Product Lifecycle Management

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) plays a crucial role in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) by providing a cohesive platform for end-to-end product development processes. ERP seamlessly integrates with PLM, offering a unified solution for managing product data, design, manufacturing, and distribution. This integration ensures real-time collaboration among cross-functional teams, streamlining workflows from conception to product launch. ERP’s contribution to PLM includes efficient resource allocation, cost control, and adherence to quality standards. With integrated analytics, organizations gain insights into product performance and customer feedback. By unifying PLM with ERP, businesses enhance innovation, reduce time-to-market, and achieve a synchronized approach to product development, ensuring a competitive edge in the dynamic market landscape.

Service Management
Oracle NetSuite Targets Fragmented Restaurant Back Offices
Oracle and NetSuite are launching NetSuite Restaurant Operations, an AI-enhanced platform designed to unify various business processes for restaurants, aiming to simplify operations and improve efficiency through automation and integration with existing systems.
Analytics and AI
Deltek Expands AI-Driven ERP and PSA Positioning with IDC MarketScape Recognition
Deltek is establishing itself as a specialized AI platform for project-based industries, focusing on lifecycle orchestration rather than standalone ERP functionalities, as validated by IDC MarketScape, which underscores its strength in integrating AI across project workflows to enhance efficiency and compliance.
Product Lifecycle Management
Acumatica Embeds AI Risk Detection Into Construction ERP
Acumatica's 2026 R1 update enhances its Construction Edition with AI-driven forecasting and automation tools to address mid-market construction cost overruns, enabling proactive project management and financial visibility.
Oracle Database
Analytics and AI
Oracle AI Database 26ai Brings Enterprise AI to On-Premises Deployments
Oracle's release of AI Database 26ai Enterprise Edition for on-premises Linux x86-64 platforms brings AI vector search, quantum-resistant encryption, and autonomous database features to facilitate data sovereignty and regulatory compliance.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Boutique Firms, GSIs, and Emergence of Reinforcement Models in Enterprise ERP Delivery
Enterprise ERP delivery is evolving from single-provider models to collaborative partner ecosystems, utilizing a mix of large global systems integrators, staffing firms, and boutique consultancies to address the complexities of multi-year initiatives.
Product Lifecycle Management
Cloud ERP Takes Center Stage for Comic Publishers Confronting Creative, Operational, Market Pressures
Cloud ERP is becoming a crucial tool for comic book publishers by streamlining complex production, enhancing collaboration, improving distribution, and supporting financial management, thereby enabling them to meet rising consumer demands and navigate the challenges of digital transformation.
Taming Landed Costs
Application Development and Integration
Cloud Nine Integrates ERP, CRM, e-Commerce with Codeless Platforms
Cloud Nine successfully integrated its technology stack using Codeless Platforms' BPA Platform to connect various systems, achieving operational efficiency and rapid ROI through data synchronization.
Enterprise Architecture
Infor Maps Modernization Path, Updates for IBM i ERP Portfolio
Infor is modernizing its IBM i ERP portfolio by introducing OS support, expanded API integration, and a next-generation UI, with plans to deliver IBM i 7.6 across its main ERP systems by 2026.
Analytics and AI
Microsoft Leans on OpenAI’s Custom Chip Designs to Accelerate In-House Silicon Strategy
Microsoft is deepening its collaboration with OpenAI by leveraging the startup's custom chip designs for its own semiconductor strategy, while addressing concerns about AI hardware depreciation, which may influence enterprise decisions on long-term cloud and AI investments.
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Product Lifecycle Management
IBM and L’Oréal to Build AI Model to Advance Sustainable Cosmetics
IBM and L'Oréal have partnered to utilize IBM's GenAI technology for enhancing sustainable cosmetic formulations, aiming to create a custom AI model that will improve product development and reduce waste while meeting L'Oréal's sustainability targets.
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Product Lifecycle Management
Ricoh Company maintain an image of top ERP health thanks to Rimini Street
Ricoh Company’s collaboration with Rimini Street resulted in real time, zero-day vulnerability protection without the need for extensive system downtime. The addition of Rimini Support meant that Ricoh Company’s Oracle systems will always be running at full speed despite being out-of-date.
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Product Lifecycle Management
Atos launches sustainable digital suite to aid businesses
Atos has launched a new global offering designed to assist enterprises reach their CSR goals.
Product Lifecycle Management
The open source energy infrastructure stack strengthens
LF Energy, a division of the Linux Foundation, is advancing digital energy technologies through the announcement of five new open source projects aimed at tackling climate change and decarbonizing energy systems, while calling for collaboration among energy stakeholders to enhance these efforts.
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