ERP Strategy and Planning

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Cloud Platform and Technology
Air Force Looks to Standardize ERP Services on Cloud One OCI
The US Air Force is seeking partners through a request for information to develop and sustain Enterprise Resource Planning Common Services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, aiming to enhance shared cloud services and integration for defense ERP environments.
SAP Business Data Cloud ERP data readiness - governed foundation for analytics and AI
Data and Data Management
SAP Business Data Cloud Turns ERP Data Readiness Into the Real Test
SAP Business Data Cloud promises a governed foundation for analytics and AI—but ERP data readiness, fragmented legacy architectures, and budget pressure mean most organizations aren't ready to capture that value. With 45% still evaluating BDC and only 3% achieving a unified data layer, partner execution and data context are now the deciding factors.
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Automation
Unit4 Gives ERPx Customers a No-Commitment Path to AI Adoption
Unit4 has launched 'AI for Your World,' a commitment-free initiative allowing mid-market ERPx customers to trial its AI capabilities, including the Advanced Virtual Agent, until August 31, 2027, facilitating low-risk experimentation and potential subscriptions thereafter.
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Application Development and Integration
AWS Is Giving SAP Agents a Rulebook for ERP Exceptions
AWS has introduced an Agentic Standard Operating Procedures framework that gives AI agents a rulebook for resolving SAP ERP exceptions—reading approved procedures, acting on live SAP data via Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, escalating high-risk cases to humans, and logging every step for full audit compliance.
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Systems Administration
SAP’s EU Settlement Gives On-Premise Customers More Room to Maneuver
SAP has resolved a European Commission investigation by committing to more flexible maintenance and support policies for on-premise ERP software, enhancing customer choice and alleviating competition concerns without impacting its cloud offerings.
SAP transformation
ERP Strategy and Planning
The Friday-to-Monday Test for SAP Transformation: A Conversation with SNP’s CTO
Successful SAP transformation hinges not just on technical milestones like migration and cutover, but on ensuring business continuity by enabling enterprises to maintain essential operations across both SAP and non-SAP systems post-migration.
SAP Business Data Cloud
Cloud Platform and Technology
SAP Business Data Cloud Raises the Stakes for ERP Data Readiness
SAP Business Data Cloud positions itself as the governed foundation for AI-driven analytics. But adoption is still early, data fragmentation remains the norm, and only 3% of organizations have achieved a unified data layer. This article examines what ERP teams need to address before BDC can scale: semantic preservation, BW migration maturity, partner capability, and governance frameworks for agentic AI.
Workday Data Cloud
Human Capital Management
Workday Turns to HR Path to Reach More SMBs in Ireland and Scotland
Workday has appointed HR Path as an authorized value-added reseller for the UK and Ireland, enhancing its partner-driven market approach for small and medium-sized businesses while providing customers with a streamlined relationship for their HR and finance system needs.
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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.
Analytics and AI
SAP and IBM Say AI-Ready ERP Still Starts with Trusted Infrastructure
SAP and IBM are positioning ERP infrastructure as the foundation of AI readiness. New customer wins—including JYSK, GBM, DIFARE Group, and Plastilene Group—show how SAP Cloud ERP Private on IBM Power Virtual Server gives enterprises a secure, scalable path to modernization without abandoning the resilience of IBM Power.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Why Agribusiness ERP Has to Treat Contracts as Risk Signals
Agribusiness contracts carry commodity, FX, and interest-rate exposure long before settlement. This article explains how SAP Agricultural Contract Management turns contracts into a live risk engine inside ERP, with msg global's implementation approach.
M&A
Service Management
TSG’s Creative Computing Acquisition Puts Media ERP Expertise in Play
TSG has acquired Creative Computing Solutions, bringing specialist Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central expertise for the media, film, and TV production sectors into its UK mid-market managed IT services business — and signaling a broader trend of ERP partner consolidation around vertical depth.
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