Editor’s Choice

Google Cloud Deploys AI Arsenal to Transform Partner Operations

Google Cloud is transforming the enterprise software landscape by introducing three innovative AI-powered tools that streamline partner processes, including the SOW Analyzer for efficient document analysis, the Bot-Assisted Live Chat for improved support, and an enhanced Earnings Hub for predictive insights, ultimately redefining cloud partnerships and boosting implementation speed and effectiveness.

Enterprise Asset Management

IBM Maximo 9.1: The AI-Powered Asset Management Revolution is Here

IBM's Maximo Application Suite 9.1 redefines enterprise asset management with its generative AI assistant and advanced investment planning features, aiming to transform maintenance practices and capital allocation, though successful implementation hinges on organizations' readiness and quality data.

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

The Agility Imperative: How No-Code Platforms Are Reshaping Manufacturing Operations

Manufacturers are increasingly adopting no-code platforms to enhance operational agility and responsiveness amid constant disruptions, allowing business users to create and implement solutions independently, thereby transforming technology development from a lengthy IT process into a strategic advantage that fosters innovation and real-time adaptability.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Manufacturing’s AI-First ERP Evolution: Rootstock’s Strategic Bet on Salesforce

Rootstock Software, leveraging its all-in strategy on the Salesforce platform, is transforming mid-market manufacturing ERP expectations by embedding AI solutions that enhance efficiency and user interaction, while positioning itself uniquely to serve a lucrative market amid a significant shift towards technological adoption in the industry.

Financial Management

Breaking the 3-5 Year ERP Migration Trap: Why 24 Hour Fitness Didn’t Wait for Cloud Transformation

24 Hour Fitness successfully transformed its billing process from a six-day cycle to daily billing by implementing Zuora's monetization platform alongside its existing ERP systems, demonstrating that simultaneous modernization can enhance cash flow, innovate product offerings, and maintain integration flexibility during enterprise technology migrations.

Data and Data Management

The Snowflake ERP Integration Challenge: Why Your Data Strategy Needs a Rethink

Integrating ERP data with Snowflake is challenging due to architectural misalignment and the absence of pre-built connectors, necessitating custom solutions that complicate maintenance and delay insights, but CData offers pre-built connectors to streamline this process and enhance operational efficiency.

Financial Management

Finance Forecasting in Turbulent Times: Why Traditional Planning is Failing

The shift from traditional annual budgeting to agile financial planning emphasizes continuous scenario modeling and real-time data integration, allowing companies to adapt swiftly to market fluctuations and enhance forecasting accuracy, thereby transforming finance teams into strategic partners for navigating uncertainty.

Application Development and Integration

The Composable ERP Rebellion: Why Monolithic Platforms Are the New Legacy Systems

As traditional ERP systems become outdated, organizations are rapidly shifting towards composable ERP solutions that offer greater flexibility and customization, enabling them to adapt swiftly to changing market demands without the burden of extensive IT involvement.

Data and Data Management

The Greenfield Deception: Why Your ‘Clean Slate’ ERP Strategy Might Be Sabotaging Your Data Legacy

The article argues that while greenfield ERP migrations promise a fresh start by eliminating outdated systems, they risk discarding invaluable historical business intelligence that can provide competitive advantages, suggesting organizations should adopt intelligent data strategies like JiVS IMP to preserve legacy knowledge while benefiting from modern capabilities.

Landed costs with NetSuite and CloudPaths

Supply Chain Management

Taming Landed Costs with NetSuite & CloudPaths: Part 2

Effective management of landed costs in supply chain operations requires accurate calculations, technological solutions like ERP systems such as NetSuite, and strategic implementation, which can significantly enhance financial decision-making and improve profitability.

Self-Driving Finance: Why Autonomous ERP isn’t a Buzzword Anymore

The shift towards autonomous ERP systems, driven by generative AI and automation, is transforming finance operations from transactional to strategic, urging CFOs to invest in intelligent platforms for enhanced agility, resilience, and proactive decision-making.

Supply Chain Management

Taming Landed Costs with NetSuite & CloudPaths: Part 1

Accurately calculating total landed costs, which include shipping, customs, insurance, and handling fees, is crucial for businesses to ensure proper financial planning and competitive pricing, as inaccuracies can lead to misrepresented profit margins and operational challenges.

Data and Data Management

Bridging the Data Migration Dialogue: From SAP Sapphire 2025 to SNP’s Transformation World

The enterprise data management landscape is shifting towards composable architectures, where integrating data migration, operational agility, and business continuity into a cohesive strategy will define competitive advantage, as emphasized by recent SAP Sapphire events and upcoming SNP's Transformation World.

Sage Looks at the Future with Supply Chain Intelligence Solution and LPGA Collaboration

Supply Chain Management

Charting a New Course in Supply Chain Management for SMBs

Research reveals that only 21% of businesses feel confident in navigating supply chain disruptions, attributed to various global challenges, highlighting the importance of enhanced visibility and integration tools like Sage Supply Chain Intelligence for small and medium-sized enterprises to mitigate risks and improve operations.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Sage Bets on a Human-Centric Future for ERP, AI, and the Mid-Market

Sage's human-centric AI strategy focuses on practical value and trust, aiming to empower mid-market businesses amidst the evolving ERP landscape by addressing specific pain points with incremental innovations and tailored solutions.

Cloud Platform and Technology

At Sage Future, Users get a Glimpse of Tomorrow’s ERP for Manufacturing, Distribution, and Finance

Sage is launching an AI-powered Copilot for Sage X3, designed to enhance operational intelligence and customer management in manufacturing and distribution, while also unveiling an AI-infused roadmap for Sage Intacct.

Analytics and AI

IFS Doubles Down on Industrial AI on Last Day in Nashville

At IFS Connect North America 2025, IFS demonstrated a practical AI implementation roadmap emphasizing embedded intelligence over competing solutions, showcasing measurable ROI and a case study from Cimcorp that highlights a gradual adoption approach, while addressing industry challenges related to data governance and ease of integration.

ERP Strategy and Planning

When the Grid Gets Smart: TECO Energy’s All-In Transformation with IFS

Tampa Electric Company (TECO) is undertaking a bold retooling of its back-office systems and cultural mindset to transform its operations and set new standards in the energy sector, as highlighted by David Lukcic at IFS Connect North America 2025, aiming to integrate advanced technology and strategic partnerships to enhance reliability, security, and performance while navigating modern challenges.

Analytics and AI

Sage Unveils Vision for “Agentic AI Era” to Modernize SMB Operations for CFOs

At the Sage Future conference in Atlanta, the company unveiled its strategic direction towards Agentic AI, enhancing CFOs' capabilities and SMB productivity through autonomous AI solutions, while emphasizing trust, transparency, and partnerships to ensure accurate, context-aware, and secure AI deployment.

Analytics and AI

From Nashville with AI: Microsoft Shares Blueprint for ERP Transformation at IFS Connect

At the IFS Connect North America 2025 event in Nashville, Microsoft's Jennifer Martinez presented a strategic framework for enterprise AI transformation focusing on four pillars—enhancing employee experiences, reinventing customer engagement, reshaping business processes, and accelerating innovation—while emphasizing a three-stage implementation roadmap that includes embracing available AI tools, developing customized solutions, and prioritizing security and governance.

Sage Future High performance organization

ERP Strategy and Planning

The Evolving Playbook for a High-Performance, Tech-Driven Future

At the Sage Future event in Atlanta, leaders discussed that achieving high performance is a continuous journey focused on resilience, inspiring leadership, and effective use of technology, with a particular emphasis on AI's role in enhancing organizational effectiveness beyond mere outcomes.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Sage Unveils High-Performance Finance Software Misson at Sage Future

Modern CFOs are transforming from financial stewards to strategic leaders amidst a significant role expansion, as revealed by Sage's High-Performance Finance Software initiative aimed at equipping them with AI solutions, executive training, and collaborative networks.

Enterprise Asset Management

AI Era Ushers in Drones as Infrastructure Inspectors and Algorithms as Failure Predictors

At the IFS Connect North America 2025 conference, Deloitte unveiled an AI-powered remote sensing solution using drones to predict infrastructure failures before they occur, aiming to transform how cities manage aging infrastructure through enhanced data collection and analysis, ultimately improving safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.

Enterprise Content Management

GAF’s Lean Journey: How North America’s Largest Roofing Manufacturer Digitized Tribal Knowledge with IFS Poka

At IFS Connect North America 2025, Lauren Fourt shared GAF's innovative strategy to preserve the knowledge of retiring workers through a digital transformation initiative that combines lean manufacturing principles with real-time content creation via Poka, aiming to enhance workforce competency and streamline knowledge transfer in the roofing industry.

Analytics and AI

Beyond AI Theater: How Industrial Leaders Are Actually Making Money with AI

At IFS Connect 2025, executives learned that focusing on practical generative AI solutions integrated with organizational data, rather than consumer-grade productivity tools, is essential for achieving measurable ROI amid the growing demand for Industrial AI.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Industrial AI with Swagger: Keynote Insights from IFS Connect North America 2025

IFS Connect North America 2025 in Nashville showcased the transformative potential of embedded industrial AI in enhancing operational efficiency, demonstrated through real-world applications and tangible ROI, urging enterprises to move beyond theoretical pilots to actionable implementations for improved business outcomes.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Verisk’s Everything, Everywhere, All at Once Transformation: A Journey to the Cloud IBM and Oracle

Verisk has successfully transformed its HR and finance operations by replacing its 26-year-old PeopleSoft system with Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM and Financials in just 18 months.