ERP Strategy and Planning

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...

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Modern enterprises face significant challenges with legacy ERP decommissioning, as maintaining outdated systems poses financial, security, and compliance risks, making it imperative for organizations to strategically sunset these systems to unlock the full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

ERP Strategy and Planning

Is Your SAP S/4HANA System Hiding a Compliance Time Bomb?

As the deadline for SAP S/4HANA Compatibility Packs approaches, organizations are urged to prepare for a transformative shift to fully leverage new capabilities and avoid the pitfalls of maintaining legacy systems, emphasizing the need for strategic partnerships and proactive management of their ERP landscape.

ERP Strategy and Planning

In Hypergrowth, an MVP mindset is critical: Dean Crounse on Fluence’s Journey with SAP

Fluence, which orchestrates utility-scale energy storage systems, chose SAP for its ability to manage a complex global supply chain and support its growth to $10 billion, successfully implementing a clean core SAP deployment on Google Cloud that prioritizes speed and standardization over customization.

ERP Strategy and Planning

From SAP Sapphire 2025: Fluence Commits to ‘Speed Over Perfection’ on Hypergrowth Trajectory with SAP

Fluence rapidly grew from $900 million to nearly $4 billion in two years under Dean Crounse's leadership by implementing a 99.7% clean core SAP deployment for digital transformation and supply chain orchestration, enabling them to manage large-scale energy storage projects while focusing on sustainability and AI integration.

ERP Strategy and Planning

From SAP Sapphire 2025: How SAP Helps Jabil Achieve Resilience at the Speed of Industry

Chase Christensen, Jabil's Vice President and CIO, emphasizes resilience as a business imperative, showcasing how the company's strategic partnership with SAP enables operational efficiency and adaptability through a consolidated ERP framework, real-time analytics, and a focus on AI-driven augmentation of workforce capabilities.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Unlocking Digital Impact: Inetum Redefines Transformation Through Platform Ecosystems and AI Innovation

Inetum, under the leadership of Kathy Quashie and Hemant Lamba, positions itself as a trustworthy partner in digital transformation for European clients by leveraging a platform-based strategy, deep client intimacy, industry-specific solutions, and a focus on AI readiness to deliver tangible business outcomes.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Enterprise Views: Global Pharmaceutical Distributor Advances Digital Transformation with SAP S/4HANA

An international pharmaceutical wholesaler is implementing SAP S/4HANA to modernize its enterprise systems, enhance operational efficiency, and leverage AI-driven insights across its multi-country operations, with a structured three-phase transformation roadmap set between 2025 and 2028.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Finding the Right ERP Systems for Small Businesses in 2025

To thrive in the fast-paced landscape of 2025, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need an adaptable, cloud-first ERP system that enables rapid implementation, offers intelligent insights, and provides clear pricing, with solutions like GROW with SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, and Oracle NetSuite emerging as top contenders.

A wide angle view of an NTT DATA building, taken on an evening | NTT Sapphire

ERP Strategy and Planning

NTT DATA Business Solutions Positions for the Platform Era: SAP, ServiceNow, and the New Face of Enterprise Transformation

NTT DATA Business Solutions is uniquely positioned to bridge SAP and ServiceNow through a pragmatic transformation framework that emphasizes customer proximity, platform integration, and outcome-driven innovation, making it a top-tier partner for organizations seeking comprehensive business transformation.

On Day 2 of the Acumatica Summit 2025, Vendors discussed SMBs and Cloud ERP

Analytics and AI

Acumatica Partners Chart SMB Cloud ERP Success

At the Acumatica Summit 2025, partners discussed the shift to cloud ERP for SMBs, modern solutions tailored for smaller businesses, and the importance of demonstrating AI-driven benefits.

Cloud Platform and Technology

SAP appoints Sebastian Steinhaeuser COO alongside leadership changes and strong 2024

SAP's FY2024 earnings call not only showcased strong financial performance with significant increases in cloud revenue and profitability but also revealed a new leadership structure including the appointment of Sebastian Steinhaeuser as Chief Operating Officer and the introduction of an Extended Board.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Microsoft Announces 2025 Release Wave 1 Plan for Dynamics 365

Microsoft's recently announced 2025 Release Wave 1 for Dynamics 365, scheduled for April to September 2025, introduces various AI-integrated enhancements aimed at improving user productivity across sales, customer service, finance, supply chain management, and business central applications, while also emphasizing the importance of thorough planning and user training for effective implementation.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Enterpryze’s CEO on the future of ERP for SMEs

The evolution of ERP technology towards Composable ERP and SaaS highlights the benefits of flexibility, regular updates, and customer-driven development as key factors for small and medium enterprises to enhance efficiency and reduce complexity amidst changing market demands.

ERP Strategy and Planning

What Julia White’s appointment to CMO means for AWS and SAP

Amazon has appointed Julia White, formerly of SAP and Microsoft, as its new CMO and VP of AWS, where she is expected to leverage her extensive cloud and AI experience to strengthen AWS's position in the competitive cloud market, particularly against Microsoft Azure, while potentially deepening the partnership with SAP.

Analytics and AI

Julia White joins Amazon Web Services as marketing chief

Amazon Web Services has appointed Julia White, a former executive at SAP and Microsoft, as its new Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President.

Aptum Appoints Jaime Konzelman as Chief Revenue Officer

ERP Strategy and Planning

Simplifying cloud adoption for legacy SAP ECC systems

With SAP ECC support ending in 2027, the partnership between SAP, NTT DATA Business Solutions, and AWS provides businesses a cost-effective pathway to migrate to SAP S/4HANA through the RISE with SAP model, enabling digital transformation and enhanced innovation via AI and automation.

ERP Strategy and Planning

NTT DATA Business Solutions to accelerate cloud adoption for SMBs

NTT DATA Business Solutions has launched tailored offerings for high-growth SMBs using SAP's GROW with SAP public cloud solutions to enhance cloud adoption, streamline operations, and support sustained business growth.

ERP Strategy and Planning

SAP now Europe’s Tech MVP with Q3 showing: The Expert View

SAP announced a strong Q3 performance and raised its annual revenue and earnings guidance performance, gaining $26bn in market value to grab the top spot as Europe’s most valuable tech company.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Microsoft to end support for Dynamics GP in 2029

Microsoft will discontinue support for its legacy Dynamics GP ERP system by September 2029, encouraging users to transition to its cloud-based Dynamics 365 Business Central, mirroring similar moves by ERP competitors SAP and Oracle.