Business Process Management and Automation

Software applications dedicated to Business Process Management (BPM) empower professionals in both business and IT to design executable workflows through standardized symbols and language.

These applications serve a diverse range of functions, enabling users to visualize, simulate, and automatically generate code for business processes. Moreover, BPM facilitates the creation of reports and documentation specific to these processes. For enterprises dealing with intricate or time-intensive processes, BPM proves to be an advantageous solution, aiding in the optimization and automation of these operations. Notably, within the realm of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), BPM plays a significant role in assisting businesses to conform to regulatory requirements by establishing a transparent and audit-friendly record of process execution. Consequently, BPM emerges as a valuable asset for businesses of all sizes seeking to enhance their process management within the context of ERP integration.

AI is doing more than making enterprise systems smarter. It is exposing weak data, disconnected processes and unclear ownership that were already there.
Automation
AI Reveals Vulnerabilities in the Enterprise Operating Model
Enterprise AI is not held back only by technology. ERP, supply chain, data, security, and people need to work together in a connected operating model that turns trusted context into controlled action.
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Analytics and AI
Report: AI Is Moving Faster Than the Enterprise Systems Built to Support It
Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index reveals a growing disconnect between employee AI capabilities and the enterprise systems designed to support them. As workers move faster with AI, ERP leaders face growing pressure to connect intelligence, governance, and operational execution.
ERP Strategy and Planning
The Mid-Flight ERP Decision: What to Do When the Platform Changes Before Go-Live
Cloud ERP vendors continuously release new capabilities, creating a challenge many organizations never anticipated when they approved their business case. This article explores how ERP leaders should respond when a platform changes before go-live and offers a practical framework for balancing customization, standardization, governance, and long-term value.
Boardroom Decision Debt
ERP Strategy and Planning
Decision Debt: The Hidden ERP Liability No Dashboard Tracks
Most ERP programs measure budgets, milestones, testing progress, and deployment readiness. Few measure the hidden liability created by unresolved business decisions. As AI compresses implementation timelines, decision debt may become one of the most expensive risks in enterprise transformation.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
SAP Project Rescue Is Becoming a Warning Sign for ERP Modernization
The emergence of SAP project rescue services is becoming a market signal in its own right. As organizations accelerate SAP S/4HANA migrations, more consulting firms are formalizing turnaround practices designed to recover troubled ERP programs before delays, costs, and governance failures become permanent.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Earnings Update: The ERP Work Behind Levi’s Q2 19% E-Commerce Surge
Levi Strauss & Co. reported an 8% year-over-year revenue increase in its fiscal Q2, driven by strong e-commerce and direct-to-consumer sales, while highlighting progress in its ERP transformation by migrating Asia and Beyond Yoga to its new platform, aiming for a unified cloud ERP system to enhance operational efficiency and support future automation.
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Analytics and AI
Workday Research Shows Why AI Alone Is Not Fixing Busywork
New Workday research shows that disconnected systems continue to consume employee time, while organizations embedding AI directly into core workflows are realizing significantly stronger productivity gains and higher user confidence.
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Automation
Why AP Workflow Automation Still Leaves Finance Teams Doing Manual Work
Accounts payable automation has come a long way—yet most finance teams are still doing significant manual work. This article examines why AP workflows break down even with automation tools in place, where the ERP gaps lie, and what CFOs and finance leaders need to do to build truly touchless invoice and payment processing.
ERP Today Awards
Clinical Applications
ERP Today Awards: AI, Operational Execution, Real-World Impact Defined ERP Leadership in 2025
The ERP Today Awards 2025 make one thing clear: ERP leadership is no longer defined by deployment success, but by real-world impact. Across five award categories—spanning AI innovation, operational execution, customer experience, SMB transformation, and large enterprise projects—the 2025 winners set a new standard for what it means to lead with enterprise technology.
Analytics and AI
The ERP Today Awards 2025 Playbook
Get prepared for the ERP Today Awards 2026! A practical story framework for finding, shaping, and nominating transformation work that deserves recognition in 2026. Download our awards playbook to get nomination-ready for the ERP Today Awards 2026.
Applied Materials finance transformation using SAP Taulia Dynamic Discounting for supplier payments
Business Process Management and Automation
Applied Materials Is Finding Finance Transformation in Faster Supplier Payments
Applied Materials is using SAP Taulia Dynamic Discounting as part of its Agile Finance program to accelerate supplier payments, improve supplier liquidity, and build a scalable, AI-first finance operating model. The initiative shows how enterprise working capital programs can evolve from transactional efficiency tools into strategic platforms that deliver both supplier value and measurable financial returns for large manufacturers.
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Analytics and AI
ERP’s AI Skills Gap Is Becoming the Real Transformation Bottleneck
ERP vendors like SAP are shipping AI features faster than teams can absorb them. The SAP AI skills gap—with 91% of organizations using AI but only 17% embedding it in core workflows—is now the defining bottleneck to real ERP transformation.
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Analytics and AI
Celonis Acquires Ikigai, Launches Context Model to Give AI Agents Operational Intelligence
Celonis’ Context Model and Ikigai Labs acquisition position process intelligence as a context layer for enterprise AI agents that need to understand real workflows before they recommend or act.
ERP Today Live Interview
Financial Management
Are Your AP Workflows Holding Your ERP Back? A Conversation with Priority Commerce
Priority Commerce EVP Steve Tackett joins ERP Today Live to explain why AP workflows keep escaping the ERP, what breaks down when they do, and how supplier enablement and AI-driven transparency are reshaping how mid-market organizations think about payment modernization.
Partnerships
Analytics and AI
EY’s Own ERP Migration Raises the Bar for Transformation Partners
EY's transition to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition on Microsoft Azure positions the firm as a credible transformation partner — one that has lived the operational, data, and change-management challenges it now advises on. This analysis explores what EY's internal migration means for ERP buyers evaluating systems integrators for their own RISE with SAP journeys.
Unit4 and Pragmatic AI
Analytics and AI
Zuora Pushes AI Agents Deeper into Quote-to-Cash Finance Work
Zuora is pushing AI agents deeper into the heart of quote-to-cash — expanding Zuora AI across catalog management, CPQ, revenue operations, and workflow automation. This analysis covers what the new agents do, how customers are already using them to tackle high-friction finance tasks, and why governance must scale alongside AI adoption in subscription billing environments.
Security
NTT DATA and Pathlock Bring Always-On Cyber Defense to SAP Workflows
NTT DATA Business Solutions and Pathlock have joined forces to deliver always-on SAP cybersecurity — combining a managed SOC with AI-native application controls to protect finance, procurement, and supply chain workflows against unauthorized access, fraud, and misconfiguration at global scale.
Business Process Management and Automation
Syspro Whitepaper: Platform or Liability? How to Know When Your ERP Has Become a Constraint
The Syspro whitepaper outlines how manufacturing leaders can identify when their ERP systems hinder growth instead of facilitating it, highlighting five warning signs of a liability, a gap assessment framework, modern evaluation criteria for selection, and how SYSPRO's platform addresses these challenges.
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Automation
Syspro Checklist: Are Fragmented Systems Holding You Back?
Syspro's checklist helps identify the hidden costs of fragmented systems and provides criteria for evaluating unified ERP solutions, guiding organizations on how to build a business case against system fragmentation.
Deloitte and ServiceNow
Business Process Management and Automation
Syspro Infographic: Are You Running with Operational Limits?
The Syspro infographic highlights the hidden costs of using outdated ERP versions and illustrates the benefits of upgrading, including increased productivity and a significant ROI.
Business Process Management and Automation
Syspro Module Overview
The Syspro module overview details all 48 modules across five categories—Foundation, Finance, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Technologies—highlighting features like automated invoice processing, mobile warehouse scanning, and real-time tracking, all designed for a unified ERP system tailored for manufacturing and distribution.
UiPath Dev Dives
Business Process Management and Automation
Syspro Whitepaper: ERP — The Possibilities are Infinite
The Syspro whitepaper outlines the essential role of a unified ERP platform for manufacturers and distributors, detailing its comprehensive modules and functionalities that enhance decision-making and operational efficiency.
Business Process Management and Automation
How Ribble Cycles Turned Pandemic Demand Into a Platform for Long-Term Growth with Syspro
Ribble Cycles leveraged Syspro 8 to enhance operational agility and set up integrated systems, enabling the company to manage quadrupled pandemic demand effectively and establish a future-ready, data-driven business.
Automation
How Bensons for Beds Unified Retail and Manufacturing on Syspro to Fuel Ambitious Growth
Bensons for Beds enhanced its operations by upgrading to Syspro 8, integrating additional systems, and leveraging mobile solutions, which positioned the platform as essential to their comprehensive growth strategy.
Business Process Management and Automation
How Bradburys Cheese Gained End-to-End Control with Syspro’s Fully Integrated ERP
Bradburys Cheese, facing challenges due to rapid growth and a complex supply chain, improved operational clarity and product traceability by implementing Syspro ERP after evaluating six solutions, enabling better customer service and inventory management.
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Syspro’s Nucleus Leader Ranking Puts Manufacturing ERP Back in Focus
Syspro’s move into the Leader quadrant of the 2026 Nucleus Research SMB ERP Technology Value Matrix signals a broader shift in midmarket ERP buying, where manufacturing depth, usability, embedded automation, and deployment flexibility are becoming central to value.
Professional Services Automation
Service Management
Kantata’s Expertise Agent Targets the Professional Services Delivery Crunch
Kantata has launched Expertise Agent, an AI system designed to enhance professional services operations by interpreting complex queries and coordinating workflows across project management and resource planning, amid rising client expectations and resource constraints.
SAP NS2 defense
ERP Strategy and Planning
SAP NS2’s FedRAMP+ IL5 Authorization Opens a New Cloud ERP Path for Defense Programs
The recent FedRAMP+ IL5 authorization by SAP NS2 enables US Department of War organizations to deploy SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP BTP in a secure cloud environment, simplifying compliance for defense ERP modernization and addressing the complexities of operating within stringent regulatory frameworks.
Analytics and AI
Acumatica Taps Roman Bukary to Strengthen Partner-Led ERP Growth
Acumatica has appointed Roman Bukary as SVP of Partner Strategy and Programs to enhance its partner ecosystem, leveraging his extensive SaaS and AI experience to better support partner growth and customer outcomes amidst competitive dynamics in the midmarket ERP sector.
Analytics and AI
Levi’s Azure Migration Puts Hard Numbers Behind Its AI-Ready ERP Push
Levi Strauss & Co. is advancing its global ERP transformation by consolidating nine ERP systems onto Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, achieving significant improvements in latency and data handling while supporting its transition to a direct-to-consumer model and enhancing AI capabilities.
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