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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.
Application Development and Integration
From Silos to Synchronization: How Britax Römer Unified Warehouse and ERP with Dynamics AX
Britax Römer partnered with Hitachi Solutions to integrate its external warehouse logistics with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, creating a seamless link between ERP and warehouse operations. The project improved stock visibility, streamlined order processing, and provided a scalable foundation for future supply chain optimization across the company’s EMEA operations.
Business Process Management and Automation
Syspro Whitepaper: Platform or Liability? How to Know When Your ERP Has Become a Constraint
The Syspro whitepaper outlines how manufacturing leaders can identify when their ERP systems hinder growth instead of facilitating it, highlighting five warning signs of a liability, a gap assessment framework, modern evaluation criteria for selection, and how SYSPRO's platform addresses these challenges.
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Automation
Syspro Checklist: Are Fragmented Systems Holding You Back?
Syspro's checklist helps identify the hidden costs of fragmented systems and provides criteria for evaluating unified ERP solutions, guiding organizations on how to build a business case against system fragmentation.
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Business Process Management and Automation
Syspro Infographic: Are You Running with Operational Limits?
The Syspro infographic highlights the hidden costs of using outdated ERP versions and illustrates the benefits of upgrading, including increased productivity and a significant ROI.
Business Process Management and Automation
Syspro Module Overview
The Syspro module overview details all 48 modules across five categories—Foundation, Finance, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Technologies—highlighting features like automated invoice processing, mobile warehouse scanning, and real-time tracking, all designed for a unified ERP system tailored for manufacturing and distribution.
UiPath Dev Dives
Business Process Management and Automation
Syspro Whitepaper: ERP — The Possibilities are Infinite
The Syspro whitepaper outlines the essential role of a unified ERP platform for manufacturers and distributors, detailing its comprehensive modules and functionalities that enhance decision-making and operational efficiency.
Manufacturers face deployment hurdles for smart technologies: SYSPRO
Automation
Syspro x Frost & Sullivan Research: Complex Manufacturing Outlook — Emerging Trends and Opportunities
A Frost & Sullivan study in collaboration with Syspro explores the digital transformation landscape in complex manufacturing, revealing key technology trends, productivity gains from AI and automation, adoption barriers, and the evolving definitions of smart factories amidst growing cybersecurity concerns.
Data and Data Management
Syspro eBook: Governance and Compliance Built In
The Syspro eBook outlines how mid-sized manufacturers can integrate compliance and governance into their daily operations to ensure audit readiness, featuring tools for lot traceability, quality automation, supply chain visibility, industry standards support, and procurement controls.
Business Process Management and Automation
How Ribble Cycles Turned Pandemic Demand Into a Platform for Long-Term Growth with Syspro
Ribble Cycles leveraged Syspro 8 to enhance operational agility and set up integrated systems, enabling the company to manage quadrupled pandemic demand effectively and establish a future-ready, data-driven business.
Automation
How Bensons for Beds Unified Retail and Manufacturing on Syspro to Fuel Ambitious Growth
Bensons for Beds enhanced its operations by upgrading to Syspro 8, integrating additional systems, and leveraging mobile solutions, which positioned the platform as essential to their comprehensive growth strategy.
Business Process Management and Automation
How Bradburys Cheese Gained End-to-End Control with Syspro’s Fully Integrated ERP
Bradburys Cheese, facing challenges due to rapid growth and a complex supply chain, improved operational clarity and product traceability by implementing Syspro ERP after evaluating six solutions, enabling better customer service and inventory management.
Data and Data Management
How Millbrook Beds Scaled Manufacturing and Grew Orders by 300% with SYSPRO
Millbrook Beds transformed its manufacturing and order management with SYSPRO, achieving a 300% increase in orders and the ability to serve 400 more customers by enhancing production efficiency and launching a 48-hour Fast Track delivery service.
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