Adam Pitman, Author at ERP Today

Adam Pitman

Senior Editor, ERP Today and SAPinsider

124 Articles Published

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The Support Insight That Moved Beacon.li’s CEO Toward Enterprise Implementation

Beacon.li CEO Rakesh Vaddadi built a support tool. His customers pushed him upstream. Now he is making the case that implementation failure is a knowledge transfer problem — and that the fix is capturing expert judgment before it walks out the door.

Financial Management

SAP’s Autonomous Finance Push Turns CFO Attention to Governance

SAP’s autonomous finance push is moving CFO priorities toward governance, controls, and AI-ready financial processes. For SAP customers, the opportunity depends on how well automation, GRC, and finance transformation connect inside ERP operations.

Security

Microsoft Is Killing SMS Sign-in Codes. ERP Teams Should Pay Attention

Microsoft’s move away from SMS sign-in codes is limited to personal accounts, but ERP teams should still pay attention. Developer subscriptions, sandbox tenants, contractor accounts, shared credentials, and break-glass workflows can sit outside formal Entra ID governance, creating hidden exposure as authentication models shift.

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Analytics and AI

Beacon.li Launches AI Platform for Enterprise Software Implementation

Beacon.li launched Implementation Studio, a UI-based AI platform that aims to execute enterprise software implementation work inside target applications, with early traction likely in repeatable configuration, testing and hypercare workflows.

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Governance, Risk, and Compliance

What the EU AI Act Delay Means for ERP Governance

The EU AI Act delay eases some near-term compliance pressure, but ERP teams still need to build governance evidence around how AI is used across business processes.

Security

SAP Security Patch Day May 2026 Shows Risk Beyond Core Applications

SAP’s May 2026 Security Patch Day shows why SAP teams need to look beyond severity scores. Critical vulnerabilities affected S/4HANA and Commerce Cloud, while Mini Shai-Hulud brought developer tooling, credentials, and supply-chain exposure into the SAP security conversation.

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Analytics and AI

Will SAP Open AI Access to Customers That Haven’t Moved to the Cloud?

SAP is reportedly preparing to open more AI access to some customers that have not moved fully to the cloud, including some SAP ECC users. The details could determine whether the move becomes a narrow transition offer or a broader shift in SAP’s cloud-first AI strategy.

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Application Development and Integration

SAP API Policy Raises New Questions About ERP Integration and AI Access

SAP’s updated API policy is raising questions about ERP integration, AI access, and partner products. The policy puts new scrutiny on undocumented APIs, large-scale extraction, and the supported pathways customers and partners use to access SAP data.

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Security

What NIST’s CVE Shift Means for ERP Security Teams

NIST is changing how CVEs are enriched in the National Vulnerability Database, reducing the consistency of risk signals used to prioritize vulnerabilities. For ERP security teams, the shift increases reliance on vendor guidance and system-specific context to assess exposure.

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Financial Management

AI in Finance Faces Its Real Test Inside Quote-to-Cash Workflows

Most finance teams are using AI, but measurable impact remains limited. A Zuora webinar shows how quote-to-cash workflows expose the real constraints: integration, auditability, and control.

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Analytics and AI

AI Is Expanding, but ERP Systems May Not Be Ready—Stanford AI Index 2026

AI adoption is expanding across enterprises, but ERP systems may not be ready. The Stanford AI Index 2026 highlights gaps in governance, trust, infrastructure, and talent that affect how AI supports business decisions.

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Spend Management and Procurement

Why Procurement Platforms Are Now Judged on Adoption and Workflow Execution

Procurement platforms are no longer judged on features alone. This analysis shows how adoption, workflows, and governance now define platform value, with Scanmarket by Unit4 as a leading example.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

How France’s Tech Dependency Plan Could Influence ERP Decisions

France’s tech dependency plan requires ministries to map reliance across infrastructure, AI, and core systems, introducing new scrutiny that may influence ERP evaluation and system design.

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Analytics and AI

Companies Are Acting on AI Value They Haven’t Realized Yet

Most organizations say AI delivers value, but few can measure it consistently. New research shows that measurement maturity and operating models determine whether AI produces repeatable enterprise ROI.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

Clorox Shows What SAP S/4HANA Transformations Require Before 2027

Clorox’s $580M SAP S/4HANA transformation highlights how design, benchmarking, and execution decisions shape outcomes beyond go-live.

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Financial Management

Zuora Adds AI Agents for Quote-to-Cash Workflows and Auditability

Zuora introduces AI agents for quote-to-cash workflows, focusing on how outputs are integrated, explained, and executed within financial controls, audit frameworks, and operational processes.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

What TCS and SAP Show About the Future of ERP Delivery

TCS and SAP show how ERP delivery is shifting toward integrated, partner-led models that combine workforce skills, system implementation, and ongoing operations.

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Security

Claude Mythos Preview Shows How AI Collapses the Distance Between Discovery and Exploitation in Financial Systems

Claude Mythos Preview is prompting regulators and banks to reassess cyber risk as AI accelerates vulnerability discovery and exploitation across interconnected financial systems.

Security

SAP Security Patch Day April 2026: Critical Vulnerabilities, CVSS 9.9 SQL Injection, and Authorization Risks

SAP Security Patch Day April 2026 introduces a critical SQL injection vulnerability and high-severity authorization flaws across SAP BPC, BW, ERP, and S/4HANA. This analysis explains how these vulnerabilities affect enterprise risk and where exposure concentrates across SAP environments.

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Financial Management

Zuora Collections Launches in Europe with Germany Data Center for In-Region Data and AI-Driven Workflows

Zuora has launched Collections in Europe with a new Germany data center, bringing AI-driven workflows and in-region data handling to finance teams managing cash collection and forecasting.

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Security

Tax Season Scams 2026: How IRS Phishing, Fake Tax Messages, and AI Fraud Threaten Businesses

Tax season scams in 2026 are expanding beyond individual taxpayers into broader business risk. IRS impersonation, fake tax messages, QR codes, and AI-enabled fraud are targeting tax professionals, payroll teams, and organizations handling sensitive financial and employee data.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

France Defines a New Model for Managing Technology Dependencies

France’s move to Linux is part of a broader program to reduce technology dependencies across government systems. The shift introduces a structured approach to dependency mapping that could influence how ERP environments are evaluated over time.

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Governance, Risk, and Compliance

SAP GRC for SAP HANA Update Signals Real-Time Processing Shift and 2027 Transition Timeline

The SAP GRC update for SAP HANA focuses on execution, introducing Fiori-based workflows, real-time processing, and tighter S/4HANA alignment. The shift also signals a broader transition as GRC 12.0 approaches its 2027 maintenance deadline.

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Tax Compliance

Bangladesh’s Digital Tax Push Reshapes Compliance for RMG Supply Chains

Bangladesh’s move to digital tax systems is reshaping compliance across RMG supply chains, increasing reliance on supplier data accuracy, ERP execution, and integrated financial processes.

Clorox manufacturing team at Aberdeen, MD plant during SAP S/4HANA cutover, showing frontline operations and production environment.

Supply Chain Management

What Happened During Clorox’s SAP S/4HANA Cutover—Insights from the CSCO

Clorox’s SAP S/4HANA cutover shows how ERP changes manufacturing and supply chain execution. From inventory timing effects to stabilization and workflow integration, the transformation reshapes how work moves across the network.

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Governance, Risk, and Compliance

How Data Center Location, ESG Regulations, and AI Infrastructure Are Reshaping Risk

Data center location is becoming a governance decision. As AI demand grows and ESG regulation expands, energy, water, and climate constraints are shaping ERP risk, cost, and performance in ways enterprises can no longer ignore.

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Financial Management

UAE Approves SAP for e-Invoicing, Expanding ERP’s Role in Compliance Architecture

The UAE has pre-approved SAP as an e-invoicing service provider, becoming the first ERP vendor in the framework. The decision places ERP systems within compliance architecture ahead of the 2027 mandate.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

SAP Business Data Cloud Explained: A New Model for ERP Data and Analytics

SAP Business Data Cloud reflects a shift in ERP data architecture, introducing a unified, governed data layer that changes how data is structured, managed, and used across systems.

Security

SAP Security Investment Still Misses Where Risk Is Highest, Benchmark Data Shows

CRIS benchmark data reveals SAP security maturity is moderate overall but uneven, with persistent gaps in access, data, and governance controls where business risk is concentrated.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

Cost Pressures Reshape ERP and AI Priorities in 2026, SAPinsider Benchmark Finds

Cost pressure is redefining how organizations approach ERP and AI in 2026. SAPinsider’s latest benchmark shows S/4HANA transformation, platform investment, and operational efficiency shaping technology decisions. The findings highlight a shift toward execution across overlapping priorities.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

How Clorox Planned Its SAP S/4HANA Transformation—Insights from the CIO

Clorox shares how it planned and executed its SAP S/4HANA transformation, highlighting adoption, execution trade-offs, and how success is defined after go-live.