Analytics and AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and analytics are indispensable in propelling digital transformation efforts, particularly influencing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). With the rapid progression of technology and computing power, organizations across various sectors are generating immense amounts of data daily, impacting ERP processes. The significance of this data lies in its potential to extract actionable insights, facilitate strategic planning, and drive innovation within the ERP framework. In this context, AI and analytics emerge as pivotal tools, facilitating the extraction of value from the vast amounts of data generated and collected across the enterprise, optimizing ERP functionalities. Analytics is commonly categorized into descriptive, prescriptive, diagnostic, and predictive types, enhancing the ERP landscape. AI algorithms contribute not only to predictive and prescriptive analytics but also empower companies to develop innovative ERP capabilities, exemplified by advancements such as Industry 4.0.

Analytics and AI
ERP Today Interview: Leanne Taylor, Syspro
Syspro CEO Leanne Taylor discusses how they're embedding AI into ERP systems to have it function as an activation layer to help make better and more informed decisions the user can trust.
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Financial Management
AI in Finance Faces Its Real Test Inside Quote-to-Cash Workflows
Most finance teams are using AI, but measurable impact remains limited. A Zuora webinar shows how quote-to-cash workflows expose the real constraints: integration, auditability, and control.
Sage CTO Aaron Harris outlining how the role of AI is changing and how transparency is critical for acceptance during Sage Future 2026.
Analytics and AI
Finance AI Trust Gap Critical as Explainability Becomes Non-Negotiable
The focus of the AI debate in finance has shifted from capability to trust and explainability, as finance leaders now demand transparent AI systems that can be trusted and understood, marking a crucial evolution in ERP platform requirements.
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Analytics and AI
How SAP Is Testing New AI Capabilities in Football With TSG Hoffenheim
SAP is using a football use case with TSG Hoffenheim to test how AI can be embedded directly into operational systems, offering insights into enterprise AI adoption strategies.
Analytics and AI
ERP Today 2025 Awards: AI in ERP Reaches a Turning Point
IFS.ai wins the ERP AI and Innovation of the Year Award for its deep integration of AI within core ERP systems, showcasing real-world applicability that enhances decision-making and operational performance, with Sovos recognized as runner-up for its sophisticated real-time tax compliance solution.
Financial Management
Sage AI Agents Target Everyday Finance And HR Friction
Sage is advancing from AI copilots to integrated task-focused agents within finance, HR, and operations workflows, launching AI agents that automate processes in Sage Intacct, Sage HCM and Sage X3 with a focus on accuracy, auditability, and human oversight to enhance decision-making while reducing manual tasks.
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Analytics and AI
AI Is Expanding, but ERP Systems May Not Be Ready — Stanford AI Index 2026
AI adoption is expanding across enterprises, but ERP systems may not be ready. The Stanford AI Index 2026 highlights gaps in governance, trust, infrastructure, and talent that affect how AI supports business decisions.
Analytics and AI
Dynamic Finance Emerges as a Competitive Differentiator in the AI Era
Research from the IBM Institute for Business Value reveals finance functions are evolving from retrospective roles to proactive decision-makers in enterprise performance, highlighting a stark performance gap where only 12% of organizations exhibit advanced maturity in strategic influence and digital agility.
Analytics and AI
Syspro Betting On AI to Activate Manufacturing ERP’s Future
Syspro is transforming its ERP system into a proactive decision-support tool for manufacturers and distributors by embedding AI directly into workflows to enhance real-time validation, reduce disruptions and improve operational efficiency while maintaining governance and accountability.
Analytics and AI
Sage Intacct Tightens Grip On Connected Finance Workflows
Sage enhances its Sage Intacct platform by integrating planning, spend management, cash flow, and industry-specific workflows to provide finance leaders with a comprehensive mid-market solution, ensuring quicker insights while maintaining control over core processes.
SAP earnings results showing cloud revenue growth, current cloud backlog, and Business AI strategy
Analytics and AI
SAP Q1 Earnings Shows Cloud Strength, but Can the AI and Backlog Momentum Hold?
SAP delivered a Q1 earnings beat, but the more important story was beneath the headline numbers. The company showed strong cloud growth and expanding backlog, while also signaling likely deceleration ahead and a gradual shift toward Business AI as a consumption-based revenue model.
Workday ERP finance
Analytics and AI
Workday Advances ‘Lights-Out Finance’ Vision with Autonomous Financial Testing Tool
Workday is advancing its “lights-out finance” vision with an AI-driven Financial Test Suite that continuously detects fraud and anomalies before transactions are completed.
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Spend Management and Procurement
SAP Embeds AI and Joule Into SAP Ariba To Transform Enterprise Procurement
SAP’s next-generation Ariba platform integrates AI and Joule on SAP BTP to help enterprises automate sourcing, improve decision-making and modernize procurement operations.
Analytics and AI
Sage HCM Aims To Close HR Finance Data Gaps
Sage has launched Sage HCM, a new cloud solution for mid-market organizations that integrates HR, payroll and financial data, featuring AI-powered workflows and construction-specific capabilities to enhance labor cost visibility and payroll accuracy.
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Analytics and AI
Drivestream Opens AiPEX University to Show Higher Education What Agentic AI Can Actually Change
Drivestream has launched AiPEX University, a new immersive experience center built with Oracle to help higher education leaders see how agentic AI could operate across enrollment, financial aid, academic planning, student engagement, HR, and finance.
Application Development and Integration
IFS Starts 2026 Strong As Industrial AI Embeds In Ops
IFS reported 25% YoY growth in annual recurring revenue to start 2026 and a shift in industrial AI usage from single-task support to integration into planning and execution processes, highlighting the company's deepening role in asset-intensive sectors.
SAP agentic AI manufacturing Hannover Messe 2026
Analytics and AI
Breaking the Execution Barrier: Why Agentic AI is Rewiring Manufacturing ERP
QAD | Redzone showcased its agentic AI manufacturing platform at Hannover Messe 2026. It is designed to turn passive ERP systems into autonomous engines of real-time execution. Here's what it means for enterprise technology leaders on the shop floor.
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
SAP EWM Meets Humanoid Robotics in New Accenture and Vodafone Warehouse Pilot
SAP, Accenture, and Vodafone Procure & Connect have launched a warehouse pilot that integrates humanoid robots with SAP Extended Warehouse Management, showcasing how SAP EWM could become a control layer for physical AI, governed automation, and real-time warehouse execution.
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Financial Management
Zuora Adds AI Agents for Quote-to-Cash Workflows and Auditability
Zuora introduces AI agents for quote-to-cash workflows, focusing on how outputs are integrated, explained, and executed within financial controls, audit frameworks, and operational processes.
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Analytics and AI
Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Nears $38 Billion Valuation, Targets Industrial AI and ERP-Linked Execution
Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus is nearing a $38 billion valuation, signaling a shift toward physical AI that connects ERP systems with real-world operations across manufacturing, logistics, and supply chains.
AI is reshaping enterprise partnerships across ERP, supply chain, governance, and ecosystem collaboration
Analytics and AI
AI Is Changing the Rules of Enterprise Partnerships: Q&A with Blue Yonder’s VP Kelley Lear
In this ERP Today Q&A, Blue Yonder’s Kelley Lear explains how AI is changing the rules of enterprise partnerships. The discussion covers agentic AI, hyperscaler and ERP alliances, supply chain disruption, data readiness, governance, and what separates outcome-focused partnerships from those that stall.
SAP agentic AI manufacturing Hannover Messe 2026
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Infor Expands Manufacturing Strategy with Deloitte MES Alliance and AWS AI Push
Infor expands its manufacturing strategy through a Deloitte MES alliance and AWS AI agents, connecting shop floor execution with ERP and automation at scale.
SAP agentic AI manufacturing Hannover Messe 2026
Analytics and AI
SAP at Hannover Messe 2026: New AI Agents Push ERP Execution Closer to the Edge of Operations
SAP unveiled new agentic AI capabilities at Hannover Messe 2026, outlining how manufacturers can improve resilience across production, logistics, service and supply chain operations.
Amazon and Perplexity AI legal dispute highlights governance risks for AI agents in enterprise systems
Analytics and AI
Court Ruling in Amazon-Perplexity Case Raises New Questions for Agentic AI in Enterprise Systems
A preliminary court ruling in the Amazon-Perplexity case suggests platform owners may control how AI agents access password-protected systems, with significant implications for enterprise AI architecture and governance.
Analytics and AI
Sovereign AI Gains Ground in Asia as Control, Compliance, Infrastructure Collide
Sovereign AI is gaining traction in Asia as governments, like India and Singapore, prioritize local control over AI infrastructure and data governance, prompting enterprises to adapt their systems and strategies to comply with varying regulations and infrastructure conditions across the region.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Automation, Cloud Redrawing ERP Market Boundaries
Enterprise resource planning is evolving into an intelligent, automated framework driven by cloud technology and AI, with projected software revenue reaching $157 billion by 2033, emphasizing the critical role of ERP in automating workflows and enhancing organizational responsiveness to disruptions.
ERP cloud lifecycle management dashboard showing integration complexity and AI-driven automation
Quality and Testing
Opkey Report Signals ‘Cloud Velocity Crisis’ as ERP Complexity, Costs, AI Expectations Collide
A new report from Opkey finds enterprise ERP teams struggling to keep pace with cloud release cycles, rising integration costs, and manual lifecycle processes, with agentic AI emerging as a key response.
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