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Take charge of your digital transformation: is it time to move to Cloud?

Organizations across the globe are facing the decision of upgrading their on-premise systems or taking on the migration journey to the Cloud.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Upgrade to IFS Cloud

Upgrade to IFS Cloud with Cooper Software to leverage advanced technology, tailored industry solutions, and ongoing support, ensuring enhanced operational efficiency and competitiveness in the modern market.

Cloud Platform and Technology

IFS Cloud

IFS Cloud is an innovative, unified platform that streamlines Service Management, ERP, and EAM through the integration of AI, ML, and IoT, offering flexibility, continuous updates, and expert support from Cooper Software to drive digital transformation and optimize business operations.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Hosting IFS on Oracle Cloud – a Better Approach?

Cooper Software is hosting an informative webinar on DSP Hosting to guide organizations in enhancing their hosting strategies and optimizing technology infrastructure for improved performance, cost efficiency, scalability, and security.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Rodda’s selects Cooper Software for IFS Cloud evergreen support

Rodda’s, a renowned Cornish clotted cream producer with a 130-year history, has partnered with Cooper Software for multi-year support of its IFS Cloud ERP system to optimize operations and ensure continuous updates, enhancing their commitment to innovation and operational excellence for future global growth.

Cloud Platform and Technology

RWG goes live with IFS Cloud supported by Cooper Software

RWG Germany has successfully upgraded to IFS Cloud with support from Cooper Software, enhancing its ERP capabilities, streamlining operations, and ensuring ongoing managed support to maximize the benefits of the new system.

Cloud Platform and Technology

4 Things to Consider Before Embarking on an ERP Upgrade or Implementation

As of December 2024, Unit4 will discontinue support for its on-premise ERP products, prompting enterprises to consider alternatives like IFS Cloud, which offers simplified implementation, industry-specific capabilities, scalability, and global adaptability, potentially saving users significant costs according to a Forrester Consulting study.

Cloud Platform and Technology

5 Things Food & Beverage Manufacturers Should Look for in their ERP

An effective ERP system tailored for the food and beverage industry enhances compliance, traceability, and operational efficiency, enabling manufacturers to navigate sector-specific challenges and optimize inventory management.

Analytics and AI

2 Ways AI and Circularity are Revolutionising Resilience in Manufacturing

London Tech Week will highlight the crucial roles of artificial intelligence and sustainability in transforming the manufacturing sector, as companies strive to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and comply with regulations amidst increasing competition and evolving market demands.

Analytics and AI

Snowflake joins Meta to optimize new model family in Snowflake Cortex AI

Snowflake has announced that it will host the Llama 3.1 collection of multilingual LLMs in Snowflake Cortex AI.

Financial Management

Oracle Cloud Financial Statements in Excel

GL Connect enhances financial reporting for Oracle Cloud users by providing an integrated solution that streamlines processes, ensures data security, integrates seamlessly with Excel, automates report distribution, and adapts to evolving financial needs.

Financial Management

Transform Financial Reporting with GL Connect

GL Connect revolutionizes financial reporting for Oracle EBS users by providing a secure, Excel-integrated solution that delivers real-time insights and advanced analysis capabilities, enhancing efficiency and accuracy for finance teams.

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Financial Management

Revolutionizing Month-End Financial Processes with GL Connect

GL Connect streamlines month-end financial closing by automating reconciliation and reporting tasks, integrating seamlessly with Oracle's ledger to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and operational ease, ultimately revolutionizing financial data management.

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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.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Customer Case Study: NOBLE BIOMATERIALS

Noble Biomaterials, facing challenges from rapid growth and an outdated ERP system, implemented QAD Adaptive ERP to unify operations, enhance data accuracy, and improve efficiency, ultimately supporting their growth and operational excellence.

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.

Manufacturers face deployment hurdles for smart technologies: SYSPRO

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.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Adding “tech” to “academic”: Oxford Uni’s story of improved reporting

Here is how SplashBI helped Oxford University transform its financial reporting systems with collaboration and teamwork.

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Data and Data Management

How municipal services can leverage ERP tech to improve outreach efforts

The City of Reno wanted to update its outreach program with technology that would be able to monitor and collate data from several different sources. NewRocket and ServiceNow teamed up to create DROPS, an app that enhances the abilities of outreach workers.

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Human Capital Management

The talent you need already exists within your workforce

Hiring new talent to oversee new technology can be a long process that doesn’t always guarantee quick results. Rather than looking externally for a spark of creativity or innovation, firms do their workforce a disservice by not even considering an upskilling/reskilling service.

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Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Aptean acquires Principal Logistics Technologies for supply chain boost

Aptean has announced the acquisition of Principal Logistics Technologies (PLT), adding new capabilities to its warehouse management offerings

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Cloud Platform and Technology

Accelerating to Cloud does not need to be complex

Migrating to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) can be a complex process that comes with its challenges and requires forethought and careful execution.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Citizen developers and governance in enterprise software today

The integration of AI into ERP systems heightens concerns over governance and security as citizen developers leverage low-code and no-code solutions, prompting enterprises to seek a balance between empowering these developers and maintaining compliance, illustrated by Mendix's approach to providing a structured platform that supports full software development lifecycle management.

Cloud Platform and Technology

How to Choose the Right ERP Partner?

Choosing the right ERP partner is essential for addressing outdated systems, data issues, regulatory compliance, and market adaptability, emphasizing the need for a vendor with proven implementation success, alignment with business goals, flexibility for future changes, and a partnership that matches organizational culture.

Application Development and Integration

Build them up! Don’t forget how important enterprise architects are

The advent of enterprise architects is a response to the influx of ERP transformations. Enterprise architects make sure a client's tech environment is ready to take on the software upgrade with speed. With a good team of enterprise architects, a firm can get a rapid ROI.

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Governance, Risk, and Compliance

PwC transform B2B e-invoicing with Sovos

Sovos, a global compliance company, has announced a joint business relationship with PwC Ireland, utilizing both organizations’ complementary tax compliance expertise and technology solutions to accelerate e-invoicing and e-reporting implementation.

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Automation

Using automation to improve the user experience

A cloud automation solution can change the entire user experience. In doing so, tedious activities can now be automated while users can focus on how best to innovate and stand out in their respective industries.