ERP Strategy and Planning

ERP Strategy and Planning

From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Adriana Bassi

ERP Today’s Robert Holland talked with Adriana Bassi, IT Executive Manager at Raizen about the company’s crucial transformation to SAP Business Suite on HANA. Coming from a situation where their existing SAP ECC 5.0 deployment has been running without mainstream maintenance for over a decade, including the associated cybersecurity and business continuity risks, the strategic move also aimed to help the organization create a path for a future deployment of SAP S/4HANA.

ERP Strategy and Planning

SAP’s Post-Award Momentum: How 2024 ERP Today Recognition Has Translated to Real-World Impact

SAP's 2024 ERP Vendor of the Year award has catalyzed its cloud transformation mission, solidifying its position as a leader in AI-driven enterprise solutions and driving significant innovation and market expansion, evidenced by major customer wins and the development of tools like the Business Data Cloud and the AI assistant Joule.

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From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Stronger Together

ERP Today’s Robert Holland sat down with SNP CEO Jens Amail at SNP Transformation World in Heidelberg, held from June 25-26, to understand what SNP is doing to support customer transformation and understand how the company is building on their...

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From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Sandrine Pons

ERP Today’s Robert Holland sat down with Sandrine Pons, Managing Director of SNP France and General Manager of SNP Iberia and BeNeLux at SNP Transformation World, to talk about the unique challenges faced by the customers in the regions she...

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From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Tim Garippa

Tim Garippa, Transformation and Innovation Lead at Adobe Technology, sat down with Robert Holland of ERP Today to discuss Adobe’s recent transition to SAP S/4HANA including a migration from a very large source system and a short deadline for completion. Garippa appeared on stage during the SNP Transformation World keynote along with other SNP customers to talk about Adobe’s success and the role that SNP played in their project.

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From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Thomas Pfiester

Following his participation in the opening keynote at SNP Transformation World, ERP Today’s Robert Holland talked with Thomas Pfiester, Head of Global Customer Engagement and Services and Member of the Extended Board of SAP, about the transformation and innovation journey to SAP Business Suite, how SAP is helping customers get to the point where they can use AI in their day-to-day operations, and SAP’s relationship with SNP.

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From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Jens Amail

ERP Today’s Robert Holland sat down with SNP CEO Jens Amail at SNP Transformation World in Heidelberg, held from June 25-26, to understand what SNP is doing to support customer transformation and understand how the company is building on their Kyano platform to make it a fully composable platform to enable business agility and integrate data management, migration, and continuous business assessments.

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From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Robert Schmaltz

DHL Group is currently undertaking a global SAP S/4HANA transformation program, with Robert Schmaltz, Global Head of Process Standards and Governance, overseeing the process model and ensuring its fit for various entities. DHL has a long history with SAP, including legacy systems from R2 to R3 migrations, and is now transforming a "very customized, very grown SAP system".

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When Formula One Meets ERP: Oracle Red Bull Racing’s Strategic Move to the Cloud

Oracle Red Bull Racing is transforming its finance and HR operations through the Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite to enhance efficiency and comply with Formula One's cost cap regulations, highlighting a broader trend among high-performance organizations toward integrating AI and comprehensive cloud solutions for operational excellence.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

The ERP Elephant in the Room: Why Legacy System Decommissioning is Business Critical

Modern enterprises face significant challenges with legacy ERP decommissioning, as maintaining outdated systems poses financial, security, and compliance risks, making it imperative for organizations to strategically sunset these systems to unlock the full potential of their digital transformation efforts.

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Aico to SAP integration

Aico has created a unique real-time integration for SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC. This means data between these ERPs and Aico is streamed in real-time instead of transferred via periodic file downloads and uploads. This allows you to refresh the latest financial data from your ERP in seconds, not hours or days. Aico's real-time ERP integration stands out as both unique among financial close solutions and best-in-class.

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Manufacturing’s AI-First ERP Evolution: Rootstock’s Strategic Bet on Salesforce

Rootstock Software, leveraging its all-in strategy on the Salesforce platform, is transforming mid-market manufacturing ERP expectations by embedding AI solutions that enhance efficiency and user interaction, while positioning itself uniquely to serve a lucrative market amid a significant shift towards technological adoption in the industry.

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Yes, Agile Works for ERP Implementations

Agile methodologies are transforming ERP implementations by enhancing flexibility, accelerating delivery, and aligning closely with business outcomes, leading to significantly higher success rates and productivity compared to traditional waterfall approaches.

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When Universities Merge, Legacy ERP Systems Don’t: The Higher Education Consolidation Conundrum

The article discusses the challenges faced by universities during mergers due to outdated ERP systems that lead to financial instability and operational inefficiencies, while advocating for composable ERP solutions like Unit4 ERPx that facilitate faster integration and preserve institutional identities.

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Wellesley Information Services Announces Inaugural Board of Advisors

Chelmsford, MA – 16 June 2025 – Wellesley Information Services (Wellesley), the parent company of ERP Today, is pleased to announce the formation of its inaugural Board of Advisors, continuing the company’s evolution as the most influential global member community...

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The OG Group’s Strategic Appointment Signals Market Maturation in UK’s Booming ERP Landscape

The OG Group's strategic appointment of Oracle veteran Rob Gibney as Non-Executive Chief Innovation Officer highlights their focus on evolving the ERP landscape towards outcome-driven partnerships, amidst a rapidly growing UK ERP software market projected to expand significantly by 2035, underscoring the importance of cloud-based solutions and specialized advisory services to navigate complexity and drive business transformation.

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Overcoming OGL Challenges For Redwood Adoption Success!

Oracle Redwood presents new processes and an overall new experience for users. Oracle Guided Learning supports users during the adoption and can ease the anxiety during this learning curve and aid in aligning to the UI change. Our dedicated-OGL team have developed and tested OGL within the Redwood environment and as a result they have acquired many tips and tricks through their lessons learnt.

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The Future of Digital Adoption and Training

Fudgelearn and ClickLearn recognise the implications that arise for organisations without a solid user-adoption plan. That is why Fudgelearn are proud to be partnering with ClickLearn to provide effective user-adoption and training solutions. In our webinar we discuss how our partnership will bring proven solutions for your user-adoption needs.

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ERP Today Live!: Fulfilling the Vision of an End-to-End Construction Suite

Sage is transitioning from standalone accounting to a fully integrated digital suite for construction and real estate professionals, aiming to address industry challenges like revenue leakage through enhanced connectivity between finance and field operations, while leveraging AI to improve the bidding process and financial forecasting.

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Reinventing the Construction Blueprint with Sage

Sage is revolutionizing the construction and real estate industry by developing a unified digital platform that integrates finance, operations, and AI-driven tools to enhance project profitability and streamline connections between field operations and back-office processes.

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The CFO’s New Caddie: How LPGA is Teeing Up a Future-Ready Finance Team

The LPGA's CFO, Mary Salter, highlights the transformation of the organization's finance system from outdated processes to modern technology with Sage Intacct, significantly reducing consolidation time and empowering the finance team to focus on strategic roles, while emphasizing the importance of trust in adopting new technology.

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Sage’s Human-First AI: Revolution or Just Common Sense in ERP?

At Sage Future in Atlanta, executives Dan Miller and Rob Sinfield outlined Sage's pragmatic AI strategy for ERP, emphasizing trust and practical value over hype, while focusing on mid-market needs, improving supply chain visibility, augmenting human capabilities with tools like Sage Copilot, and fostering user trust in AI insights.

Sage Bets on a Human-Centric Future for ERP, AI, and the Mid-Market

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Sage Bets on a Human-Centric Future for ERP, AI, and the Mid-Market

Sage's human-centric AI strategy focuses on practical value and trust, aiming to empower mid-market businesses amidst the evolving ERP landscape by addressing specific pain points with incremental innovations and tailored solutions.

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When the Grid Gets Smart: TECO Energy’s All-In Transformation with IFS

Tampa Electric Company (TECO) is undertaking a bold retooling of its back-office systems and cultural mindset to transform its operations and set new standards in the energy sector, as highlighted by David Lukcic at IFS Connect North America 2025, aiming to integrate advanced technology and strategic partnerships to enhance reliability, security, and performance while navigating modern challenges.

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The Evolving Playbook for a High-Performance, Tech-Driven Future

At the Sage Future event in Atlanta, leaders discussed that achieving high performance is a continuous journey focused on resilience, inspiring leadership, and effective use of technology, with a particular emphasis on AI's role in enhancing organizational effectiveness beyond mere outcomes.

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Sage Unveils High-Performance Finance Software Misson at Sage Future

Modern CFOs are transforming from financial stewards to strategic leaders amidst a significant role expansion, as revealed by Sage's High-Performance Finance Software initiative aimed at equipping them with AI solutions, executive training, and collaborative networks.