In this era of constant change, the cutting edge can come from seemingly unlikely places. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story ..read more

For the second year running, SAP is using its TechEd global developer conference to showcase its support for citizen developers in the enterprise. SAP is pushing its low-code/no-code approach as a way to help CIOs address the ongoing skills shortage by removing a bottleneck in the development process: a lack of developers. [ Comparison shopping? See "The best ERP systems:10 enterprise resource planning systems compared," with evaluations and user reviews. | Learn why companies are increasingly moving to cloud ERP and how to spot the 10 early warning signs of ERP disaster. | Get weekly insights ..read more

There is so much to learn from failed SAP implementations, but one of the most important involves system implementation provider (SI) selection.  Indeed, I have seen a direct correlation between SAP SI failures and how companies approach the SI selection process.  To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story ..read more

Epicor has updated its ERP software for manufacturers, Kinetic, with a Cloud Enterprise Services package, new e-commerce features, and a set of tools for improving productivity and user experience. The company, which traditionally targets the market for small and medium businesses, has released this update with a focus on large manufacturers. An update to its ERP package for distributors, Prohet 21, offers similar enhancements. Cloud features aim at global operations The new Cloud Enterprise Services package aims to meet industry-specific bill of materials (BOMs) and material resource planning ..read more

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are the backbone of modern businesses. The agility afforded by a modern ERP system backed by honed business processes can help any company compete in today’s business environment, which has been severely affected by supply chain disruptions as well as disruptions to traditional business operations due to employees working from home due to COVID. If your organization has cobbled together point solutions or limped along with a legacy, on-premises ERP platform, it may be time to invest in overhauling how your business operates. [ Comparison shopping? See ..read more

NetSuite is updating its suite of ERP applications with analytics and automation capabilities designed to reduce manual processes and provide accurate and timely data to optimize the decision-making process for enterprises. The new products and expanded services include NetSuite Analytics Warehouse, designed to provide faster business insights; SuiteBanking, which helps customers automate key financial processes; and Advanced Customer Support Playbooks. NetSuite, which is owned by Oracle, introduced the new products and features at its annual SuiteWorld event last week. The analytics and autom ..read more

Zoho is updating its Zoho One ERP and analytics software suite with new services, apps and platform enhancements  designed to let global businesses with hybrid work environments streamline data analysis and communications across multiple departments, mobile and remote users. Its Zoho One suite, first launched in 2017, is designed to run an entire business on the cloud in a cost-efficient manner. Zoho is charging $37 a month per user (billed on an annual basis) for Zoho One, and is expanding the suite to more than 50 apps by adding six new apps, three new services, and a variety of platfor ..read more

In response to what it says is customer demand for “relentless” automation, Oracle plans to release in November a series of updates to its Fusion Cloud ERP and EPM suite that add features designed to streamline the process of logging and tracking transactions, while offering enhanced, AI-based analytics meant to optimize business processes. “Organizations at large are really looking to us to help them to improve the speed, the accuracy of the business processes, and really weeding out those mundane, really non-value add tasks as much as possible,” said Juergen Lindner, Oracle's senior vice pre ..read more

When Angelika Schwartz joined American Air Filter Europe as head of IT in October 2018, the company had already committed to SAP S/4HANA to replace a sprawling set of ERP systems across a growing international portfolio. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story ..read more

SAP S/4HANA is on the minds of many enterprises, thanks to a 2027 deadline that business and IT leaders are moving toward at their own pace – and for entirely different reasons. I’ve heard from many different businesses about their S/4HANA plans and timetables, their motivations, and the returns on investment they’re looking to reap from it. What sticks out from those conversations are three different recurring reasons for why enterprises are looking to move to S/4HANA. Three reasons … but only one of them is really the right one. Are you migrating to S/4HANA for the right reason? Below I’ll b ..read more