Cross Industry

IBM Bolsters AI and Data Power with Hakkoda Acquisition

IBM is enhancing its data delivery capabilities and accelerating AI integration in ERP systems by acquiring Hakkoda Inc., a consultancy specializing in data modernization and generative AI.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Why Oracle E-Business Suite Still Matters—And How to Support Today’s Users

Despite the shift towards cloud-native ERP solutions, Oracle E-Business Suite remains crucial for many organizations, highlighting the need for ongoing user training to mitigate productivity losses and the impact of knowledge gaps as experienced employees retire.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Fudgelearn Bridges the ERP Training Gap with People-First Innovation

Fudgelearn, a UK-based training consultancy founded in 2017, aims to improve ERP implementation success by prioritizing end-user training with tailored, direct-to-user strategies, modern technology integrations, and a focus on continuous learning, thereby ensuring better adoption and return on investment for organizations.

Data and Data Management

Beneath the Surface: The Hidden Danger of Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Without Clean Data

Migrating to SAP S/4HANA promises numerous advantages, but achieving a 'Clean Core' and effective digital transformation hinges on maintaining clean data, as unaddressed data quality issues can complicate the migration process and undermine potential benefits.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Streamlining Critical Upgrades: How ViaSat Lowered Risk and Raised Quality with Intelligent Testing

ViaSat's strategic use of Original Software's user-friendly testing platform for their Oracle EBS R12 upgrade significantly reduced risks, improved audit readiness, and enhanced software quality by enabling comprehensive documentation and automation, positioning the company for future efficiency gains.

Security

Strengthen Your ERP Security with Smarter SoD and User Access Management

Effective Segregation of Duties (SoD) and user access management in ERP systems are crucial for reducing fraud risks and ensuring compliance, necessitating automation, continuous access reviews, and a balanced approach to user privileges.

UK Businesses Gear Up for Significant AI Investment in 2025

Analytics and AI

UK Businesses Gear Up for Significant AI Investments in 2025: Freshworks Study

UK organizations are expected to increase their AI investment by 25% in 2025, driven by the recognition of AI's importance in enhancing workplace efficiency and employee experience, with 54% planning a 29% spending boost next year.

Analytics and AI

A Streamlined Approach to Custom Gen AI Models with NTT DATA Business Solutions

NTT DATA Business Solutions' GenAI Connector simplifies the development of custom generative AI models for businesses, enabling faster and more effective integration of AI into operations, enhancing customer experiences, and driving growth.

Data and Data Management

Speed, Savings, & S/4HANA Success with JiVS Data Migration for SAP ECC

As the end-of-support deadline for SAP ECC approaches, organizations are urgently migrating to SAP S/4HANA, utilizing innovative tools like JiVS IMP to streamline the transition, reduce costs, and ensure compliance while safeguarding data accessibility.

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Beyond the Hype: A Guide to Selecting ERP for Manufacturing

This session will start by exploring what analyst reports can and cannot tell you about ERP selection. It will then explore why a CIO of a global automotive supplier selected QAD despite knowing where it stood in the rankings. This will include how leaders should evaluate ERP solutions factoring in topics like industry expertise, implementation realities, and long-term business impact. The session will also include a moderated discussion that provides a raw, insightful look at how manufacturing leaders navigate ERP decisions based on business realities. Attend the session to: Differentiate between ERP market reports and real-world decision criteria. Identify key factors beyond rankings that impact manufacturing ERP success. Understand why industry-specific expertise matters more than broad evaluations. Apply insights from an experienced ERP leader’s journey to their own selection process.

Data and Data Management

Canadian Energy giant transformed their outdated IT achieving significant financial and compliance gains.

Legacy systems holding you back? Canadian Energy giant faced costly legacy systems and data challenges. They transformed their outdated IT with JiVS and DXC, achieving significant financial and compliance gains. Download their success story and see how you can do the same!

Data and Data Management

SAP EA Learning Forum: Simplifying Your Data Readiness and Migration for SAP S/4HANA, Cloud, and AI

Struggling with a complex landscape of legacy systems? Learn how JiVS can help you retire these systems, both SAP and non-SAP, and consolidate your historical data into a single, compliant, and easily accessible platform. Watch the presentation now!

Data and Data Management

Post Merger & Divestiture Lessons Learned: Integration, Change Mgmt & Data

Access the on-demand recording of our webinar on seamless post-merger integration, featuring experts Marek Sukiennik and Thomas Iseler from DMI. Learn strategies for mitigating risks, streamlining migration, and achieving significant cost savings by decommissioning legacy systems with DMI’s JiVS platform. Discover how JiVS enables you to retire outdated systems while maintaining a single source of truth for historical data, crucial for compliance and operational needs, as highlighted in the webinar and supported by customer examples like Energy Transfer. Don't miss out on learning how to leverage JiVS for efficient post-merger integration and substantial IT cost reduction.

Data and Data Management

Faster, Simpler, And More Cost-Effective Migration To SAP S/4HANA

The clock is ticking! While SAP has extended the migration deadline, delaying your move to SAP S/4HANA is a high-risk strategy. Every moment spent on legacy SAP ECC systems means higher costs, inefficiencies, and security vulnerabilities. Don't let outdated technology hold you back! Tune into an exclusive session with industry experts Juergen Mueller, CEO of Viamedici, and Thomas Iseler, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships at Data Migration International, hosted by Bill Wohl, Enterprise Technology Expert and former SAP Communications Leader, to discover how to cut migration time, reduce costs, and future-proof your data with a smarter approach.

Data and Data Management

Fastest SAP ECC retirement? JiVS IMP ensures rapid data transfer & 100% data retention for full compliance. Archive now!

The decline of maintaining SAP ECC legacy systems necessitates a strategic shift toward solutions like JiVS IMP, which not only reduce IT operational costs by up to 80% and eliminate security risks, but also facilitate digital transformation, making outdated systems a strategic asset rather than a liability.

Tax Compliance

Maximizing Oracle Tax Functions with Vertex

As the tax landscape rapidly evolves, Oracle users are increasingly relying on Vertex's longstanding partnership with Oracle to automate tax processes and enhance compliance through innovative solutions that streamline operations and reduce audit risks.

Analytics and AI

Mastering Data Readiness for Generative AI Success

In today’s AI-driven landscape, businesses struggle with data readiness—poor quality, limited volume, and ethical constraints threaten the success of generative AI initiatives. In addition, questions are frequently asked about improving data quality, what to do with limited data volume, and how to address ethical constraints that threaten the success of generative AI initiatives. This session will explore why these challenges can lead to biased, inaccurate, or outdated outputs that erode customer trust and ROI. By attending this session, you will: Learn strategies to ensure high-quality, diverse datasets that power reliable AI outcomes. Discover how to streamline preprocessing, scale infrastructure, and maintain current data in a compliant way. Leave with insights to transform your data into a competitive edge for Generative AI innovation.

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Beyond the Hype: A Guide to Selecting ERP for Manufacturing

Analytics and AI

The Autonomous Advantage: Driving Business Value with AI-Enabled Supply Chains

The modern supply chain is being revolutionized by the integration of agentic AI, which enhances operational efficiency and revenue growth through proactive and autonomous decision-making, though organizations face challenges such as data accuracy and geopolitical risks.

Data and Data Management

How accurate people data elevates your compensation review processes

Workday's Advanced Compensation tool transforms compensation management into a strategic advantage by leveraging accurate people data, which is essential for executing efficient workflows and making informed, equitable compensation decisions, ultimately enhancing HR roles and driving organizational success.

Analytics and AI

Transforming Business Operations: Codestone’s Strategic Approach to Digital Transformation

Codestone stands out in the ERP landscape by leveraging AI to help organizations implement tailored SAP and Microsoft solutions, driving business outcomes through a value-based, user-focused approach.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Continuous ERP Optimization Techniques

ERP optimization is a transformative, ongoing process that refines and enhances ERP systems to align with evolving business needs, unlock hidden efficiencies, and empower decision-makers, ensuring operational agility and sustained growth.

ERP Strategy and Planning

The Insider’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Oracle Redwood

Organizations transitioning to Oracle's Redwood UX must navigate user adoption and implementation challenges, making understanding its evolution, adoption strategies, and migration solutions critical for success.

Analytics and AI

Unifying Your ERP Ecosystem Agentic AI Powered Lifecycle Optimization

The on-demand webinar explores how Opkey's Agentic AI-powered ERP Lifecycle Optimization Platform enhances enterprise resource planning through simplified deployment, cost reduction, and intelligent automation for improved efficiency and innovation.

Analytics and AI

How Agentic AI Reduces Costs in ERP Applications Deployment and Maintenance

ERP projects often exceed budgets and face post-implementation challenges due to unclear business processes, resistance to change, inadequate training, and the need for ongoing updates, but these issues can be mitigated by leveraging agentic AI solutions that automate process discovery, enhance training, streamline user acceptance testing, and improve update testing.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Case in Point: Platforms over Points for ERP Lifecycle Optimization

Companies increasingly rely on both point-based and platform solutions for their ERP systems, with platform solutions being more effective in addressing multiple issues across the SaaS ecosystem while avoiding the complications and costs associated with a 'SaaS mess.'

ERP Strategy and Planning

Achieve Seamless ERP Operations

The Opkey platform streamlines the management of complex ERP systems by automating routine updates and patch releases, thereby minimizing downtime and ensuring ongoing stability in critical business functions.

ERP Strategy and Planning

CRM and ERP: Understanding the Differences and Choosing the Right Solution

By 2029, the CRM software market is projected to reach $145.60 billion and the ERP software market $65.29 billion, as CRM focuses on enhancing customer relationships while ERP integrates business operations for improved efficiency and growth.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Acumatica Cloud ERP – Overview

Acumatica Cloud ERP is a versatile cloud-based software that enhances business operations by providing real-time insight into financials, customer management, and overall efficiency.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Want to ace your ERP transformation? Start by thinking like an intelligent buyer

In the critical Phase 0 of ERP selection, the role of the intelligent buyer as a strategist and risk manager is essential for defining objectives, mapping costs, assessing vendors, and planning for risks to ensure a successful ERP implementation that aligns with business goals.