AI

Epicor

Cloud Platform and Technology

Epicor Prism enhances enterprise intelligence with AI for supply chains

Epicor has launched Epicor Prism, a new supply chain-focused software that utilizes vertical AI agents to enhance user experience, automate tasks, and provide actionable insights within its ERP platform, aiming to improve productivity and decision-making for organizations.

Blue Diamond

Supply Chain Management

The power of 4: How Blue Diamond Growers solved supply chain issues

Between 2022 and 2023, Blue Diamond Growers enhanced its supply chain efficiency through the integration of SAP Transportation Management with SAP Integrated Business Planning, improving logistics visibility and forecasting while also exploring AI for sustainability and innovation.

Uk parliament building in London | UK government launches plan for “decade of national renewal” powered by AI

Analytics and AI

UK government launches plan for “decade of national renewal” powered by AI

UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer is putting trust in AI as a productivity tool, by greenlighting the AI Opportunities Action Plan.

Application Development and Integration

Origina CEO: Beyond the patch, how to rethink your security safety net

Solid systems can crumble. In the high-stakes world of enterprise computing, we know that there are multiple layers throughout modern IT stacks straddling cloud and on-premises deployments that can be made to expose their inherent fragility and susceptibility to failure....

ERP

Enterprise Asset Management

Cetec ERP’s new release enhances usability and control for manufacturers

Cetec ERP has launched its 4.17 update with features like a drag-and-drop scheduling tool, enhanced manufacturing time tracking, new reporting capabilities, improved user access controls, usability enhancements, and better pricing import tools, all aimed at increasing efficiency and functionality for users, with rollout planned for January 2024.

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CRM and Customer Experience

AI-driven shopping experience: Salesforce unveils AI innovations

Salesforce has launched two AI innovations, Agentforce for Retail and Retail Cloud with Modern POS, designed to enhance retailer efficiency, automate tasks, and provide a personalized shopping experience by unifying online and offline data while leveraging AI-driven tools.

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Supply Chain Management

KION Teams with NVIDIA and Accenture to Optimize Supply Chains with AI-Powered Robots and Digital Twins

KION GROUP AG is collaborating with Accenture and NVIDIA to enhance supply chain efficiency through AI-driven solutions and digital twins, showcasing their advancements in warehouse automation at CES.

SYSPRO and riteSOFT

Analytics and AI

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.

Forterra

Analytics and AI

How Forterro’s acquisition of alltotrec unlocks the value of AI for manufacturing

Forterro is enhancing its ERP offerings by integrating advanced APS capabilities from alltotrec, including AI and IoT solutions, thereby providing Forterro and Abas ERP customers with improved planning, execution systems, and competitive advantages in the manufacturing sector.

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Analytics and AI

How AI can drive more economic growth than lower taxes or less regulation, UK businesses weigh in

Most UK leaders' productivity is held back by economic headwinds, stress and difficulty implementing new productivity tools, survey shows.

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Analytics and AI

Salesforce Introduces Agentforce 2.0, a Digital Labor Platform With Customized Agents for Complex Tasks

Salesforce has launched Agentforce 2.0, an advanced digital labor platform that enhances enterprise teams with autonomous AI agents capable of performing complex tasks and seamlessly integrating with tools like Slack and MuleSoft to improve operational efficiency and decision-making.

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Analytics and AI

Sage Intacct Release 4 Features AI-driven Sage Copilot to Enhance SMB Decision-making and Efficiency

Sage has introduced Sage Copilot, an AI-driven tool designed to enhance productivity and decision-making for accounting and finance teams, currently available to early adopters in the US and UK, as part of significant updates to Sage Intacct that aim to streamline financial oversight and support small and mid-sized businesses in managing their growth.

Business Process Management and Automation

Aptean Adds Intelligent Process Automation Capabilities Through JobRouter Acquisition

Aptean has acquired JobRouter, enhancing its intelligent process automation capabilities to better serve its global ERP customers and support the current JobRouter client base, while positioning itself as a leader in workflow automation and process optimization across various industries.

Leanne Taylor to Drive SYSPRO’s Global Growth as Chief Revenue Officer

Analytics and AI

Snowflake’s Saudi Arabia expansion to help region maximize data value

AI data company Snowflake has opened a regional office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, enabling local organizations to leverage Google Cloud for AI-driven data insights while ensuring compliance with the country's data residency laws.

Tackling the Industry’s Biggest Challenges to Drive Manufacturing Forward

Analytics and AI

Gen AI in manufacturing: Evolving automation and processes

As more companies move towards using AI to automate their processes, solutions like QAD Process Intelligence use Gen AI for process mining, allowing organizations to visualize, optimize and monitor key business processes.

Analytics and AI

How Mastering ERP 2024 brought AI Wisdom to Enterprise Insiders

The Mastering ERP conference in London brought together ERP and AI professionals to discuss integrating AI into core applications, emphasizing the importance of trust, ethical considerations, and foundational strategies for successful adoption while highlighting current low rates of AI integration beyond customer service.

Agentforce 2.0 Digital labor

Analytics and AI

Salesforce: The market for digital labor is trillions of dollars, says Marc Benioff

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff highlights Agentforce 2.0 as a transformative digital labor platform with a trillions-dollar market potential, emphasizing its effectiveness in reducing human query escalations and showcasing its integration with Slack and advanced AI features to enhance enterprise workflows across various industries.

ERP

Analytics and AI

Boomi enhances data management offering with Rivery acquisition

Boomi is enhancing its data management capabilities through the acquisition of Rivery, which will integrate the latter's low-code ELT and CDC technologies to strengthen Boomi's offerings in a data-driven environment.

Darryl Sackett Codestone

ERP Strategy and Planning

Darryl Sackett: Customer value realization is front and center for Codestone

Darryl Sackett, CEO of Codestone, emphasizes the need for innovation to adapt to evolving customer requirements through AI-driven solutions and managed services that enhance customer engagement and outcomes across various industries, while also highlighting the importance of organizational change and modern technology infrastructure.

Workday

Analytics and AI

Is Workday second-guessing AI amid stock index milestone?

Workday has had a busy December with its Workday Rising EMEA conference, joining the S&P 500 stock index and winning a Best ERP Vendor award.

Analytics and AI

Dell Technologies Accelerates AI Innovation and Strengthens Cybersecurity Strategies for Microsoft Customers

Dell Technologies has launched new AI innovations to streamline AI adoption, enhance cybersecurity, and simplify data management for Microsoft customers in multicloud environments, including services like Dell APEX File Storage and protection solutions aimed at improving operational efficiency and security.

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Analytics and AI

Microsoft Customers Share Business Impacts of Generative AI

At Microsoft Ignite 2024 in Chicago, major organizations showcased how they are harnessing Microsoft's AI solutions, such as Copilot and Azure OpenAI Service, to transform operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive significant improvements in productivity and sustainability across various sectors, including aviation, logistics, and manufacturing.

Analytics and AI

Oracle Health’s Clinical AI Agent Helps Doctors Spend More Time with Patients

Oracle Health has launched a new generative AI-based Clinical AI Agent that enhances patient-provider interactions by automating clinical workflows, improving documentation accuracy, and reducing physician burnout, leading to significant time savings and improved patient experiences.

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Analytics and AI

SplashBI unveils AI assistant to simplify SQL workflows

SplashBI's SQL Connect has launched FlashAI, a natural language processing tool for generating SQL queries, and Git Integration for seamless code management, enhancing collaboration and efficiency for SQL professionals and business users.

Vonage and SAP expand collaboration for AI-driven enterprise experiences

Analytics and AI

QAD Redzone Debuts New AI Capabilities to Drive Manufacturing Productivity Gains

QAD Redzone has launched Champion AI, an advanced suite of predictive and prescriptive AI capabilities aimed at enhancing productivity and collaboration on the manufacturing floor, ultimately transforming how frontline teams address operational challenges.

AWS

Analytics and AI

Julia White joins Amazon Web Services as marketing chief

Amazon Web Services has appointed Julia White, a former executive at SAP and Microsoft, as its new Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Making sustainability an advantage: ERP Today TV x IFS Unleashed

At the IFS Unleashed event in Orlando, experts discussed how sustainability efforts, driven by regulations and technology, are increasingly viewed as essential for business value.

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Financial Management

Harnessing artificial intelligence and cloud ERP technology for finance transformation

Organizations are increasingly adopting AI-powered cloud ERP applications to enhance data management, improve finance and tax operations, streamline mergers and acquisitions and enable real-time decision-making, leading to greater efficiency and agility.

Analytics and AI

Gen AI in manufacturing: Uncovering inefficiencies in processes

To optimize processes and enhance visibility into inefficiencies, organizations can leverage QAD’s Process Intelligence solution, which utilizes Gen AI in manufacturing processes to visualize workflows, identify root causes, and provide real-time alerts, leading to significant cost savings.

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Analytics and AI

Changing the perception of ERP in the make, move, and sell sectors

The evolution of ERP systems from record-keeping to actionable insights is driven by the integration of generative AI and large language models, enabling companies to optimize operations and enhance decision-making through automation and advanced data analytics.