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Data and Data Management
University of Oxford’s move to SplashBI
The University of Oxford has successfully transitioned to SplashBI for its reporting needs, enhancing efficiency and capabilities for over 1,500 users by enabling advanced reporting and data management features.
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Customer Case Study: HAPM MAGNA SEATING SYSTEM
HAPM Magna Seating System rapidly implemented QAD Adaptive ERP within five months to establish a new production facility for BMW, significantly improving operational efficiency and production rates while ensuring adaptability in the automotive industry.
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Customer Case Study: GHSP’s Move to QAD Adaptive ERP
GHSP, a leader in automotive and appliance components, upgraded to QAD Adaptive ERP to overcome challenges with their custom QAD ERP system, resulting in improved data accuracy, enhanced global processes, and significant time savings in operations.
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Customer Case Study: Integration Success with the QAD Industrial Transformation Platform
Beckett Air, Jel Sert, and Pharmacal successfully enhanced their manufacturing operations by integrating the QAD Industrial Transformation Platform with QAD Redzone, resulting in significant productivity improvements and better employee engagement amidst modern challenges.
Supply Chain Management
5 Ways to Avoid Risk When Moving on to a New ERP
Manufacturers often hesitate to upgrade their ERP systems due to fears of disruption and complexity, but by proactively addressing risks such as business disruption, system dependency, compliance, and costs, they can successfully transition to more efficient systems.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Top 5 Warning Signs Your Business Needs a New ERP System
Investing in a new ERP system can yield long-term benefits despite initial challenges, particularly if your company faces excessive manual processes, lacks real-time visibility, struggles to scale, has cybersecurity concerns, or experiences declining customer service.
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Manufacturers Need to Leave Periodic Transformation to the Cicadas
Cicadas' synchronized emergences symbolize a fleeting transformation in nature, paralleling the concept of digital transformation in manufacturing, which should be understood as an ongoing process of continuous adaptation and innovation rather than a one-time event.
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Analytics and AI
Will AI Pose a Threat to the ERP Marketplace
The live panel discussion explores how AI could reshape the ERP marketplace by highlighting both its potential benefits and challenges for resource management, featuring insights from industry leaders on the future of enterprise resource planning.
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
How Manufacturers Can Thrive in the New Age of Disruption
In the volatile manufacturing landscape shaped by global disruptions, companies must adopt intelligence, innovation, and agility to transform internal processes, leverage advanced technologies, and effectively respond to market changes for long-term success.
Application Development and Integration
Using the AI Launchpad Service and Command Prompt Engineering
At the SAPinsider Vegas 2024 conference, participants in the inaugural Developers Challenge utilized the SAP AI Launchpad to showcase innovative applications of generative AI in just eight hours, highlighting the transformative potential of AI in software development alongside critical techniques like prompt engineering.
Analytics and AI
AWS walks into The O2 with Just Walk Out tech
Amazon's Just Walk Out technology, showcased in London's The O2, exemplifies the shift from traditional retail checkouts to frictionless shopping experiences enabled by AWS, allowing venues to efficiently serve large crowds while gathering valuable consumer data.
Enterprise Asset Management
EAM (Enterprise Asset Management)
The article outlines the importance of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) for manufacturers to maximize asset utilization, extend equipment life, support operational efficiency, and address key challenges such as diversity of assets, maintenance scheduling, hidden costs, and quality assurance.
Enterprise Architecture
What’s the True Cost of a Critical Business System Outage?
The article emphasizes the critical importance of managing risks associated with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to prevent disruptions, detailing a three-step approach for proactive system management that encourages manufacturers to move beyond mere maintenance towards strategic IT investments for enhanced resilience and alignment with business goals.
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Analytics and AI
Enhancing your enterprise AI with the right tools
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing enterprise technology by enhancing productivity and optimizing business processes through tailored deployment of proprietary data, particularly when integrated with Process Intelligence to ensure accurate insights and mitigate issues like AI hallucinations.
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Application Development and Integration
Webinar: Why you should defer migration to S/4HANA and RISE, presented by Rimini Street
The webinar discusses the importance of carefully considering the decision to migrate to S/4HANA, emphasizing that businesses should prioritize making moves that ensure a return on investment, particularly in light of alternative support options like Rimini Street that can extend the lifespan of current SAP systems.
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Data and Data Management
Smooth seas ahead: Cruise line transforms data accuracy
The cruise industry is focused on cost reduction and debt management as it rebounds from the financial challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Application Development and Integration
Tricentis dials call to highlight poor mobile app quality
At SAP Sapphire Orlando 2024, Tricentis highlighted its AI-driven Tricentis Tosca Copilot tool aimed at enhancing mobile application quality, revealing that poor mobile app quality costs businesses significantly, while emphasizing the potential of AI and low-code/no-code solutions to improve testing efficiency and business outcomes.
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Supply Chain Management
What makes a robust supply chain solution?
Chi Park of Accelalpha discusses the impact of COVID-19 on supply chains, highlighting the need for enhanced visibility and robust solutions like their Command Center dashboard, which integrates various supply chain data and utilizes Oracle's AI capabilities, while predicting a resurgence of manufacturing in the U.S.
Application Development and Integration
ERP Today Live! with Boomi
In a discussion hosted by Giacomo Lee, Ed Macosky from Boomi addresses the challenges of AI integration in ERP systems, focusing on security and cost management to facilitate hybrid technology adoption.
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Data and Data Management
Data security in the cloud: Why it’s important and where to start
In today's digital landscape, organizations must prioritize cloud data security by implementing effective policies and tools that balance protection of sensitive information with employee productivity, addressing risks such as shadow IT, insider threats, and accidental exposure.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Nutanix simplifies management & Ops of Kubernetes clusters 
Nutanix has introduced the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) at its .NEXT conference, aimed at simplifying the management of Kubernetes clusters across various environments, providing a complete cloud-native solution, and supporting enterprise resilience and compliance for modern applications.
Analytics and AI
How AI in ERP will drive smarter cloud cost control
The integration of generative AI with ERP systems and FinOps is enhancing operational efficiency, enabling better cost tracking, predictive analytics, and improved financial decision-making, while fostering collaboration between finance and engineering teams.
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Application Development and Integration
From skeptic to believer: how to overcome Oracle’s fear tactics
Spinnaker Support offers ethically compliant, high-quality, and cost-efficient third-party support for Oracle systems, providing global expertise, enhanced security, and a strategic partnership focused on continuous innovation and long-term success.
photo of a man playing chess | guide on third-party support for CFO leaders
Financial Management
Navigating tomorrow: CFO’s leap into a future-proof IT ecosystem
CFOs of growing enterprises face the challenge of balancing innovation with financial prudence amidst economic uncertainty and complex IT landscapes, where third-party support offers a viable alternative to restrictive software ecosystems dominated by major providers like Oracle and SAP.
Application Development and Integration
Chocks away, Southwest Airlines elevates with mission-critical automation with Red Hat
Southwest Airlines has implemented the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to enhance its network management efficiency, enabling rapid upgrades and standardized configurations across its extensive operations, while minimizing downtime and fostering innovation within its IT teams.
Data and Data Management
Watch now: Spring Clean Your ERP Data: Strategies for Reporting Excellence
The webinar 'Spring Clean Your ERP Data: Strategies for Reporting Excellence' features Kiran Pasham and Graham Spicer discussing advanced data management techniques to improve reporting accuracy, navigate integration challenges, and embrace automation in ERP systems.
Application Development and Integration
Incident-ally: New Relic & Atlassian observability integration for Jira
New Relic has launched an integration with Atlassian, becoming the first observability platform to connect with Jira's new incident tracking capability, aimed at helping software development teams manage incidents more effectively and streamline their workflows.
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