ERP Strategy and Planning

Analytics and AI

Infor Makes ERP Architecture the Starting Point for Metal Fabrication AI

A four-part manufacturing series links Infor's Industry AI Agents to connected operational data, process mining, and an ERP model designed to reduce customization.

Analytics and AI

Epicor Brings Embedded AI Agents to ERP Users Across Latin America

Epicor Prism is now generally available across Latin America, embedding more than 18 vertical AI agents inside Epicor Kinetic and Prophet 21 as the company extends its Cognitive ERP strategy into the region.

Analytics and AI

SAP Brings AI Token Costs Into Finance Planning

SAP is moving AI token spending into regular finance planning after rising consumption exposed gaps in visibility and accountability. Its approach combines business-level cost ownership, token caps, model routing, and forecasting as employees and automated agents increase AI use.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

Electrical Contractor Moves to Acumatica After a Decade of Growth

Groupe SGM moved to Acumatica Construction Management after a decade of growth increased its ERP requirements. The electrical contractor has centralized construction, manufacturing, field service, project and finance data while reporting measurable gains in automation and invoicing.

ERP Strategy and Planning

BKW Group accelerates digital transformation with SAP

The BKW Group partnered with T-Systems to modernize its SAP landscape and migrate operations to a private cloud environment, enabling greater scalability, efficiency, and operational resilience. By outsourcing SAP Basis services, BKW reduced infrastructure overhead, improved flexibility, and freed internal teams to focus on innovation and delivering greater business value.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

Workday Names Sarah Kennedy Ellis Chief Marketing Officer

Workday has named former Google Cloud marketing leader Sarah Kennedy Ellis chief marketing officer, putting her in charge of global marketing and communications as the company expands its enterprise AI positioning.

Application Development and Integration

What Customers Need to Know About SAP’s API Policy

SAP has clarified how its API Policy applies to existing integrations, custom ABAP, third-party platforms, and AI agents. Most documented integrations remain intact, while autonomous AI access faces stronger governance requirements and several commercial and operational questions remain unresolved.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Oracle’s $664 Billion Backlog Comes With a New Financing Model

Oracle's Q1 FY27 delivered 30% revenue growth, 121% cloud infrastructure growth, and a $664 billion backlog, but the disclosure that moved the market was how the newest AI contracts are financed. ERP Today breaks down the highs, the cash strain, and what to watch in Q2.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

What a Dubai Fastener Maker Teaches ERP Leaders About Cloud Migration Value

TripleFast Middle East cut quoting times by up to 80% after moving to Epicor Kinetic in the cloud, but the real lesson lies in process discipline, phased delivery and the data foundation now required for embedded AI.

Hangzhou East Railway Station in China, illustrating the rise of Chinese AI models in enterprise ERP.

Analytics and AI

Chinese AI Models Are Changing the Economics of AI in ERP

Chinese AI models such as DeepSeek, Qwen, and Kimi are giving European enterprises lower-cost, open-weight alternatives to US providers. Their rise could change the economics of embedding AI into ERP while increasing pressure on vendors to support more flexible, multi-model strategies.

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Business Process Management and Automation

Bond Consulting Services Absorbs Mount Evans Consulting: What the Deal Means for Business Central Customers

Bond Consulting Services has brought Mount Evans Consulting into the firm, combining two Business Central partners as Microsoft's NAV end-of-sale date and AI roadmap push boutique Dynamics consultancies to consolidate. Here is what Dynamics customers can expect.

Aerial view of Dordrecht, Netherlands, home to Unit4’s global headquarters, with historic buildings, waterways, and the Grote Kerk.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Unit4’s 2030 ERP Growth Strategy Takes Shape With New Leadership Appointments

Unit4 has added new leadership across marketing, public sector, customer success, and operations as its 2030 strategy targets business growth and faster migration to ERPx.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Beyond SAP ECC: Building an AI-Ready Business Platform

The end of SAP ECC support is a platform decision, not a replacement project. Hitachi Solutions and Microsoft examine what an AI-ready business platform actually requires — trusted data, sound process foundations, and an architecture AI agents can act on — plus how AI-enabled delivery, templates and accelerators reduce transformation risk.

Enterprise Architecture

Stable Core, Movable Edges: What SAP’s Vercel Partnership and Tirlán’s Nine-Month Carve-Out Have in Common

SAP's new Vercel partnership and Tirlán's nine-month SAP carve-out from Glanbia look unrelated, but both follow the same architectural pattern: keep the SAP core stable, isolate the layer that must move, and rehearse the change before it reaches production.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

Workday Adds 100+ State and Local Government Customers as Agencies Replace Legacy ERP

Workday says more than 100 state and local governments selected its platform in two years, as agencies replace aging ERP systems and consolidate HR, finance, and payroll. Akron and Georgia show how that modernization can reduce manual work, standardize processes, and create a foundation for AI agents.

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Financial Management

Sage Intacct Adds AI Anomaly Detection and Lending Management in New Release

Sage Intacct’s August release adds AI-powered anomaly detection to accounts payable and launches Lending Management in the US, alongside new reporting, payments, construction and hospitality capabilities. Several headline features remain in Early Adopter programs.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

Inside Torque: How Syspro Wants Manufacturers to Trust Autonomous AI

Syspro has launched Torque, an industrial AI platform that acts on manufacturing problems inside existing ERP, MES and SCADA systems while logging every decision with its full reasoning. Chief Solutions & Technology Officer Chris Lloyd explains why autonomy became possible now, and what early adopters are willing to hand over.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Beyond SAP ECC: Building an AI-Ready Business Platform

The end of SAP ECC support is a platform decision, not a replacement project. Hitachi Solutions and Microsoft examine what an AI-ready business platform actually requires — trusted data, sound process foundations, and an architecture AI agents can act on — plus how AI-enabled delivery, templates and accelerators reduce transformation risk.

Analytics and AI

SAP Is Pushing Industry AI Toward Autonomous Execution

SAP is pushing Industry AI beyond recommendations toward systems that can increasingly coordinate and execute work across complex business processes. Its approach combines industry-specific knowledge, enterprise data, AI agents and forward-deployed engineering.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

Accenture’s COMWARE Deal Confirms the Mid-Market Is Now a Global Strategy, Not a Side Bet

Two days after the McCoy deal, Accenture agreed to acquire Tokyo-based COMWARE, extending Accenture Edge into Japan and confirming that its mid-market SAP and ERP push is a coordinated global strategy.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Unit4 Expands Canadian Public Sector Reach Through Canoe Procurement Agreement

Unit4 has joined the Canoe Procurement Group of Canada as an Approved Supplier, giving public sector organizations a pre-tendered path to ERPx as the vendor expands government and higher education deployments.

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

TRA Snow & Sun Replaces QuickBooks With Acumatica ERP

TRA Snow & Sun replaced QuickBooks, Salesforce, spreadsheets, and paper workflows with Acumatica Manufacturing Edition after growth exposed gaps in inventory visibility, order tracking, and coordination between sales, production, and finance.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Microsoft Ends Dynamics 365 Release Waves as Roadmap Planning Goes Continuous

Microsoft is ending the twice-yearly Dynamics 365 release-wave model in September 2026 and moving upcoming capabilities to its continuously updated AI at Work Roadmap. Customers will need to establish their own recurring planning cadence as Release Planner also retires.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

ERP Implementation as a Subscription: NEO3’s Cadence Bets on Transparency Over the Status Call

NEO3's new Cadence platform packages AI-assisted NetSuite implementation as a monthly subscription with 90-day go-lives and a real-time client dashboard, challenging the capital-heavy, opaque delivery model that has defined ERP projects for decades.

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.