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ERP Strategy and Planning
Silicon Labs builds a future-ready SAP strategy
Radhika Chennakeshavula, CIO and Vice President of Silicon Labs, explains the decision to select Rimini Street as its strategic partner to maximize the value of its SAP ECC 6.0 investment. This collaboration provides the US-based semiconductor manufacturer with long-term SAP...
Analytics and AI
Rethinking ERP: A Conversation with Two Software Industry Futurists
Organizations are transitioning from monolithic ERP systems to flexible, best-fit solutions that extend the life of existing infrastructures while reducing migration risks and enhancing agility through multi-vendor strategies.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Decoding SAP Strategy: How CIOs are Taking Back Control
As SAP's cloud-first strategy compels enterprise leaders to make significant long-term decisions amid financial constraints and pressure for immediate results, CIOs are finding ways to extend existing systems, regain independence through streamlined solutions, and adopt AI and automation strategically, while prioritizing flexibility and optionality over irreversible commitments.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Sept 30th: The Date SAP Wants You To Forget
Despite SAP's push for customers to migrate to S/4HANA and cloud ERP by 2027, many organizations are hesitant to move from their stable and paid-for ECC environments, prompting speculation that nearly half may still be using ECC by 2027, making decisions about support contracts and considering third-party support crucial for future flexibility and cost savings.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Skip navigation Sign in The Reality of Third-Party Support for Enterprise Software – Fact vs Fiction
Organizations can explore alternatives to vendor-mandated support for their systems, which may lead to cost savings, increased flexibility, and better alignment with long-term strategies.
ERP Strategy and Planning
The Rimini Smart Path™: How SAP Customers Are Modernizing without Migrating
SAP customers can modernize effectively without full ERP migration by leveraging existing systems and adopting the Rimini Smart Path™ for enhanced performance, AI-driven automation, and improved budget efficiency.
ERP Strategy and Planning
SAP roadmap decisions have become business decisions
Organizations are now approaching IT roadmap discussions as critical business strategies, addressing vendor deadlines, cost control, AI access, and operational risks by enhancing cost discipline and managing their SAP roadmaps effectively.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Rimini Cloud™ for SAP Cloud Operations and Support for SAP ERP Systems
Organizations running SAP ERP systems are under pressure to reduce infrastructure and data center costs while keeping mission-critical environments stable. Many still depend on dedicated data center teams to manage infrastructure, availability, security and ongoing operations — increasing cost and...
ERP Strategy and Planning
A Complete Guide to Taking Control of Your SAP Roadmap
This whitepaper outlines the challenges SAP customers face amid evolving technologies and budget constraints, highlighting strategies for CIOs to make informed decisions about system prolongation and modernization, while leveraging Rimini Street's support for confident ERP transformation.
Analytics and AI
Agentic AI Services
Traditional ERP Software is reaching its limits. Discover how to leverage Agentic AI to achieve ERP transformation for enhanced productivity, greater agility and reduced cost. AI is changing everything. While existing ERP Software can continue providing great value for many...
ERP Strategy and Planning
The Comprehensive Guide to Independent, Third-Party Support and Services for Enterprise Software
Enterprise software support was originally designed to ensure stability and access to expertise for mission-critical systems. And for years, organizations accepted vendor support as a necessary cost — even when the experience was less than optimal. But the traditional support model...
Financial Management
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Automation
2026 Priority Commerce Report on Closing the ERP Value Gap
A 2026 Priority Commerce report highlights that many ERP systems still rely on manual AP processes, revealing an 'ERP value gap' that can be closed through fully integrated and embedded payment solutions, which enhance visibility, scalability, and efficiency in financial workflows.
Financial Management
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance: A Complete ERP for Modern CFOs
This page presents Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance as a complete ERP financial management solution designed to meet complex business needs, integrating processes from accounting and treasury to inventory, operations, and cash optimisation. It emphasises how Dynamics 365 Finance gives CFOs real-time visibility of company finances and project performance, supporting more informed strategic decisions and improved financial control on the Microsoft cloud.
ERP Strategy and Planning
ERP Replace: A Structured Path to Modern ERP
This solution brief presents ERP Replace as a structured way to move from legacy ERP to a modern, cloud-based platform, focusing on speed, risk reduction, and predictable outcomes. It explains how preconfigured baselines, implementation accelerators, and stage-gated governance help organisations manage data, processes, and change more effectively during ERP replacement programmes
Financial Management
Live Webinar: MCP and AI Agents in Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain
This webinar walks through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and shows how AI agents can securely read and act on data in Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain. Attendees see live demos of MCP-driven scenarios, learn practical design tips for safe automation, and get guidance on first steps to experiment with agentic AI in ERP without compromising data quality or auditability.
Financial Management
AI in Finance: Professional Services Take Their First Steps
This article looks at how finance teams in professional services firms are beginning to adopt AI, moving beyond simple automation toward more autonomous, insight-driven operations. It highlights early use cases such as forecasting, reporting, billing, and productivity gains, and outlines practical steps CFOs and finance leaders can take to pilot AI safely while reshaping how their organisations work.
ERP Strategy and Planning
ERP Unlocked: De-Risking and Accelerating Transformation
This article explores how ERP leaders can rethink transformation to both de-risk delivery and accelerate time to value, rather than treating ERP as a slow, high-stakes rebuild. It outlines practical ways to use preconfigured industry baselines, data and integration accelerators, and stage-gated governance so decisions are transparent, auditable, and tied directly to business outcomes.
Financial Management
From Automated Finance to AI-Driven Autonomy
This piece examines the journey from traditional finance automation to AI-powered autonomous operations, outlining how technologies such as machine learning, generative AI, and intelligent agents can take on more of the end-to-end workload. It explores what “autonomous finance” means in practice, the steps needed to modernise processes and data, and how the CFO’s role evolves as finance shifts from manual control to AI-driven decision support.
ERP Strategy and Planning
WEINIG Group Unifies Global ERP on Dynamics 365
WEINIG Group, a leading manufacturer in the wood processing industry, partnered with Hitachi Solutions to consolidate a highly decentralised ERP landscape into one global Microsoft Dynamics 365 solution hosted on Azure. By moving from more than 80 separate ERP systems to a unified platform, WEINIG gained shared financial services, better inventory visibility, and common processes and data to support informed decision-making across its international operations
Financial Management
Linde Engineering Sharpens Project Financials with Dynamics 365
Linde Engineering partnered with Hitachi Solutions to deploy Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Project Operations, modernising how it manages project costs, billing, and revenue. By moving to a cloud-based, project-focused ERP, the engineering business gains clearer visibility into profitability across complex plant projects and a more controlled, consistent approach to financial management.
Digital Commerce
Fenwick Reimagines Department Store Retail with Dynamics 365
Fenwick, an iconic British department store, partnered with Hitachi Solutions to modernise its business using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce and Finance, creating a more connected digital retail experience. By integrating ecommerce, order management, customer data, and financial reporting on a single cloud platform, Fenwick now has better inventory visibility, a unified view of customers, and the agility to evolve its omnichannel offering.
Digital Commerce
END Clothing Elevates Omnichannel Retail with Dynamics 365
END Clothing partnered with Hitachi Solutions to replace legacy retail systems with a modern Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform spanning commerce, finance, and supply chain. The unified cloud solution supports omnichannel experiences across ecommerce and stores, improves stock visibility, and gives END faster, more accurate data to guide growth in luxury fashion retail.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Marabu Builds a Global ERP and CRM Platform on Dynamics 365
Marabu, a leading manufacturer of printing and hobby inks, partnered with Hitachi Solutions to replace fragmented legacy systems with a unified Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform for ERP and CRM. Dynamics 365 Sales, Customer Service, Finance, and Supply Chain are being rolled out across multiple countries, harmonising processes, improving data quality, and creating a scalable foundation for Marabu’s international growth.
CRM and Customer Experience
Clarion Housing Unifies Resident Services on Dynamics 365
Clarion Housing Group, the UK’s largest social housing provider, worked with Hitachi Solutions to consolidate more than 50 legacy systems into a single Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform for finance and customer engagement. The new cloud-based solution gives Clarion a unified view of residents, simplifies case management, and supports consistent, omnichannel services across its housing operations.
Financial Management
Plastic Energy’s Dynamics 365 Finance Transformation
Plastic Energy, a leader in advanced plastic recycling, partnered with Hitachi Solutions to implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance as a cloud-based platform to support rapid global growth. Using Hitachi’s Essentials for Finance accelerator, the team delivered a multinational rollout across ten countries in nine months, enabling standardised processes, faster reporting, and better financial insight for its circular-economy operations.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Enabling The Royal Mint’s Sustainable Precious Metals Programme with Dynamics 365
The Royal Mint partnered with Hitachi Solutions to design and implement a new cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management platform to power its world-first Sustainable Precious Metals programme. The ERP solution tracks e-waste from intake through processing to finished products, supporting circular economy goals while improving agility, data management, and security.
Analytics and AI
AI and Automation in Invoice Processing
Hitachi Construction Machinery America used Microsoft Power Platform AI Builder and Power Automate to automate supplier invoice processing into Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, significantly reducing manual AP effort. By streamlining how invoices are received, read, validated, and posted, the organisation now automatically processes around two-thirds of invoices with near-perfect accuracy.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Rotork Transforms Global ERP and Customer Operations with Microsoft Dynamics 365
Hitachi Solutions has been recognised as the 2025 Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Partner of the Year, highlighting its leadership in delivering innovative ERP and finance transformations on the Microsoft cloud. This recognition showcases the company’s proven expertise in helping customers modernise financial operations, optimise business performance, and realise greater value from Dynamics 365 Finance.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Hitachi Solutions Named 2025 Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Partner of the Year
Hitachi Solutions has been recognised as the 2025 Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Partner of the Year, highlighting its leadership in delivering innovative ERP and finance transformations on the Microsoft cloud. This recognition showcases the company’s proven expertise in helping customers modernise financial operations, optimise business performance, and realise greater value from Dynamics 365 Finance.
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