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At Sage Future 2026, the focus on AI in ERP shifted from capability to the necessity of trust and transparency, with a strong emphasis on glass box AI that is traceable and auditable, reflecting the need for accountability in financial workflows to enhance operational efficiency across various industries.

OpenAI has launched the OpenAI Deployment Company, a new enterprise-focused initiative backed by major investors and consulting alliances. The company will use Forward Deployed Engineers, or FDEs, to help organizations integrate AI systems into operational workflows at scale.

Despite over 90% of AP teams digitizing their processes, more than half remain at medium automation levels while 30% are below 25% automation.

In Q&A with ERP Today, TDWI VP of Research Fern Halper explains why AI pilots stall, what breaks when enterprise data foundations are weak, and how organizations can operationalize AI for long-term ROI.

Despite substantial investments in ERP and transformation programs across the public sector, a significant majority are predicted to fail in achieving their original business goals due to a lack of readiness for operational change, highlighting the need for organizations to integrate behavior change and process standardization.

Julie Adams, SVP of Construction at Sage, highlighting challenges and opportunities for ERP systems in the construction industry in a video interview at Sage Future 2026 in San Francisco.

Modern ERP systems are crucial for business decision-making and fiscal success, making the selection of a capable implementation partner vital for effective planning, deployment and long-term support across the organization.

Jon Fasoli, SVP of Sage Intacct, discusses how the cloud financial technology is helping improve operations and management for their customers in many industry in a video interview at Sage Future.

SAP is reportedly preparing to open more AI access to some customers that have not moved fully to the cloud, including some SAP ECC users. The details could determine whether the move becomes a narrow transition offer or a broader shift in SAP’s cloud-first AI strategy.

SAP’s Q1 2026 Joule release signals a shift from AI experiments to AI‑driven operating models in ERP.

Manufacturing organizations face challenges in managing material certification documents and batch genealogy across multiple plants, leading to delays and errors; however, by automating these processes one global manufacturer significantly improved operational efficiency, reducing manual effort by 4,000 hours annually and enhancing compliance response times.

Churchill Downs, the company behind the Kentucky Derby, is using SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition as the foundation for a broader ERP modernization program. S

EY US and Rillet are partnering to embed risk and controls directly into AI-native finance workflows, signaling a shift in how enterprise finance transformation programs are designed and delivered.

Tennant Company's ERP-related disruption has moved beyond operational recovery into an active ERP securities investigation, as investors and legal teams scrutinize the company's pre-failure disclosures and question management's credibility going forward.

How Wolt established AP automation across 11 countries with 60% straight-through processing. Learn about the case study here:

Process every invoice format in any language from any channel, all within the familiar Coupa environment. Rossum’s proprietary, template-free AI understands any document layout and learns continuously from user feedback. Learn more here.

SAP ECC ends by 2027. Don’t let document errors stall your migration. Download the playbook and take control of the risks stalling your SAP transformation today. Download the asset here

Where are finance teams heading? 54.2% of finance teams are still working with partial automation. In 2026? Finance leaders must prove AI’s worth with measurable outcomes, governed processes, and global reach. Download here

As an official SAP partner, uses AI agents to automate AP, order management, and logistics. Turning complex documents into structured SAP data in seconds with high automation and minimal IT effort. Read more here

As an official Coupa Partner, Rossum is natively integrated within Coupa to automate your paperwork lifecycle end-to-end: from processing invoices and e-invoices to statement reconciliation. Accelerate data extraction, coding, matching, exception resolution, and more.

Two analysts offer diverging views on Workday's long-term viability, with Joe Schmidt suggesting that AI may erode the structural switching costs that currently protect it, while Josh Bersin argues that Workday's established frameworks position it favorably as AI evolves, highlighting a critical market shift towards architectural effectiveness in ERP and HCM systems.

The ERP landscape is undergoing a transformative shift towards event-driven architecture and agentic AI, moving from static systems reliant on manual input to autonomous, adaptive platforms that can proactively respond to business events, enhancing operational agility and decision-making while necessitating careful governance and data quality management.

Rootstock Software has introduced Rootstock Ready, a streamlined ERP solution for midmarket manufacturers and distributors that offers a fixed-fee implementation model, promising faster deployment, reduced costs and immediate access to AI readiness on the Salesforce platform.

Syspro has launched a curated marketplace to help manufacturers and distributors enhance their ERP platforms by providing access to a growing ecosystem of integrated solutions, thereby reducing the need for costly custom integrations and accelerating operational performance.

The evolution of ERP systems from passive record-keeping to proactive, AI-powered agents capable of real-time monitoring and decision-making is outlined by Sage, emphasizing the necessity for companies to integrate such capabilities to remain competitive.

In the race to modernize the enterprise, the debate is no longer about choosing one ecosystem over another; it's about extending value from your existing SAP investment without introducing fragility. While SAP excels at integrating the "Core" within its own ecosystem, the modern enterprise lives everywhere else—from legacy on-prem systems to the burgeoning frontier of AI agents. Join ERP Today and MuleSoft for an executive-level deep dive into the Co-Exist Strategy. We explore how organizations are maintaining a clean SAP core while using MuleSoft as the universal connective tissue for everything outside of it—regardless of where you are in your S/4HANA journey.

Enterprises are investing heavily in AI but are struggling to move beyond pilots, redesign work, and prove ROI on Oracle platforms. This webinar shows how to operationalize AI using IBM’s Client Zero experience and Oracle technology as a repeatable blueprint...

Most organizations are still making critical business decisions on top of rigid planning cycles, fragmented data, and limited AI adoption—slowing their response to disruption and constraining innovation before it starts. Drawing on new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) research, this session explores how finance leaders can break through those structural barriers by modernizing their operating model and establishing a connected, AI-enabled finance backbone. You will see how integrated data platforms and AI-powered forecasting can sharpen decision speed, strengthen governance, and position finance as the function guiding capital to its highest-value opportunities across the enterprise. We will walk through a practical roadmap for shifting to a dynamic, value-based finance operating model—one that aligns finance with enterprise decision bodies and elevates finance talent into true strategic partners. Using IBV findings alongside real-world practices, we will show how embedded AI, adaptive planning cadences, and agile budgeting models work together to deliver more accurate forecasts, more effective capital allocation, and faster transformation outcomes. You will leave with concrete steps to evaluate your organization's current maturity and build an execution plan that balances speed, trust, and control. Why Watch - IBV research findings reveal why traditional planning and finance structures are holding back decision speed, innovation, and AI adoption at scale - A practical blueprint for a dynamic, value-based finance operating model built on integrated data platforms and AI-enabled planning - How leading organizations are applying AI-powered forecasting and scenario modeling to improve forecast accuracy and accelerate capital deployment - Actionable guidance to assess your finance organization's maturity and prioritize near-term moves toward an AI-enabled finance backbone

SAP aims to enhance enterprise AI by acquiring data platform Dremio and AI research firm Prior Labs, addressing fragmented data environments and improving model performance on structured business data, thereby integrating data infrastructure and AI model development into a unified architecture.

The global SaaS-based ERP market is set for rapid growth, projected to reach $281.58 billion by 2034, driven by cloud adoption and AI integration, reshaping procurement and competitive strategies in response to increasing expectations for real-time intelligence and industry-specific solutions.