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Refreshing the Oracle reporting landscape with new data-sharing solution

Senior product manager of insightsoftware presented a webinar about a new solution designed to transform Oracle reporting landscapes.

On Day 2 of the Acumatica Summit 2025, Vendors discussed SMBs and Cloud ERP

Analytics and AI

Acumatica unveils AI-first strategy for mid-market ERP users

Acumatica unveiled its AI-first product strategy at the Acumatica Summit 2025, highlighting innovations to empower small and mid-sized businesses with secure AI tools, a new AI Studio for workflow automation, and industry-specific enhancements for improved operational efficiency.

The AI Responsibility Gap: A Looming Threat to Business?

Analytics and AI

Innovation in focus: How AI is shaping the future for ERP users

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing business operations by automating tasks, enhancing decision-making, and improving user experiences, though its efficacy is challenged by data dependencies, integration complexities, and ethical concerns, necessitating a balanced approach.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

How Wolters Kluwer leverages AI for transforming GRC Solutions

Wolters Kluwer is integrating AI across its products to enhance Governance, Risk, and Compliance capabilities, with innovations like AI-driven legal research, contract management tools, and compliance solutions that streamline processes, boost productivity, and empower informed decision-making for professionals in various industries.

Security

Deep Instinct blocks zero-day attacks in real time for NetApp and Amazon FSx

Deep Instinct's DSX for Cloud – Amazon FSx NetApp employs advanced AI-driven technology to deliver comprehensive, real-time security against zero-day attacks, ensuring data integrity and operational efficiency for organizations managing hybrid environments.

Analytics and AI

IBM and e& collaborate to enhance AI ethics and compliance

e& partners with IBM to create a multi-model AI governance solution aimed at enhancing AI compliance, ethical oversight, and transparency, leveraging IBM's watsonx.governance platform to address risks and optimize AI performance as part of their ongoing collaboration.

Analytics and AI

Gen AI in manufacturing: Finding value with Process Intelligence

As AI adoption accelerates, its integration with business expertise, particularly through tools like Process Intelligence, is crucial for organizations to enhance efficiency and mitigate inventory losses, ultimately improving profit margins.

Clinical Applications

Multiview Financial Software and Great Plains Health Alliance partner for hospitals’ productivity

Great Plains Health Alliance has joined forces with Multiview Software in a strategic partnership to enhance hospitals’ productivity.

IBM office building | IBM announces expansion to its software portfolio in AWS marketplace

Product Lifecycle Management

IBM and L’Oréal to Build AI Model to Advance Sustainable Cosmetics

IBM and L'Oréal have partnered to utilize IBM's GenAI technology for enhancing sustainable cosmetic formulations, aiming to create a custom AI model that will improve product development and reduce waste while meeting L'Oréal's sustainability targets.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Acumatica expands construction capabilities with JobPlanner and STACK

Acumatica has partnered with JobPlanner and STACK Construction Technologies to enhance its Construction Edition by integrating collaborative project management and advanced preconstruction capabilities, aiming to boost productivity and project delivery for construction companies.

two padlocks on a laptop keyboard | CAOSYS launches CS Applications in a commitment to Oracle E-Business Suite

Application Development and Integration

CAOSYS launches Oracle E-Business Suite CS Applications to assist with Risk compliance

CAOSYS has announced the release of CS Applications 2024/R1A, the latest iteration of its integrated solutions for Oracle E-Business Suite.

Cloud Platform and Technology

WE Fashion chooses Oracle Cloud to boost efficiency in omnichannel growth

Dutch retailer WE Fashion has partnered with Oracle to implement cloud solutions enhancing its omnichannel operations, optimizing inventory management, and reinforcing its sustainability commitments while aiming to improve customer shopping experiences across various platforms.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Music to the ears: How Godlan streamlined Zildjian’s order entries

The operational efficiency of businesses, exemplified by Zildjian Company's successful upgrade of its ERP system to Infor Syteline, relies heavily on the speed and ease of order processing, along with a better overall operational performance.

Business Process Management and Automation

Improving production performance with real-time monitoring

Real-time monitoring is transforming the manufacturing industry by optimizing operations, enhancing product quality, and increasing resilience in response to competitive pressures and evolving market demands.

Analytics and AI

NTT DATA, ITOCHU and Mistubishi leverage APN and AI for smart plant maintenance

NTT DATA, NTT COMWARE, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions, and Mitsubishi Chemical Group successfully demonstrated a smart maintenance solution using the IOWN All-Photonics Network and AI technologies, enabling real-time inspection of factory facilities with remote-controlled robots and advanced video analysis, aiming to enhance safety and efficiency in manufacturing.

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Analytics and AI

Why you don’t need an AI-enabled ERP (at least not yet)

You can’t blame ERP vendors for focusing on their AI offerings – they’re shiny and new, especially when it comes to generative AI copilots.

Supply Chain Management

Navigating the retail industry’s evolving supply chain landscape

In a rapidly evolving market, businesses must optimize their supply chains and adopt omnichannel strategies to meet shifting consumer demands while enhancing customer experience through improved inventory management and real-time visibility.

Business Process Management and Automation

Digital transformation: Why it matters for the food and beverage industry

The food and beverage industry faces pressing challenges from outdated legacy systems that hinder compliance and efficiency, significantly pushing the need for digital transformation and the adoption of modern ERP solutions to meet new regulations and improve operations through enhanced data accuracy, automation, and sustainability initiatives.

Implementing Cloud ERP: Codestone’s Six-Phase Approach

Cloud Platform and Technology

NetApp Sells Spot FinOps Platform to Flexera for $100 Million

NetApp's sale of its Spot by NetApp FinOps business to Flexera for $100 million indicates a strategic shift towards cybersecurity and AI, prompting CIOs and senior leaders to reevaluate their cloud management strategies and focus on integrated solutions amidst evolving industry demands.

The Sun or the Fall of Icarus image | Kicker: Insights from PwC UK head of AI public policy and ethics

Analytics and AI

Engineering trust in the heat of AI: Insights from PwC UK AI & ethics head

At the Mastering ERP 2024 conference, Insiders heard from head of AI public policy and ethics at PwC UK, about AI trust and trustworthiness.

IBM building | IBM earns AWS Generative AI Competency award

Cloud Platform and Technology

IBM raises Oracle public sector reach with Applications Software Technology deal

IBM intends to acquire Applications Software Technology LLC, enhancing its Oracle cloud solutions expertise for public sector clients and building on its previous acquisition of Accelalpha to drive digital transformation across North America, the UK, and Ireland.

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Analytics and AI

Microsoft Introduces Copilot Chat with AI Agents for 365 Customers

Microsoft has launched Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, a pay-as-you-go AI chat service for commercial customers that enhances workforce efficiency and collaboration through GPT-4o-powered interactions, IT controls, and integration with Dynamics 365 to support a wide range of business processes and decision-making.

Supply Chain Management

Machitec’s journey with Genius ERP towards easing inventory management

To enhance production efficiency, companies like Machitec are integrating their CAD software with ERP systems, overcoming challenges related to procurement, inventory management, and production schedules through solutions like CAD2BOM integration, which automates the creation of bills of materials and streamlines purchasing and inventory tracking.

Cloud Platform and Technology

What’s driving the move of vertical markets to the Cloud

Acumatica has reported a significant trend of businesses transitioning from basic accounting software to its cloud-based ERP solutions, demonstrating marked improvements in operational efficiency, financial visibility, and overall growth through various case studies across different sectors.

Financial Management

Workday Brings Zuora Monetization Suite into Financial Management Solution

Zuora has partnered with Workday to enhance financial management processes for businesses by integrating their monetization suite with Workday Financial Management, thereby improving accuracy, streamlining workflows, and supporting flexible billing models to drive growth and operational efficiency.

Analytics and AI

82% manufacturers increasing budgets in 2025 to grow AI-ready ERP: Rootstock

A survey by Rootstock reveals that 82% of manufacturers plan to increase their AI budgets for 2025, highlighting a strategic shift towards integrating AI for operational efficiency and competitiveness, emphasizing the need for robust ERP systems to facilitate successful AI adoption.

J.P. Morgan & Oracle Deepen ERP Integration for Finance

Supply Chain Management

The power of 4: How Blue Diamond Growers solved supply chain issues

Between 2022 and 2023, Blue Diamond Growers enhanced its supply chain efficiency through the integration of SAP Transportation Management with SAP Integrated Business Planning, improving logistics visibility and forecasting while also exploring AI for sustainability and innovation.