Transportation and Logistics

ERP Today 2025 Awards: Large Enterprise Transformation Sets New Benchmarks

Zalaris won the Large Enterprise Transformation Award for its successful payroll modernization project with Ryanair, while Onapsis was recognized as runner-up for its ERP security transformation that integrated risk management into enterprise processes.

Shipping containers stacked at a logistics facility, representing supply chain operations in a SAP S/4HANA transformation context.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Clorox Shows What SAP S/4HANA Transformations Require Before 2027

Clorox’s $580M SAP S/4HANA transformation highlights how design, benchmarking, and execution decisions shape outcomes beyond go-live.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Bluerock TMS Targets Last Mile’s Costliest Blind Spots

Bluerock TMS is launching a cloud-native Last Mile Distribution solution that integrates the entire delivery lifecycle, leveraging AI to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs, while providing vital data for ERP systems, as showcased at Modex 2026.

Cargo ship at port in Chattogram, Bangladesh representing global apparel exports and supply chain logistics.

Tax Compliance

Bangladesh’s Digital Tax Push Reshapes Compliance for RMG Supply Chains

Bangladesh’s move to digital tax systems is reshaping compliance across RMG supply chains, increasing reliance on supplier data accuracy, ERP execution, and integrated financial processes.

Clorox manufacturing team at Aberdeen, MD plant during SAP S/4HANA cutover, showing frontline operations and production environment.

Supply Chain Management

What Happened During Clorox’s SAP S/4HANA Cutover—Insights from the CSCO

Clorox’s SAP S/4HANA cutover shows how ERP changes manufacturing and supply chain execution. From inventory timing effects to stabilization and workflow integration, the transformation reshapes how work moves across the network.

Supply Chain Management

Designing Supply Chains for Measurable ROI, Improved Automation

Many warehouses struggle with automation due to a lack of strategic alignment and defined success metrics, leading to ineffective technology investments over outdated processes, which can be mitigated by establishing clear KPIs, conducting business case assessments and ensuring data integrity.

Maersk Shipping Containers on trucks_SAP on Azure cost optimization

Cloud Platform and Technology

Maersk Uses SAP on Azure to Cut Costs and Enable AI-Driven Logistics

Maersk’s move to SAP on Azure highlights how cloud ERP modernization can reduce costs, improve operational control, and enable AI-driven decision-making at scale.

Analytics and AI

IFS.ai Logistics to Plug Transport Management Hole

IFS has launched IFS.ai Logistics, a new platform designed to optimize enterprise transport management by integrating AI-driven planning, automated execution, and finance-grade freight auditing within IFS Cloud, addressing the critical need for better governance in logistics costs as enterprises navigate a complex, $20 trillion logistics market.

Supply Chain Management

IFS Completes Softeon Acquisition, Expands Warehouse Management and Robotics

IFS has acquired Softeon, creating a unified platform that integrates warehouse management and robotics with enterprise planning to enhance supply chain operations and address gaps between execution and strategy.

European Union flag in front of modern glass office buildings symbolizing cloud sovereignty and digital regulation in Europe.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Why Inetum Sees Control—Not Infrastructure—as the Real Sovereignty Challenge

ERP modernization in Europe now unfolds under sovereignty expectations. Data control, hybrid architecture, and governance-by-design increasingly determine whether AI-enabled systems can withstand regulatory scrutiny and scale with confidence.

Supply Chain Management

SPS Commerce Introduces MAX, Embedded AI for Supply Chain Workflows

SPS Commerce introduces MAX, embedded AI that guides retail trading workflows, surfaces anomalies, and supports compliance across supply chain networks.

Analytics and AI

Oracle AI Agents Improve Efficiency, Resiliency for Supply Chain Leaders

Oracle has introduced AI agents within its Fusion Cloud Applications to streamline supply chain decision-making and efficiency by automating workflows and providing actionable insights.

Supply Chain Management

SPS Commerce Embeds Agentic AI Into Supply Chain Execution

SPS Commerce has introduced MAX, embedding agentic AI directly into supply chain workflows. The move extends automation beyond visibility and into execution, as customers and investors look for proof that network scale can deliver measurable operational impact.

Supply Chain Management

Warehouse Management Systems Poised for Growth as Distribution Networks Chase E-Commerce Velocity

The U.S. warehouse management system market is projected to grow at a 14.34% CAGR through 2031, driven by e-commerce demands and labor shortages, as companies increasingly adopt advanced, cloud-based WMS that enhance real-time inventory management and operational efficiency.

Supply Chain Management

The Access Group Acquires MaxOptra to Strengthen Supply Chain ERP Portfolio

The Access Group's acquisition of MaxOptra enhances its supply chain division by integrating AI-driven route optimization for mid-market fleet operators, addressing industry-specific operational challenges as the global route optimization software market is expected to grow significantly.

Supply Chain Management

SPS Commerce Unveils AI-Enabled Supply Chain Innovations to Address Omnichannel Complexity

SPS Commerce has unveiled a suite of product innovations to help retailers and suppliers adapt to evolving supply chain challenges, emphasizing AI-enabled automation, omnichannel integration and industry standardization.

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

AI Moves to the Core of ERP: What Technology Leaders Should Expect

Artificial intelligence is evolving from a supplementary feature to an essential element of ERP, enhancing demand forecasting, operational responses, and executive decision-making.

Analytics and AI

Case Study: The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)

MARTA needed Oracle Fusion data to land in Databricks reliably, repeatedly and with the right level of control without turning every new flow into a custom development project. Orbit Analytics implemented Orbit Data Pipelines, a no-code ETL and ELT framework purpose-built for Oracle Fusion.

Supply Chain Management

Creating Supply Chain Value Through Analytics and AI

AI and analytics are transforming supply chain management by automating repetitive tasks, redefining planner roles into strategic storytellers, and providing decision intelligence to navigate disruptions.

Analytics and AI

Cloud-Native Logistics, Multi-Agent AI Set Pace for Next-Gen Supply Chain Resilience

Monolithic supply chain systems pose vulnerabilities for global brands amid geopolitical uncertainties, while cloud-native platforms utilizing modular services, IoT integration, and AI-driven multi-agent coordination enhance resilience, efficiency, and data security.

Supply Chain Management

KAMAX Strengthening Supply Chain Operations Through Digitalization, Logistics Management

KAMAX, a German automotive parts manufacturer, is enhancing logistics efficiency and sustainability by implementing SAP's digital solutions for supply chain management while modernizing its operations across multiple plants.

Business Process Management and Automation

Digital Tools Help SMEs Secure Green Financing: New Sage–ICC Report

A new Sage–ICC study reveals that while 70% of SMEs prioritize sustainability, only 3% access green financing, largely due to a lack of quality reporting tools, which impedes their ability to secure funding necessary for sustainable growth.

Application Development and Integration

Awery, Cirium Enter Strategic Partnership for Integrating Aviation Data, Analytics

Awery Aviation Software and Cirium have formed a strategic partnership to integrate Cirium's aviation data and analytics into Awery's ERP platform, enhancing operational intelligence and providing users with real-time access.

Lift-and-Shift ERP Strategies NTT DATA and Microsoft

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

IBM OpenPages as a Service Expands European Availability

IBM's OpenPages as a Service launch in the Cloud Germany data center enhances EU-centric governance, risk and compliance capabilities by ensuring data residency, improved performance and modernized software-as-a-service (SaaS) options.

J.P. Morgan & Oracle Deepen ERP Integration for Finance

Supply Chain Management

J.P. Morgan & Oracle Deepen ERP Integration for Supply Chain Finance

J.P. Morgan Payments and Oracle have launched a seamlessly integrated Supply Chain Finance solution within Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, enabling companies like FedEx to enhance working capital management through an API that simplifies invoice approvals and offers immediate payment options, marking a shift towards embedded finance within ERP systems.

Data and Data Management

DHL Freight

DHL Freight successfully transitioned from Oracle's unsupported Discoverer tool to Orbit Analytics for real-time reporting, migrating over 75 reports and achieving immediate ROI while avoiding significant unnecessary costs.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Charting a New Course: Van Oord Builds its Future on IFS Cloud

Van Oord, a leader in marine contracting, is transforming its operations by implementing IFS Cloud to unify its complex project management processes, enhance data-driven decision-making, and retain knowledge amid workforce changes, as part of its Founding the Future initiative.

Business Process Management and Automation

Unleashing efficiency: How a WMS cuts cost and improves accuracy in warehousing

Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), such as those offered by Tecsys, enable e-commerce businesses to enhance order fulfillment speed, reduce costs, and improve inventory accuracy by integrating automation technologies, ultimately streamlining warehouse operations for greater efficiency and competitive advantage.