness Process Management and Automation
Epicor Adds Conveyance Solutions to Its ANZ Partner Program
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AI in Business ProcessesAnalytics and AI
How AI Is Changing Enterprise Process Automation
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EDITORS CHOICE
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Security
AI Warnings Merit a Second Look at the Risks Businesses Are Willing To Carry
AI-enabled cyber threats are becoming faster, cheaper and easier to scale. As evidence accumulates, businesses may need to revisit security assumptions embedded in ERP migrations, AI deployments, and other technology investments.
By Adam Pitman
Cloud Platform and Technology
Having It Both Ways: How Hybrid Cloud Control and Orchestration Achieve Reliable, Resilient Enterprise Ops
Hybrid cloud orchestration gives enterprises a way to coordinate legacy, SAP and cloud-native environments without sacrificing reliability or control. AI-powered automation is expanding that model by improving workload management, resilience and operational visibility.
By Charles Crouchman
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Analytics and AI
How Midmarket Manufacturers Are Moving AI From Experimentation Into Execution
Robert Kramer of KramerERP examines how QAD, Redzone and ChampionAI are helping midmarket manufacturers move AI from experimentation into execution, with customer results ranging from a 93% changeover reduction at Sauder to a 90% cut in RFQ creation time at KION.
By Robert Kramer
Analytics and AI
Agentic AI in Finance: Why Autonomy Must Be a Risk Decision
Agentic AI promises to move finance beyond scripted automation, but greater autonomy does not automatically mean better outcomes. Finance leaders need to assess where agents can act independently, when humans should intervene, and how every decision can be governed and explained.
By Bala Tiru
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Analytics and AI
Infor Uses Forward-Deployed Engineering To Move AI Into ERP Execution
Infor is pairing forward-deployed engineering with its AI Adoption Hub to move AI from feature availability into ERP execution. The four-week deployment claim gets attention, but reuse, governance and measurable operating improvement will decide whether the model scales.
By Robert Kramer
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Analytics and AI
Chinese AI Models Are Changing the Economics of AI in ERP
Chinese AI models such as DeepSeek, Qwen, and Kimi are giving European enterprises lower-cost, open-weight alternatives to US providers. Their rise could change the economics of embedding AI into ERP while increasing pressure on vendors to support more flexible, multi-model strategies.
By Volker Pfirsching
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Enterprise Architecture
Stable Core, Movable Edges: What SAP’s Vercel Partnership and Tirlán’s Nine-Month Carve-Out Have in Common
SAP's new Vercel partnership and Tirlán's nine-month SAP carve-out from Glanbia look unrelated, but both follow the same architectural pattern: keep the SAP core stable, isolate the layer that must move, and rehearse the change before it reaches production.
By ERP Today
Financial Management
Why Finance’s AI Advantage Depends on Governance, Evaluation, and Control
AI adoption is accelerating across finance, but deploying more tools does not automatically improve financial control. Sustainable advantage depends on continuous evaluation, explainability, human oversight, and governance infrastructure that can detect failures, model drift, and emerging risks as AI scales.
By Amirtharaj Karuppaiah
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InforAnalytics and AI
Infor Uses Forward-Deployed Engineering To Move AI Into ERP Execution
Microsoft Dynamics 365ERP Strategy and Planning
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Agentic ERP Roadmap Runs Through March 2027
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Redzone by QADAnalytics and AI
Sauder Woodworking Cuts Changeover Time by 93% with Redzone’s Agentic AI
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HCMAnalytics and AI
Lockheed Martin’s SAP SuccessFactors Go-Live Shows Why HR Data Comes Before HR AI
SAP ECCERP Strategy and Planning
Beyond SAP ECC: Building an AI-Ready Business Platform
SAP AIAnalytics and AI
SAP Brings AI Token Costs Into Finance Planning
 
ERP TODAY LIVE!
carve-out intelligenceAnalytics and AI
SNP Transformation World 2026 – PwC’s Harry Schuster on Carve-Out Intelligence Co-innovation with SNP
At Transformation World 2026 in Heidelberg, PwC Deals Practice partner Harry Schuster sat down to discuss Carve-Out Intelligence, a new co-innovation between SAP and PwC. The solution combines SNP's data extraction expertise with PwC's carve-out advisory knowledge, using an AI-enabled rule base to assess complexity across carve-out dimensions directly from client systems. Where a classical carve-out assessment typically takes four to six weeks of interviews and manual review, Schuster says the new solution delivers consistent, repeatable results in as little as seven days.
SNP Transformation WorldAnalytics and AI
SNP Transformation World 2026 – Mandaco’s Stefan Schneider on AI in the M&A Process
Mandaco's Stefan Schneider on AI in M&A, why the human in the loop matters more than ever, and how interpersonal skills define deal success.
Aspen AndersenERP Strategy and Planning
SNP Transformation World 2026 – Vibra Energia’s Near-Zero Downtime SAP Migration with Aspen Andersen
Vibra Energia's Aspen Andersen on a selective SAP migration, a 48-hour cut-over with SNP, and why people and culture decide transformation.
SNP Transformation WorldCloud Platform and Technology
SNP Transformation World 2026 – SNP’s Don Mahoney on Kyano, Palantir, and Data Precision
SNP's Don Mahoney on the Kyano platform, Kyano Lorna and Oros, the new Palantir partnership, and why data migration demands 100% precision.
StructifyData and Data Management
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – Structify’s Alex Reichenbach on AI for Unstructured Data in M&A
Structify CEO Alex Reichenbach on the SNP joint venture using AI to unlock unstructured data in M&A and preserve divestiture value.
SicrediERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – Sicredi’s Business-Led SAP Transformation for AI Readiness with Mauricio Serafim
Sicredi's Mauricio Serafim on a business-led SAP migration, navigating Brazil's compliance complexity, and building the data foundation for AI.
Arete GlobalERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – Arete Global’s Shaik Sikander on SAP Transformation in the Middle East
Arete Global COO Shaik Sikander on the Middle East SAP boom, the new SNP Kyano partnership, and why culture always beats algorithms.
SAPService Management
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – SAP’s Stefan Steinle on Clean Core and Agentic Support
SAP's Stefan Steinle on why running well in the cloud after go-live matters, the role of Clean Core, and how agentic AI powers preventive support.
BLOGS
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Enterprise AI StrategyAnalytics and AI
AI Adoption Is Widespread, but Scaling It Is Not
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AI in Supply ChainAnalytics and AI
Sage Makes the Case for Three Kinds of AI in the Supply Chain, and One Data Foundation Beneath Them
build vs buy AIAnalytics and AI
When Enterprises Should Build, Buy, or Partner for AI
SAP ECC end of supportERP Strategy and Planning
What ERP Support Deadlines Actually Mean for Companies
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KPMGAnalytics and AI
When the Vendor Becomes the Customer: What KPMG and ServiceNow Are Testing in HR
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oracle EBSData and Data Management
The Oracle EBS Paradox: Why Bringing AI to the Core Doesn’t Require a SaaS Migration
 
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Infor supports Systemair as they fly to higher ambitions
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