Americas

Dataiku Launches Cobuild on Snowflake for Governed AI Workflows

Dataiku has launched Cobuild on Snowflake, a new offering designed to turn natural-language requests into governed AI workflows, agents and applications running inside Snowflake.

Financial Management

Priority Payables

As organizations replace paper checks and manual processes with digital payments, traditional approaches to accounts payable are becoming harder to sustain. Discover how Priority Payables helps ERP providers deliver a modern, integrated payment experience.

Financial Management

CPX: A Commercial Payment System

Priority Payables helps ERP platforms transform accounts payable from a manual process into a strategic capability. Customers gain greater efficiency, automation, and financial flexibility. You deliver more value through the ERP experience. Learn more.

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Financial Management

Add Payments to Your Platform, Without Building It

Priority Payables enables ERP and accounting software platforms to embed payables directly into existing workflows, consolidating outgoing payments into a single process for fulfillment and reconciliation. Your customers get a more connected payment experience. You get a stronger, stickier platform. No payments infrastructure required on your...

Financial Management

How One Manufacturer Automated Its Accounts Payable and Reaped the Rewards

Discover how SYSPRO customer Pierce Pacific modernized accounts payable with Priority Payables, reducing payment processing time, improving supplier satisfaction, and driving greater operational efficiency.

Financial Management

Your ERP Has a Strategy Problem, Not a Payments Problem.

Payments are becoming a strategic consideration for ERP providers, not just a back-office function. Learn how Priority Payables can help increase platform value, strengthen customer retention, and unlock new revenue opportunities

Analytics and AI

SAP Sapphire Madrid: Autonomous Enterprise Pitch Meets Europe’s AI Control Test

At SAP Sapphire Madrid, the company introduced the Autonomous Enterprise as the next evolution in ERP, focusing on AI-driven solutions tailored for European markets, emphasizing sovereignty and regulatory compliance in data handling and operational control.

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Analytics and AI

Beacon.li Launches AI Platform for Enterprise Software Implementation

Beacon.li launched Implementation Studio, a UI-based AI platform that aims to execute enterprise software implementation work inside target applications, with early traction likely in repeatable configuration, testing and hypercare workflows.

Automation

SAP and Anthropic Integrate Claude with SAP Joule Using Model Context Protocol

SAP and Anthropic announced the integration of Claude into the SAP Business AI Platform and Joule, enabling AI agents to execute tasks across SAP S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, Ariba, and third-party systems using Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Analytics and AI

SAP Pushes Joule Toward Enterprise Execution, but Readiness Remains the Constraint

SAP is turning Joule into an enterprise execution surface, not just an AI assistant, but the layer through which ERP users interact with SAP data, agents, generated workspaces, voice, desktop tools, and cross-system workflows.

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Organizations Must Confront the AI-ERP Reality Gap

The enterprise landscape is facing disruption as AI agents automate tasks and support decisions, but many organizations struggle to implement AI effectively due to outdated and fragmented ERP systems, necessitating a transformation that integrates AI and ERP capabilities.

Supply Chain Management

‘Midmarket manufacturers should avoid treating automation and ERP as separate initiatives:’ Chris Brumett

Over the past decade, ERP systems have evolved from merely tracking transactions to becoming integral to the operational backbone of global supply chains, necessitating dynamic orchestration, real-time data integration and a focus on adaptability to support manufacturers.

Analytics and AI

Boomi World 2026 Pushes Enterprise Platform Toward Agentic AI Governance

At Boomi World 2026, Boomi unveiled a comprehensive strategy to transition AI agents from pilot programs to enterprise workflows through enhanced orchestration, connectivity, context, and governance, supported by partnerships with Red Hat and Couchbase, ultimately positioning itself as an active data foundation for the emerging 'agentic enterprise'.

Security

Sage-IDC Research Reveals SMB Cybersecurity Gaps in the AI Era

A Sage-IDC study reveals that while small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are significantly increasing their cybersecurity investments, a disconnect exists between spending intentions and actual implementation, exposing many to cyber threats due to a lack of governance and preparedness, particularly in the face of accelerating AI adoption.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

The Impact of the Sovereignty Gap in Enterprise Architecture

Recent power outages and data center disruptions have challenged the assumption that cloud infrastructure is resilient, highlighting the necessity for enterprises to develop data sovereignty.

Human Capital Management

SAP Pushes Autonomous HCM Beyond HR Automation in SuccessFactors

SAP's Sapphire 2026 announcement highlights its Autonomous HCM capabilities in SuccessFactors, transforming HR from a static record system into an active operational layer that includes payroll, hiring, workforce planning, and learning integration through new Joule Assistants.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Epicor Insights 2026 Makes Cloud Migration a Trust Test, and It Is Not Alone

At Epicor Insights 2026, the company faces its most consequential conference yet: with on-premises Kinetic development ending at the 2028.1 release, the pressure is on to demonstrate that cloud ERP migration is not just necessary for manufacturers and distributors — but genuinely worth it. This analysis examines how Epicor is addressing the trust gap through security governance, data architecture strategy, and change management, and what still needs to be proven on the conference floor.

Financial Management

How a Misconfigured PeopleSoft Earnings Code can Create FLSA Overtime Risk

A single earnings code setting in PeopleSoft HCM can affect overtime calculations across thousands of employees. This article explains how the issue appears, why it is often missed in UAT, and what payroll, HR, and compliance teams should change to reduce FLSA risk.

Analytics and AI

SAP Sapphire Customer Keynote Shows AI Value Depends on Readiness, Data, and Standardization

At SAP Sapphire 2026, the customer keynote made a definitive case: AI value in the enterprise depends on readiness, data standardization, and clean core ERP foundations—not experimentation. Through transformation stories from Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil, Levi Strauss, and Aeropuertos Argentina, SAP reinforced that organizations succeeding with AI have built the operational and data infrastructure to support it on SAP S/4HANA and BTP.

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Governance, Risk, and Compliance

What the EU AI Act Delay Means for ERP Governance

The EU AI Act delay eases some near-term compliance pressure, but ERP teams still need to build governance evidence around how AI is used across business processes.

Analytics and AI

How SAP Is Using Anthropic, NVIDIA and Palantir to Shape Its Autonomous Enterprise Stack

At Sapphire 2026, SAP expanded its partner ecosystem by collaborating with Anthropic, NVIDIA, and Palantir to enhance its Autonomous Enterprise strategy, integrating AI capabilities for workflow optimization, secured agent execution, and streamlined data migration to SAP Cloud ERP.

Financial Management

Syspro, Nuvei Embed Integrated Payments Directly Into Manufacturing ERP

Syspro and Nuvei have partnered to integrate payment processing within Syspro's ERP platform, streamlining cash flow management and accounts receivable updates directly in the ERP environment, enhancing operational efficiency for manufacturers and distributors.

ERP Strategy and Planning

‘The Real ERP Gap Isn’t Data or AI—It’s Decision Flow’: Tirumala Rao Chimpiri

Tirumala Rao Chimpiri, a senior ERP professional and Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Long Island Section, discusses in his article the persistent intelligence-to-action gap in ERP systems, arguing that structural issues—rather than lacking data or analytics—hinder organizations from effectively translating insights into coordinated actions.

Security

SAP Security Patch Day May 2026 Shows Risk Beyond Core Applications

SAP’s May 2026 Security Patch Day shows why SAP teams need to look beyond severity scores. Critical vulnerabilities affected S/4HANA and Commerce Cloud, while Mini Shai-Hulud brought developer tooling, credentials, and supply-chain exposure into the SAP security conversation.

Analytics and AI

Sapphire’s Post-Keynote Q&A Unpacks The Hard Part of the Autonomous Enterprise: Delivery, Governance, Trust

The post-keynote Q&A at SAP Sapphire 2026 put SAP's Autonomous Enterprise strategy under the closest scrutiny yet, with executives pressed on what's actually ready for production, how hybrid and on-premise customers participate, and why enterprises should trust AI agents inside live business processes. This ERP Today analysis unpacks SAP's answers on AI governance, the Knowledge Graph differentiator, cloud migration strategy, and API compliance controls.

Analytics and AI

SAP Sapphire 2026: SAP Business AI Platform Consolidates SAP BTP Stack to Solve Enterprise AI Fragmentation

At SAP Sapphire 2026, SAP introduced the Business AI Platform, unifying its AI, data, and application ecosystems into a three-layer architecture focused on governance and business context, aiming to position itself as the control plane for enterprise AI amidst growing interest in compliance and auditability from enterprise buyers.

Enterprise Architecture

Fixing Construction’s Margin Visibility Problem With ERP

The construction sector is grappling with economic challenges and operational inefficiencies, driven by material costs and supply chain issues, necessitating the adoption of construction-specific ERP platforms to enhance visibility and control over project costs.

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

SAP and Cyberwave Deploy Fully Autonomous Warehouse Robots

SAP and Cyberwave have successfully implemented fully autonomous AI-powered robots at SAP's logistics warehouse, emphasizing the integration of Physical AI into supply chain processes.

Analytics and AI

‘Will SAP Be a Software Company in the Future?’ Sapphire 2026 Keynote Maps SAP’s New ERP Stack

At SAP Sapphire 2026, CEO Christian Klein declared that SAP is becoming a business AI company, introducing the Autonomous Suite, Joule Studio 2.0, a company memory layer, and centralized agent governance as the pillars of SAP's reimagined ERP stack.

Analytics and AI

Celonis Context Model, Ikigai Labs Deal Target Enterprise AI Blind Spots

Celonis addresses the operational context gap in enterprise AI by introducing the Context Model (CCM) and acquiring Ikigai Labs, enabling real-time understanding of business operations to enhance AI decision-making reliability.