ERP Strategy and Planning

ERP Overspending Is Being Driven by Governance Gaps, Not Just Software Pricing

ERP cost overruns stem more from post-purchase management and governance issues, like underutilized licenses and ongoing subscription growth, rather than the initial license pricing itself.

Transformation Capability Management: Why ERP Programs Drift Even with Good Change Management

ERP programs falter not from inadequate change management but from early weak structural decisions, with the need for 'Transformation Capability Management' (TCM) to ensure organizations build durable abilities rather than depend on external partners, as traditional change management alone cannot address underlying capability, capacity, and governance challenges.

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.

Sage CEO Steve Hare talking about the future of AI and ERP systems.

Financial Management

Sage Future Keynote Highlights Discipline, Transparency for AI Finance

Sage Future 2026 in San Francisco highlighted the integration of AI in finance that enhances decision-making while maintaining human accountability as experts demonstrated the shift towards empowered, data-driven finance operations leveraging modern ERP systems.

ERP Strategy and Planning

ERP Today 2025 Awards: Operational Innovation Expands Beyond Traditional Boundaries

Inetum won the Operational Innovation of the Year Award for its successful SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud implementation with Erri Berri, enhancing efficiency and agility, while Solvoz secured the runner-up position for its Mawared MENA platform, which digitizes procurement processes in humanitarian operations.

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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.

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Spend Management and Procurement

Why Procurement Platforms Are Now Judged on Adoption and Workflow Execution

Procurement platforms are no longer judged on features alone. This analysis shows how adoption, workflows, and governance now define platform value, with Scanmarket by Unit4 as a leading example.

CRM and Customer Experience

ERP Today 2025 Awards: Customer Experience Moves to the Core of ERP Strategy

SugarAI won the Customer Experience Solution of the Year award for its successful transformation of Country Fare by leveraging sales data to enhance customer engagement and proactive relationship management, while Inetum was recognized as a runner-up for optimizing service delivery using AI.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

How France’s Tech Dependency Plan Could Influence ERP Decisions

France’s tech dependency plan requires ministries to map reliance across infrastructure, AI, and core systems, introducing new scrutiny that may influence ERP evaluation and system design.

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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.

Shipping containers stacked at a logistics facility, representing supply chain operations in a SAP S/4HANA transformation context.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Clorox Shows What SAP S/4HANA Transformations Require Before 2027

Clorox’s $580M SAP S/4HANA transformation highlights how design, benchmarking, and execution decisions shape outcomes beyond go-live.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Construction ERP Survey Shows Demand for Cloud, but the Gains Remain Uneven

Construction firms emphasize the need for modern ERP systems with real-time data, mobile access, and integration, yet adoption rates vary, as many still experience operational challenges and unclear cloud migration progress despite a majority already using cloud-based solutions.

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.

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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.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

AirTrunk’s Lumina Deal Raises Stakes For APAC Cloud ERP

AirTrunk's acquisition of Lumina CloudInfra accelerates its entry into India's hyperscale data center market, granting access to a 600MW development pipeline and enhancing infrastructure options for ERP and SaaS deployments amidst India's rapid digital growth.

Supply Chain Management

Q&A: From System of Record to System of Proof in Pharma

Steve Madsen developed RxERP in response to the overwhelming challenges of managing compliance and data fragmentation in pharmaceutical distribution, aiming to unify systems for real-time, trusted traceability and regulatory compliance, which also could influence other safety-critical industries.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

What TCS and SAP Show About the Future of ERP Delivery

TCS and SAP show how ERP delivery is shifting toward integrated, partner-led models that combine workforce skills, system implementation, and ongoing operations.

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.

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.

U.S. Department of the Treasury building in Washington, D.C., before regulators met to discuss AI cyber risk in financial systems.

Security

Claude Mythos Preview Shows How AI Collapses the Distance Between Discovery and Exploitation in Financial Systems

Claude Mythos Preview is prompting regulators and banks to reassess cyber risk as AI accelerates vulnerability discovery and exploitation across interconnected financial systems.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Epicor Partner Community

Epicor partners don't just resell software — they build thriving businesses, with one partner growing 30% year-over-year for five years and another going from a one-man basement operation to Epicor's Global Partner of the Year with 60 employees. The program's deep enablement, certification, and hands-on channel team support give partners the foundation to lead with credibility and win in their markets.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Building a Services-Led ERP Channel

Brenda Nobleza, Vice President of Channel Solutions at Epicor, drives partner success and global channel expansion while fostering a collaborative work environment and advocating for women's professional development.

Financial Management

Designing Finance for Scale: Why Charts of Accounts and Dimensions Matter More Than ERP Features

ERP projects often face significant challenges not during implementation but years later due to underlying financial architecture decisions—including chart of accounts and entity structures—being overlooked in favor of immediate functionality, which can hinder scalability and complicate management reporting as business complexities evolve.

ERP Strategy and Planning

How AI Agents Are Reshaping ERP in the “SaaSpocalypse” Era

The “SaaSpocalypse” makes for a dramatic storyline, but it flattens critical distinctions in how AI agents interact with enterprise software layers. Lightweight, UI-heavy workflow tools are clearly exposed, yet systems of record that own deep data, compliance and audit trails...

Security

SAP Security Patch Day April 2026: Critical Vulnerabilities, CVSS 9.9 SQL Injection, and Authorization Risks

SAP Security Patch Day April 2026 introduces a critical SQL injection vulnerability and high-severity authorization flaws across SAP BPC, BW, ERP, and S/4HANA. This analysis explains how these vulnerabilities affect enterprise risk and where exposure concentrates across SAP environments.

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Financial Management

Zuora Collections Launches in Europe with Germany Data Center for In-Region Data and AI-Driven Workflows

Zuora has launched Collections in Europe with a new Germany data center, bringing AI-driven workflows and in-region data handling to finance teams managing cash collection and forecasting.

ERP Strategy and Planning

ERP Market Acceleration Puts Pressure On Modernization Plans

The ERP software market is poised for significant growth, expected to exceed $280 billion by 2034 due to rising demand for integrated systems, a shift towards cloud-based models and the need for enhanced operational efficiency.