ERP Strategy and Planning

Financial Management
Why Finance’s AI Advantage Depends on Governance, Evaluation, and Control
AI adoption is accelerating across finance, but deploying more tools does not automatically improve financial control. Sustainable advantage depends on continuous evaluation, explainability, human oversight, and governance infrastructure that can detect failures, model drift, and emerging risks as AI scales.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
Australian Infrastructure Department Taps Accenture to Replace SAP with Workday, ServiceNow
Australia’s Infrastructure Department is replacing SAP ECC6 with Workday and ServiceNow under a $38.8 million Accenture deal. The move shows how the approaching end of ECC6 mainstream maintenance can become an opportunity to reconsider the incumbent ERP rather than automatically move to S/4HANA.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
Sage Acquires Bangert to Strengthen Sage Intacct Construction Onboarding
Sage has acquired Bangert to strengthen Sage Intacct Construction onboarding, bringing specialist construction implementation expertise and the AI-powered AskRichard support platform into its construction business.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Therabody Cuts Technology Costs 45% With Oracle NetSuite ERP
Therabody cut technology costs 45% after consolidating global operations on Oracle NetSuite, while using OneWorld, Advanced Order Management and AI Connector Service to support international growth and AI-connected workflows.
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Financial Management
Why Isn’t Your ERP System Paying Off? The Answer May Be Hidden in AP
Priority Commerce finds that fragmented accounts payable workflows are preventing organizations from realizing the full value of their ERP systems, making deeper AP integration, embedded payments, and workflow adaptability increasingly important.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Acumatica Establishes Hyderabad Capability Center Amid India’s AI Infrastructure Surge
Acumatica has established a capability center in Hyderabad as India attracts major investment in AI, cloud infrastructure and enterprise technology capacity.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Unit4 Names Stuart Nash COO to Steer Customer Success and IT as 2030 Growth Strategy Advances
Unit4 appoints Stuart Nash as COO, bringing Customer Success and IT operations under one leader as the ERP vendor advances its 2030 growth strategy and AI-native platform.
Analytics and AI
How SNP Is Addressing the Manual Work Behind SAP Modernization
SNP is collaborating with a leading AI company to bring AI into one of the most labor-intensive areas of SAP transformation: test-data selection. The collaboration highlights a broader shift toward software-led delivery models that promise faster, more predictable, and more auditable ERP modernization projects.
Analytics and AI
How to Intervene Before Shop Floor Disruption: Syspro CEO Leanne Taylor Q&A
In this Q&A, 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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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.
Data and Data Management
Unit4 Data Hub Shows Why ERP Insight Depends on the Plumbing
Unit4 launched Data Hub, a managed extraction layer within ERPx that simplifies data integration with analytics tools like Power BI and Snowflake, reducing manual processes and enhancing real-time insights while ensuring data connections remain stable through platform updates.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
IFS Rides Industrial AI to 25% Growth in H1 2026, But The Execution Test Is Just Beginning
IFS reported 25% ARR growth for H1 2026 on the strength of embedded Industrial AI, but a quiet CFO transition and the integration of three acquisitions mean the execution test is only beginning.
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Analytics and AI
Property ERP Shows Where Enterprise AI Gets Practical
Aareon's latest SAP S/4HANA-based strategy offers a practical example of where enterprise AI is becoming most credible: inside industry-specific workflows. By embedding AI into invoice processing, mail management, and operating-cost settlement, the company highlights both the promise of real estate AI and the continued importance of SAP migration, cloud strategy, and data quality.
types of ERP systems
Enterprise Architecture
ERP Systems Explained: A Practical FAQ for Buyers
Cloud ERP, SaaS ERP, hybrid ERP, composable ERP, AI-native ERP, and agentic ERP are often discussed interchangeably, but they describe very different technology models. This ERP Today guide explains the major ERP deployment, architecture, industry, and intelligence categories enterprise buyers need to understand.
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.
ERP transformation risks, implementation delays, governance issues, and recovery strategies during a program assessment
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.
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Cloud Platform and Technology
Why Microsoft Migrated a Billing Backbone to SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud
Microsoft successfully migrated its 70 TB SAP ECC billing system to SAP S/4HANA private cloud in just six months, minimizing downtime to 24 hours while enhancing integration, operational efficiency, and financial performance.
Supply Chain Management
Companies Are Racing to Cut Tariff Costs, but Their Trade Software May Be Creating New Risk
As tariff volatility reshapes supply chains and financial planning, many organizations are discovering a new challenge: the software supporting Foreign-Trade Zone operations may be creating compliance, audit, and financial risks. New research highlights why FTZ modernization is becoming an ERP and business architecture priority.
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Financial Management
Hypergene and Stratsys Merge as FP&A, ESG, GRC Move Toward One Data Model
Thoma Bravo announced the merger of Hypergene and Stratsys, creating a Nordic enterprise software company that integrates financial planning, governance, and performance management, aiming to streamline operations for organizations across Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Germany.
Analytics and AI
Oracle Begins NetSuite Next Rollout; Ask Oracle Moves into ERP Workflow
Oracle NetSuite has launched the North America rollout of NetSuite Next featuring enhanced AI capabilities and the Ask Oracle assistant for existing customers, marking its most significant update since launch, while also introducing specific AI-driven tools for finance and industry-specific solutions.
ERPfixers CostMatrix SAP Cost Transparency Solution
Financial Management
ERP Finance Teams Need More Than Blended COGS to Explain Margin Pressure
ERPfixers is targeting a common finance blind spot in SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA environments: the loss of cost-driver visibility once inventory becomes COGS. CostMatrix aims to restore that detail, helping controllers understand exactly what's behind changing margins.
SAP Enterprise Asset Management data transformation project at a Saudi utility consolidating asset and maintenance records
Systems Administration
Saudi Utility Consolidates SAP EAM Records, Putting Clean Asset Data Before Operational AI
A major Saudi utility transformed more than 150 million SAP records as part of a large-scale EAM modernization initiative, highlighting the growing importance of data harmonization in asset-intensive industries.
DLA ERP Modernization
Security
DLA’s ERP Modernization Race Shows How Audit Pressure Is Rewriting Federal Cloud Deals
DLA is years ahead of schedule on a major ERP modernization initiative aimed at reducing technical debt, improving auditability, and moving away from heavily customized systems. The effort highlights how cloud services, managed support, and process standardization are becoming foundational to federal ERP transformation.
ERP Strategy and Planning
SNP Transformation World 2026 – Vibra Energia’s Near-Zero Downtime SAP Migration with Aspen Andersen
Vibra Energia's Aspen Andersen on a selective SAP migration, a 48-hour cut-over with SNP, and why people and culture decide transformation.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – Sicredi’s Business-Led SAP Transformation for AI Readiness with Mauricio Serafim
Sicredi's Mauricio Serafim on a business-led SAP migration, navigating Brazil's compliance complexity, and building the data foundation for AI.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – Arete Global’s Shaik Sikander on SAP Transformation in the Middle East
Arete Global COO Shaik Sikander on the Middle East SAP boom, the new SNP Kyano partnership, and why culture always beats algorithms.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – Sigdo Koppers’ Global S/4HANA Transformation in 19 Countries with Alejandro Reyes
Sigdo Koppers rolled out S/4HANA across 19 countries in 18 months. Alejandro Reyes on speed, team culture, and readiness for a 2030 listing.
ERP Strategy and Planning
SNP Transformation World 2026
ERP Today brings members essential insights from SNP Transformation World 2026, covering SAP S/4HANA migration, AI-ready data, clean core strategies, M&A and business-led transformation.
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Cloud Platform and Technology
Higher Education’s Cloud ERP Shift Is Stuck on the Student System
Higher education’s cloud ERP transition is not stalled by lack of interest. It is slowed by the student system, where Workday’s cloud momentum and Oracle’s PeopleSoft runway create very different modernization paths.
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