ERP Strategy and Planning

CRM and ERP: Understanding the Differences and Choosing the Right Solution

By 2029, the CRM software market is projected to reach $145.60 billion and the ERP software market $65.29 billion, as CRM focuses on enhancing customer relationships while ERP integrates business operations for improved efficiency and growth.

Want to ace your ERP transformation? Start by thinking like an intelligent buyer

In the critical Phase 0 of ERP selection, the role of the intelligent buyer as a strategist and risk manager is essential for defining objectives, mapping costs, assessing vendors, and planning for risks to ensure a successful ERP implementation that aligns with business goals.

Analytics and AI

The 2025 Tech Transformation Playbook: Lessons from Leading CIOs

In a panel discussion featuring IT leaders, key trends highlighted include business process automation as a priority for 2024, the widespread yet uneven adoption of SAP S/4HANA, the ongoing challenges of AI integration, and the critical importance of data management for successful transformations, underscoring the need for bold organizational changes and a cultural shift towards digital and data-driven methodologies.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Accelerating Oracle modernization with Tricentis solutions

Tricentis provides AI-driven solutions that streamline the modernization of Oracle applications by simplifying upgrades, ensuring data integrity, and validating cross-application workflows, enabling Oracle users to achieve cost-effective transitions to the cloud and meet ongoing operational demands.

Business Process Management and Automation

Oracle Redwood: The Future of User Experience in ERP

Oracle Redwood represents a significant transformation in Oracle Cloud Applications, offering a modern user experience with features like AI-driven automation, enhanced navigation, and embedded analytics, aimed at making enterprise software as intuitive as consumer applications while promoting efficiency and collaboration for ERP users.

Analytics and AI

Engineering Trust in the Heart of AI

Insights from PWC’s UK Head of AI Public Policy and Ethics.

Implementing Cloud ERP: Codestone’s Six-Phase Approach

Cloud Platform and Technology

Unit4 Accelerates Cloud Innovation and Expands Global Reach Under New Leadership

Unit4 is enhancing its enterprise cloud solutions for people-centric organizations through strategic leadership appointments and successful cloud migrations across various sectors, while also emphasizing tailored support models and a commitment to diversity and professional development.

ERP Strategy and Planning

The unifying factor: How Asteelflash could “act globally and think locally” with QAD

Asteelflash, a European electronics manufacturing services provider, enhanced its global operations and customer experience by transitioning to QAD Cloud, utilizing a unified ERP platform to support rapid growth and efficient site rollouts amid industry disruptions.

ERP Strategy and Planning

QAD appoints Sanjay Brahmawar as CEO

Sanjay Brahmawar will become QAD's new CEO on March 17, succeeding Anton Chilton, with a focus on driving growth through product innovation and customer success, while the company continues to enhance its offerings with integrated solutions and advanced technologies like AI.

ERP Strategy and Planning

SuitePaths

SuitePaths focuses on transforming organizations using the NetSuite, the #1 Cloud ERP used by more than 38,000 global businesses. With a combined 100+ years of experience, our team embodies a “If you can dream it, we can do it” approach to optimizing your organization’s processes. By providing your business with real-time, intelligent insights across your business functions, industry-specific KPIs, dashboards, and reporting, native automated processes, and adaptability through a flexible platform, your business will gain a leg up against your competition. Our team is here to help you make sense of your data and leverage it to scale to the next level.

ERP Strategy and Planning

What will you build with Nextworld?

Increase your competitive edge by building purpose-driven solutions--all without a single line of code. Discover 5 reasons to combine your ERP with a no-code platform.

ERP Strategy and Planning

AIRSYS selects Rootstock ERP to fuel global growth

AIRSYS Cooling Technologies has selected Rootstock ERP to enhance its operational efficiency and support its rapid global expansion in sustainable cooling solutions for industries like telecommunications and semiconductor manufacturing, aiming for improved supply chain visibility and decision-making through integration with the Salesforce platform.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Manufacturers face deployment hurdles for smart technologies: SYSPRO

A SYSPRO report highlights a growing demand for AI, automation, and IIoT in manufacturing, although deployment challenges such as integration issues and workforce shortages persist, with only 12% having implemented AI despite 80% planning to allocate resources for it.

Cloud Platform and Technology

The Future of Digital Transformation: Insights from Inetum UK CEO

In 2024, Inetum appointed Kathy Quashie as CEO for the UKI and Growing Markets, strengthened its position as a global ServiceNow partner through the acquisition of Unifii, and focused on scaling its presence while addressing the challenges of digital transformation and AI integration for clients.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Aptum appoints Jaime Konzelman as Chief Revenue Officer

Aptum has appointed Jaime Konzelman as Chief Revenue Officer to lead its go-to-market strategy, leveraging her extensive experience to enhance customer success through tailored cloud solutions and strong partnerships.

Analytics and AI

Nextworld secures $65M funding to accelerate AI-driven ERP innovation

Nextworld has raised $65 million in Series F funding to enhance its enterprise platform's growth and innovation by expanding strategic partnerships, advancing AI capabilities, scaling market efforts, and ensuring customer success, positioning itself as a flexible alternative to traditional ERP solutions.

ERP Strategy and Planning

How Deloitte and ServiceNow’s 2025 Workflow Automation Outlook Guides ERP Users

Deloitte and ServiceNow's fourth annual 'Workflow Automation Outlook' emphasizes the necessity for organizations to adopt tailored, industry-specific automation and AI solutions across all functions to enhance competitiveness, streamline operations, and foster a culture of continuous innovation.

ERP Strategy and Planning

NTT DATA appoints Sudhir Chaturvedi as Chief Growth Officer and NA CEO

NTT DATA has appointed Sudhir Chaturvedi as Global Chief Growth Officer and CEO of North America, focusing on global growth strategies, collaboration in market execution, and enhancing ERP services through his extensive experience in consulting and digital transformation.

Last month, Codestone received the prestigious ERP Today Award for “Transformation Project of the Year.”

ERP Strategy and Planning

Bespoke approach fuels Codestone’s “Transformation Project of the Year” Win

Codestone won the ERP Today Award for 'Transformation Project of the Year' for delivering a custom ERP solution using SAP Business One to an e-liquid company, resulting in significant operational improvements, enhanced efficiency through automation, and the ability to better meet market demands.

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

Our focus on the SMB segment is extremely intentional: John Case

During the Acumatica Summit 2025, CEO John Case showcased how strategic partnerships, notably with ADP and Shopify, along with AI innovations in Acumatica’s Cloud ERP, empower SMBs to enhance operational efficiency and achieve sustainability.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Aptean Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Logility

Aptean has announced its acquisition of Logility Supply Chain Solutions for $14.30 per share in cash, aiming to enhance its AI-powered supply chain planning offerings and provide greater strategic focus and resources for Logility, which serves over 500 clients globally.

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

IFS Surpasses €1 billion in ARR, Driven by Customer-Centric Approach and Rising Demand for Industrial AI

IFS reported its strongest financial performance in FY2024, achieving over €1 billion in Annual Recurring Revenue and total revenues of €1.228 billion, driven by a 32% YoY growth in ARR and 38% in cloud revenue, alongside a notable increase in customer satisfaction and strategic acquisitions reflecting the growing demand for Industrial AI solutions.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Sage and Tractics partner to deliver cloud solution for heavy civil contractors

Sage and Tractics have partnered to integrate Sage Intacct Construction with Tractics' cloud-native platform, enhancing operations and financial management for heavy civil contractors by providing real-time project data access and streamlined business processes.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Acumatica expands construction capabilities with JobPlanner and STACK

Acumatica has partnered with JobPlanner and STACK Construction Technologies to enhance its Construction Edition by integrating collaborative project management and advanced preconstruction capabilities, aiming to boost productivity and project delivery for construction companies.