Editor’s Choice

image of ta Monica beach with palm trees in the evening | Santa Monica and NewRocket

Santa Monica City bridges the gap between service and citizen

When it comes to customer experience and ease of accessibility, ServiceNow’s platform can help to bridge the gap between user and service, or in the instance of Santa Monica City, bridge the gap between service and citizen.

Digital Commerce

Currency Risk Management in software and the real-world benefits

Kyriba, a global leader in liquidity performance, has issued its Q1 2024 Currency Impact Report to address currency risk management.

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Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Why small and mid-size manufacturers need collaboration

Compared to large organizations, most small to mid-size manufacturers have very limited resources which can impact the business. Collaborating with customers, suppliers, software developers, product designers and other industry related businesses enable smaller manufacturers to co-create their business manufacturing processes and the products that result from them.

A homeless camp showing three different tents strung together | NewRocket ServiceNow

Data and Data Management

How municipal services can leverage ERP tech to improve outreach efforts

The City of Reno wanted to update its outreach program with technology that would be able to monitor and collate data from several different sources. NewRocket and ServiceNow teamed up to create DROPS, an app that enhances the abilities of outreach workers.

Happy coworkers celebrating something on a laptop screen in a room containing many files | workforce Accelalpha

Human Capital Management

The talent you need already exists within your workforce

Hiring new talent to oversee new technology can be a long process that doesn’t always guarantee quick results. Rather than looking externally for a spark of creativity or innovation, firms do their workforce a disservice by not even considering an upskilling/reskilling service.

A collage of binary code that has a red heart imposed across the middle | reskilling EY

Analytics and AI

Embrace the machine, no need to rage against it

Rather than falling victim to anxiety-induced stagnancy over incorrect or outdated information, reskilling and upskilling a workforce could lay the foundations for a successful ERP implementation.

A laptop showing several graphs and other such visualized data sitting on a glass counter | financial More4apps

Financial Management

Eliminating the burdens of financial processes in Oracle ERP

Many would be surprised to learn how many financial processes still rely on manual data entry. If so many important processes and reports rely on manually processed data in your ERP system, there is unnecessary space for error.

A manufacturing shop floor showing several, orange robot arms ready to start assembling | Global Shop Solutions planning

Service Management

How effective planning and scheduling tools could determine the success of your manufacturing processes

Once an effective planning and scheduling tool has been implemented within a firm’s manufacturing processes, leadership could expect to see an injection of important data insights. These data insights can be used to enhance efficiencies across manufacturing operations.

Details of "Questions for the future", a socio-critical work of art that is intended to encourage people to question modern trends. Displayed at Futurium in Berlin | Clean data tools for cloud migration More4apps

Data and Data Management

High in the clouds with clean data: Achieving smooth migration with data management tools

To achieve a smooth digital transformation, there is one aspect that cannot be overlooked during that process – data cleansing.

An image of a black car and text written over it | Star Automotive Hellas data migration journey with DXC & Jivs

Data and Data Management

Star Automotive Hellas: Critical data migration journey

The Mercedes-Benz dealer in Greece had the task of extracting the necessary data in a human-readable format and finding a suitable method to retain and archive the information needed.

Financial Management

I’m looking for a ‘plan’ in finance: Mastering the art of liquidity management

Why does liquidity management matter? It's about upping cash-flow, staying resilient in a shaky economy and keeping fraudsters at bay.

Close up of some hands tapping away at a laptop with a high-tech orange and blue overlay | DMI architects

Application Development and Integration

Build them up! Don’t forget how important enterprise architects are

The advent of enterprise architects is a response to the influx of ERP transformations. Enterprise architects make sure a client's tech environment is ready to take on the software upgrade with speed. With a good team of enterprise architects, a firm can get a rapid ROI.

A group of three people sitting at a table with their laptops open and laughing in a cozy setting | Rossera user experience

Automation

Using automation to improve the user experience

A cloud automation solution can change the entire user experience. In doing so, tedious activities can now be automated while users can focus on how best to innovate and stand out in their respective industries.

Supply Chain Management

Steve Murphy: Returning the engine to search

Epicor CEO Steve Murphy on putting the engine back into search, and solving the supply chain challenge by leaning on ERP.

image of Vitesco CIO Thomas Buck | cloud and sustainable transformation

Automation

Vitesco: Driving a 4.0 sky-high, sustainable world

CIO Thomas Buck talks cloud and sustainable transformation for electric powertrain engine technology firm, Vitesco Technologies, plus the possibilities of Industry 4.0, across its AWS, SAP and Microsoft stack.

Automation

Automation and the chocolate factory

Chocolatier Barry Callebaut gives a taste of how the manufacturing industry can create smooth quality assessment, predictive maintenance and information management with the right solution mindset to reduce the heat on workforces.

Construction site Enerfab SAP RISE Smarter Projects AI

Analytics and AI

The Potential of Smarter Projects with Enerfab’s Rajesh Kapoor

Enerfab's Rajesh Kapoor speaks with ERP Today to shed light on how his company is leveraging SAP and Microsoft tech for smarter projects.

a computer on a desk in a messy and cluttered environment | The definition of madness. Still driving ERP business change without due care and attention

Cloud Platform and Technology

Why driving ERP business change without due care is madness

Taplin details how more than two decades after his team compiled an "Enterprise Code”, not much has changed in the ERP business change space.

a woman helping an older woman in a wheelchair toward the sun in a field | social worker relief initiatives by Barnsley Council

Business Process Management and Automation

How local government can use AI for more “breathing space”

The lives of UK councils are not getting any easier. ERP Today sits down with Barnsley Council executive to discuss how technology can help.

Image of a couple on top of a snowy mountain, looking out at the landscape | SAP and IBM

Application Development and Integration

A long marriage made in innovation: What’s next for IBM and SAP?

IBM’s global head of SAP, Mike Perera, shares the wins and next step wonderings of an over 50-year-strong partnership, with cloud migration and emerging GenAI and Quantum technologies high on the roster.

Analytics and AI

AWS London Summit heralds user opportunity during times of crisis

London is calling for the AWS Summit: Here’s what you need to know from this year’s conference, from Bedrock updates to the latest user wins.

photo of Infor Velocity event in London with CEO and CTO onstage | Infor

Cloud Platform and Technology

Infor announces “momentum” solutions for clients at Velocity Tour London

Infor Velocity Tour has arrived in London today at Tottenham Hotspur stadium with Infor’s CEO and CTO ready to deliver the most recent updates.

Waltham Forest Town Hall building in London

Cloud Platform and Technology

Transforming finance, procurement and HR for London with Oracle

We spoke with Simon Copsey and Ghan Varsani at the London Borough of Waltham Forest Council discussing the council's cloud move with Oracle.

Cloud Platform and Technology

AI with a little help from my friends: The role of cloud and partnerships for innovation

ERP Today interviews SAP’s CMSO and its S/4HANA VP at the 2024 SAP Partner Summit to discuss cloud, partnerships and the future of AI.

Human Capital Management

The ideal support has the potential to boost your software beyond its limits

Don’t forget to consider outside support from your software vendor when you start to consider your next business transformation. The help provided from outside expertise could prove to be more lucrative for your company than you might think.

Cloud Platform and Technology

CloudWorld: the key takeaways from Oracle UK leader and users

CloudWorld saw Oracle UK set out its agenda for 2024 - what's the message from VPs and customers?

Human Capital Management

Workday CTO: AI in HCM has real use cases

Workday's CTO discusses AI, ERP, empowering next-gen tech, and industry trends in the HCM landscape

Analytics and AI

Tech companies team up with NVIDIA for AI innovation

AWS, IBM, SAP, Accenture, Snowflake and Lenovo have recently unveiled collaborations with NVIDIA at the company’s global conference GTC AI.

Application Development and Integration

Integration is Innovation

Boomi CEO Steve Lucas on being inspired by connecting the world and why AI transformation can only happen with your data house in order.

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Service Management

Editor’s words: The Year of the Customer

ERP Today readers, welcome to the Year of the Customer. Our editor, Giacomo Lee, reminisces on 2023 which was the Year of the Partner.