Cloud ERP

ERP Strategy and Planning
Manufacturing’s AI-First ERP Evolution: Rootstock’s Strategic Bet on Salesforce
Rootstock Software, leveraging its all-in strategy on the Salesforce platform, is transforming mid-market manufacturing ERP expectations by embedding AI solutions that enhance efficiency and user interaction, while positioning itself uniquely to serve a lucrative market amid a significant shift towards technological adoption in the industry.
ERP Strategy and Planning
The Zero-Failure Formula: How Sage X3 Partner Inixion Achieves 100% ERP Success
Inixion, a Sage X3 partner with an impeccable record of zero ERP project failures over nearly two decades, attributes its success to deep-rooted customer relationships and staff stability, focusing on flexible deployment options and a comprehensive understanding of complex ERP integrations to meet unique client needs.
ERP Strategy and Planning
When Universities Merge, Legacy ERP Systems Don’t: The Higher Education Consolidation Conundrum
The article discusses the challenges faced by universities during mergers due to outdated ERP systems that lead to financial instability and operational inefficiencies, while advocating for composable ERP solutions like Unit4 ERPx that facilitate faster integration and preserve institutional identities.
Quality and Testing
The Quarterly Update Death Spiral: Why 73% of ERP Teams Can’t Keep Up with Continuous Testing Demands
The shift to quarterly updates in cloud ERP systems is overwhelming IT teams, as traditional testing cycles are insufficient to handle increased release frequencies, leading to significant risks and challenges; however, adopting codeless test automation and cross-application capabilities can help organizations thrive amidst these changes.
Financial Management
The Great Finance Time Drain: Professional Services Firms Are Burning 44 Hours a Week on Financial Fire-Fighting
Unit4's research reveals that finance teams in professional services are inefficiently spending significant time resolving financial discrepancies and consolidating year-end reports due to a lack of automated processes and unified data sources, leading to burnout and strategic disadvantages for organizations.
ERP Strategy and Planning
When the Grid Gets Smart: TECO Energy’s All-In Transformation with IFS
Tampa Electric Company (TECO) is undertaking a bold retooling of its back-office systems and cultural mindset to transform its operations and set new standards in the energy sector, as highlighted by David Lukcic at IFS Connect North America 2025, aiming to integrate advanced technology and strategic partnerships to enhance reliability, security, and performance while navigating modern challenges.
Analytics and AI
From Nashville with AI: Microsoft Shares Blueprint for ERP Transformation at IFS Connect
At the IFS Connect North America 2025 event in Nashville, Microsoft's Jennifer Martinez presented a strategic framework for enterprise AI transformation focusing on four pillars—enhancing employee experiences, reinventing customer engagement, reshaping business processes, and accelerating innovation—while emphasizing a three-stage implementation roadmap that includes embracing available AI tools, developing customized solutions, and prioritizing security and governance.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Industrial AI with Swagger: Keynote Insights from IFS Connect North America 2025
IFS Connect North America 2025 in Nashville showcased the transformative potential of embedded industrial AI in enhancing operational efficiency, demonstrated through real-world applications and tangible ROI, urging enterprises to move beyond theoretical pilots to actionable implementations for improved business outcomes.
Quality and Testing
Fónua Maintains Testing Agility in Move to Infor CloudSuite with Assist from Original Software
As businesses rapidly migrate to cloud ERP, traditional testing methods struggle to keep pace with frequent updates, prompting a shift towards no-code testing platforms that enable faster, more agile quality assurance and position companies like Fónua for competitive advantage amidst growing digital transformation demands.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Harvesting Resilience: How Aptean Is Helping Food and Beverage Companies Thrive in the Age of AI
Aptean is providing food and beverage manufacturers with industry-specific ERP and AI solutions to enhance operational efficiency, compliance, and adaptability in an increasingly complex and regulated market.
Application Development and Integration
Is AI the Death of ERP? Not Quite. But It Might Just Kill the Front End.
As generative AI advances in 2025, the debate over its role in enterprise software, particularly ERP systems, intensifies, with implications for user interaction and system architecture, highlighting a shift towards AI-driven processes and the need for robust governance and integration capabilities.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From Mainframe to Microsoft: Semler’s Epic ERP Overhaul to Drive a Data-Powered, AI-Enabled Automotive Empire
Semler IT is undergoing a significant digital transformation by completely overhauling its legacy ERP system to a cloud-based solution with Microsoft Dynamics 365, integrating AI and enhancing user experiences, all aimed at future-proofing the company against industry changes while ensuring effective data management and user adoption.
AI, IoT and Smart Factories: The Game-Changers for Complex Manufacturing
Analytics and AI
AI, IoT and Smart Factories: The Game-Changers for Complex Manufacturing
A recent Frost & Sullivan study indicates that complex manufacturing ERP systems are rapidly evolving with the integration of AI and IoT technologies, alongside innovations like real-time data analytics and cloud solutions, to enhance efficiency and tackle obstacles like high costs and resistance to change.
Application Development and Integration
Accelerating Smart Manufacturing: QAD and Boomi’s Strategic Alliance Redefines ERP Integration
QAD Inc. and Boomi have formed a strategic alliance to revolutionize manufacturing ERP by offering pre-built integrations, AI-driven insights, and plug-and-play connectivity, aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and accelerating digital transformation for manufacturers.
Application Development and Integration
Beyond the Interface: How Whatfix Is Redefining ERP Adoption for the AI Era
Vara Kumar, co-founder of Whatfix, emphasizes the importance of digital adoption in enterprise software beyond basic training, advocating for personalized, ongoing support that integrates seamless human and AI collaboration to enhance user experience across diverse applications.
Oracle and AWS Cloud Database
ERP Strategy and Planning
Unlocking Efficiency for Public Education: Chicago Public Schools Goes All-In on Oracle Fusion
Chicago Public Schools is transitioning to Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications to enhance its operational efficiency and resource allocation by moving from outdated systems to a unified, AI-driven cloud platform that will streamline finance, HR, and supply chain management.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Structural Technologies Reinforces Vision with Rootstock ERP
Structural Technologies has upgraded to Rootstock's cloud-based ERP system to address the limitations of its outdated legacy system and enhance operational efficiency, real-time visibility, and scalability across its manufacturing processes.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Time’s Running Out on SAP ECC: Act Now to Avoid Soaring Risks and Costs
Thomas Failer, CEO of Data Migration International highlights why the move to SAP S/4HANA is a must today.
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Cloud Platform and Technology
EY and SAP Launch Integrated Finance Managed Service Built on S/4HANA Cloud
EY and SAP have introduced an Integrated Finance Managed Service solution utilizing SAP S/4HANA Cloud to enhance enterprise transformation by streamlining critical functions and leveraging AI capabilities, enabling organizations to focus on strategic growth.
Cloud Platform and Technology
ERP Today Live: Decoding SYSPRO’s Next Chapter with Jaco Maritz and Chris Lloyd
SYSPRO, a longstanding player in ERP for nearly 50 years, has entered a transformative phase following a significant investment from Advent in 2025, driving its shift towards becoming a cloud-focused business with AI integration, industry specialization, and strategic growth initiatives.
SYSPRO’s Next Chapter
Cloud Platform and Technology
SYSPRO’s Next Chapter: Fueled by Investment, Focused on Manufacturing’s Future
A look at how SYSPRO is rapidly advancing its growth, innovation, and transformation efforts.
Oracle +IBM
Cloud Platform and Technology
Taming the Data Monster: Why Getting Your Data Ready is Key to Gen AI Success
As businesses race to adopt Generative AI to stay competitive, significant challenges around data trust, quality, and governance persist, prompting experts to propose a comprehensive framework and highlight the role of advanced technology, such as Oracle Database 23ai, in preparing organizations for successful AI integration.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
Powering the Net Zero Race: How EDF Renewables Scales with IFS Cloud
EDF Renewables is strategically utilizing IFS Cloud to enhance its growth and operational efficiency in clean energy production, targeting 10 GW annually by 2035, while integrating asset management and planning capabilities within a scalable cloud-native platform.
SSTL and NTT DATA Partner for Cloud-Powered Space Innovation
ERP Strategy and Planning
Mission Ready: IFS Stays Focused on Key Verticals and Drives Innovation for Aerospace & Defense
At IFS Connect UKI 2025, IFS showcased its cloud platform and AI innovations tailored for the aerospace and defense industry, emphasizing precision, compliance, operational resilience, and security, while introducing advanced functionalities designed to meet the sector's unique challenges and regulatory requirements.
ERP Strategy and Planning
IFS CEO and CPO Offer Candid Views on Industrial AI and Speed-to-Value as the Differentiator in Enterprise Tech
IFS is shifting towards rapid AI adoption with its Nexus Black initiative and aims to double its valuation every three years, focusing on agentic AI tailored for core industries while maintaining a commitment to practical, scalable solutions despite the challenges of industrial AI.
Analytics and AI
Inside Nexus Black: IFS Launches a Fast-Track AI Lab for Industrial Innovation
At IFS Connect UKI 2025, IFS launched Nexus Black™, an innovative AI initiative aimed at rapidly transforming industrial AI aspirations into operational advantages for sectors like manufacturing and energy, addressing the fragmentation of existing tools and emphasizing co-development with clients while integrating successful solutions into the IFS Cloud.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From Productivity to Precision: IFS Unveils Its Industrial AI Reality
At IFS Connect UKI 2025, IFS executives Christian Pedersen and James Greaves emphasized that AI has become the core foundation of enterprise software, showcasing IFS.ai's capabilities in providing embedded, real-time intelligence for industrial businesses through over 200 integrated AI services that enhance operations and decision-making without human intervention.
IFS Valuation Soars Past €15 B on Major Investment & Strong Growth
ERP Strategy and Planning
From Birmingham, UK: IFS Bets Big on Industrial AI—and Invites Its Customers to Lead the Charge
At IFS Connect UKI 2025, CEO Mark Moffat emphasized IFS's urgent ambition to lead industrial enterprise software by 2029 through AI integration, focused R&D investments, and real-world operational value, while urging customers to embrace AI as a mindset for optimizing asset-heavy industries.
Extend beyond traditional ERP: How the Composable Enterprise Model Empowers Businesses to Take Control
Cloud Platform and Technology
Extend beyond traditional ERP: How the Composable Enterprise Model Empowers Businesses to Take Control
As businesses face the looming end-of-maintenance deadline for SAP ECC, the Composable Enterprise model, aided by solutions like JiVS, offers a compelling alternative by enabling data independence, reducing migration costs, and facilitating the integration of best-of-breed applications, ultimately allowing organizations to build agile IT landscapes free from legacy constraints.
How Innovation and Responsibility Drive a Sustainable Future This Earth Day
Cloud Platform and Technology
How Innovation and Responsibility Drive a Sustainable Future
Earth Day 2023 emphasizes our duty to protect the planet under the theme 'Our Power, Our Planet,' showcasing how responsible technological innovations, particularly in AI and sustainable practices exemplified by companies like IFS and Start Campus, can lead the way towards a greener future.
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