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Sage has introduced AI-driven enhancements in Sage Intacct, including intelligent reconciliation, embedded payments, and sustainability reporting, aimed at helping finance teams improve speed, automation, and operational efficiency.

Epicor has appointed Kerrie Jordan as Chief Marketing Officer to enhance its marketing strategy and drive brand growth, integrating AI-driven insights into its ERP solutions while addressing the evolving challenges faced by supply chain management.

Oracle's rebranding of CloudWorld to Oracle AI World emphasizes the integration of artificial intelligence as a fundamental aspect of ERP systems, shifting focus towards tangible AI-driven business outcomes and evolving the roles of ERP professionals into AI strategists.

NTT DATA has established a global business unit for Microsoft Cloud to leverage its expertise in accelerating secure, AI-driven digital transformation for enterprises.

SYSPRO has strengthened its warehouse management capabilities by acquiring DATASCOPE, enhancing its integrated ERP and WMS platform while maintaining a focus on the manufacturing and distribution sectors.

SAP has announced its acquisition of SmartRecruiters to enhance its SAP SuccessFactors suite with advanced talent acquisition capabilities, including AI-enabled recruiting, aiming to streamline the hiring process for customers and ensure compliance and responsible AI usage.

We explore how a steel manufacturer wrangled disparate data with the help of an independent semantic layer from CData.

We examine case studies to see how a specialized ERP for fresh produce companies is helping them scale and achieve their goals.

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.

We examine the concept of Signal Chains and how they provide resiliency and predictability for manufacturers.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 users in Finance, Supply Chain, and Commerce must urgently address access governance before stricter licensing rules take effect on November 1, 2025, as many organizations have uncovered significant security vulnerabilities and excessive user permissions amidst new compliance pressures.

Is your technology stack working for you, or against you? Many mid-sized manufacturers and distributors find themselves trapped in a maze of disconnected systems, scattered data, and decision-making that is more reactive than strategic. Managing multiple point solutions across departments create data silos, slows innovation, and clouds visibility into performance. Leadership is often left wondering whether they are investing in the right tools, are aligned across teams, and how to move from operational chaos to coordinated execution. The solution is to simplify SaaS access and visibility across business-critical applications. This will allow you to centralize application benchmark decisions and unlock new operational efficiencies without adding to existing IT burdens. The right solution will allow leaders to take full advantage of AI capabilities to make smarter decisions, reduce risk, and validate investment choices, turning data overload into competitive insight. By watching this session, you will be able to: - Identify gaps in your current application landscape and opportunities for consolidation. - Explain how centralized access improves efficiency and team alignment. - Apply peer benchmarking insights to validate operational decisions and guide strategy. - List key criteria for evaluating business applications with a modern technology stack.

Lift-and-shift migration of legacy ERP systems to the cloud often fails to accommodate the demands of modern, subscription-based business models, necessitating a decoupled approach with specialized platforms like Zuora to effectively manage complex billing and revenue recognition processes.

Is your technology stack working for you, or against you? Many mid-sized manufacturers and distributors find themselves trapped in a maze of disconnected systems, scattered data, and decision-making that is more reactive than strategic. Managing multiple point solutions across departments create data silos, slows innovation, and clouds visibility into performance. Leadership is often left wondering whether they are investing in the right tools, are aligned across teams, and how to move from operational chaos to coordinated execution. The solution is to simplify SaaS access and visibility across business-critical applications. This will allow you to centralize application benchmark decisions and unlock new operational efficiencies without adding to existing IT burdens. The right solution will allow leaders to take full advantage of AI capabilities to make smarter decisions, reduce risk, and validate investment choices, turning data overload into competitive insight. By watching this session, you will be able to: - Identify gaps in your current application landscape and opportunities for consolidation. - Explain how centralized access improves efficiency and team alignment. - Apply peer benchmarking insights to validate operational decisions and guide strategy. - List key criteria for evaluating business applications with a modern technology stack.

Watch this Webinar on-demand for an insightful webinar that dives beyond the buzz of artificial intelligence and focuses on delivering meaningful, actionable strategies tailored for people-centric industries. This engaging session will unravel how businesses can implement AI effectively, aligning it with operational goals to enhance both organizational efficiency and employee satisfaction. What You’ll Learn: - Pragmatic AI in Action: Discover how a practical approach to AI adoption can free up resources, streamline workflows, and deliver measurable results. - Human-Centric AI Strategies: Hear about our approach to empowering teams with AI, supporting their efforts, and aligning technology with human-driven business goals. - The Data Foundation: Understand why clean, accessible data is critical and how it lays the groundwork for successful AI implementation. - Governance and Guide Rails: Learn about our approach to governance—how we ensure AI systems remain ethical, auditable, and closely aligned with organizational vision. Why View? - Gain practical insights from leading industry experts who cut through the AI hype. - Learn actionable techniques that you can immediately apply to your unique business needs. - Explore real-world examples tailored to the challenges faced by people-centric industries. Who Should Watch? This webinar is crafted for professionals in people-centric industries, including technology providers, decision-makers, and business leaders who are seeking to integrate AI in a way that drives tangible business value while supporting their teams. Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to learn how to adopt AI the right way.

Rootstock Software's Summer ’25 Release features an AI-Powered ERP Agent to enhance operational efficiency, a high-performance data grid for better data interaction, and new financial capabilities including support for a 13-period fiscal calendar, aiming to streamline processes for manufacturers and distributors.

BMC Software transformed its revenue operations by adopting a unified subscription-based model with the help of PwC and Zuora, resulting in streamlined processes, improved data integration, and enhanced customer satisfaction.

The FDA's extension of FSMA 204 compliance to July 2028 offers food manufacturers a strategic chance to enhance traceability systems, fostering competitive advantages and operational excellence, as highlighted by the collaboration of key industry organizations to standardize practices and address challenges in the food supply chain.

Snowflake has appointed Chris Niederman as Senior Vice President of its Alliances & Channels business, effective July 21, 2025, to enhance its global partner system and drive growth through Snowflake AI Data Cloud amidst a rapidly expanding partner network.

Amazon Web Services and Oracle have launched Oracle Database@AWS, allowing customers to run Oracle workloads on dedicated infrastructure within Oracle Cloud on AWS, enhancing seamless data integration while maintaining high performance.

Unit4's ERPx solution is now available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, allowing organizations in people-centric industries to efficiently deploy a modular, AI-powered ERP platform that enhances operational agility and streamlines procurement.

Global ERP provider SYSPRO is enhancing its smart manufacturing capabilities by acquiring riteSOFT, a US-based firm specializing in mobile warehouse management and shop floor data collection, marking a significant step towards offering a fully integrated digital suite for its global customer base.

ERP Today’s Robert Holland sat down with Rami Amkieh, Senior Vice President Middle East and Africa at SNP, to discuss the challenges faced by customers in the Middle East and Africa, how SNP is working with those customers to support their transformation goals, and the technologies that SNP is using to facilitate those transformations.

Robert Holland from ERP Today sat down with Don Mahoney, Chief Customer Officer at SNP, to talk about the challenges that customers face in finding the right approach to transformation, the preparations they can make regardless of a final transformation decision, and what makes successful transformation projects different.

Richard Bühler, Head of Global IT at Cerdia, and Daniela Bühler, Head of IT Applications at Cerdia, sat down with Robert Holland of ERP Today to talk about their move to SAP S/4HANA. Having a long history with SAP, beginning with SAP R/2 and SAP R/3, and following a launch as a standalone company in 2019, Cerdia needed to move their SAP landscape from their SAP ECC 6 system. They have now completed their move to SAP S/4HANA, going live in April on RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.

Robert Holland from ERP Today talked with Saleha Al-Kubasi, Head of SAP at Qatar Chemicals, and Ravi Mahalingam, Managing Director of SNP Middle East, about Qatar Chemicals’ recent move to SAP S/4HANA on RISE with SAP. With over 20 years of history with SAP, Qatar Chemicals needed to update their systems, user experience, and transition to the cloud.

Robert Holland from ERP Today sits down with Shuhei Hotosanhi, Managing Director of SNP Japan, Mitsuhiro Wake, Managing Director of Accenture Japan, and Hiroki Irisawa, Associate Director of Accenture Japan, to talk about the unique challenges faced by Japanese customers, how SNP and Accenture are collaborating to support digital transformation journeys, and what considerations will be most important for customers over the coming year.

Robert Holland of ERP Today sat down with Richard Checketts, Managing Director ANZ at SNP, and Marcus Scott, SAP Practice Lead at IBM Australia, to talk about how the unique factors impacting customers in Australia and New Zealand and how SNP and IBM are collaborating for success.

ERP Today’s Robert Holland talked with Adriana Bassi, IT Executive Manager at Raizen about the company’s crucial transformation to SAP Business Suite on HANA. Coming from a situation where their existing SAP ECC 5.0 deployment has been running without mainstream maintenance for over a decade, including the associated cybersecurity and business continuity risks, the strategic move also aimed to help the organization create a path for a future deployment of SAP S/4HANA.

SAP's 2024 ERP Vendor of the Year award has catalyzed its cloud transformation mission, solidifying its position as a leader in AI-driven enterprise solutions and driving significant innovation and market expansion, evidenced by major customer wins and the development of tools like the Business Data Cloud and the AI assistant Joule.