The Ultimate Guide to Enterprise Resource Planning
A curated American edition of IndustrialDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
What to know about Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a vital technology that integrates core business processes into a unified system, enabling organisations to manage operations more effectively. Recent developments showcase significant investments in cloud-based ERP solutions, reflecting a move towards scalable, flexible platforms that enhance productivity and provide real-time data insights.
Readers will find stories exploring how ERP helps manufacturers navigate economic challenges through data-driven strategies, supports financial transformation in public agencies, and facilitates business growth across sectors like retail, healthcare, and supply chain management. The integration of artificial intelligence and automation within ERP systems is highlighted as a key driver of improved decision-making and operational efficiency.
This collection also covers ERP vendor innovations, strategic partnerships, and emerging trends such as industry-specific cloud ERP, sustainability tracking, and enhanced customer engagement. Whether you are a business leader considering ERP implementation, an IT professional exploring digital transformation, or simply interested in the evolving ERP landscape, these stories provide valuable perspectives and insights.
American Enterprise Resource Planning News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
PolyAI appoints Sunil Shah as Chief Financial Officer
The hire comes as the AI software group expands its platform and looks to boost investment in customer-facing tools.
Stuut raises USD $52.5 million to boost receivables
The funding will help the fintech meet rising demand as enterprises seek to free up cash tied in unpaid invoices and cut days sales outstanding.
CFOs spend 26% of time checking AI outputs, survey finds
Finance teams are devoting 26% of their working day to checking AI outputs, despite universal adoption in a survey of 270 US CFOs and finance leaders.
Vertex appoints DataRobot chief Debanjan Saha to board
The appointment adds AI and cloud expertise to Vertex's board as tax and compliance software vendors race to automate back-office work.
ControlTheory launches Dstl8 to feedback production issues
The platform meant to cut response times for teams wrestling with faster AI-driven release cycles, and one early customer surfaced 328 incidents in two months.
US firms struggle to keep up with software testing
Rising cloud update cycles are leaving many enterprise IT teams unable to verify critical software changes before they hit operations.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Enterprise Resource Planning
Kore.ai launches Autoloop to optimise enterprise AI agents
Haiilo named Challenger in Gartner employee experience
Smart Communications boosts AI migration for enterprises
Smartsheet named Gartner leader as it expands AI tools
Kantata launches Agent Studio for professional services
Featured News
How Harvey AI's next generation deals with Canadian data
Canadian law firms can keep client files walled off, while choosing data storage and processing become key topic for AI in law.
UiPath: AI agents force rethink of junior tech roles
Routine junior tasks could soon be handed to AI agents, forcing firms to redeploy early-career staff towards strategic work, UiPath's CEO says.
DesignVerse targets U.S. firms with private cloud AI tools
DesignVerse is targeting U.S. aviation, defence and finance clients with on-premise AI tools as data sovereignty concerns reshape vendor choice.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
Exclusive: ABBYY brings zero-shot document AI to Vantage
Enterprises can now extract data from unseen document types without templates, as ABBYY rolls out zero-shot capabilities in Vantage.
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DocuWare prepared for launch of new interface, IDP, AI tool
Existing customers will get the redesigned platform free as DocuWare readies AI-driven document search and extraction tools for autumn.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Autonomous IT boom fuelling LogicMonitor's APAC growth
APAC customers are fuelling LogicMonitor's AI growth, with Australia among the earliest adopters of its Edwin AI platform.
Lumana's focus on vertical applications for AI video surveillance platform
Lumana's Principal Product Manager says its camera-agnostic AI platform is expanding beyond security into retail, healthcare and smart cities.
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
Theorem's new survey finds friction remains the biggest barrier in enterprise pre-sales, despite widespread automation adoption.
AI arms race forcing businesses to rethink cybersecurity
Security teams are racing to shrink exposure windows as AI makes newly disclosed vulnerabilities exploitable almost immediately.
TrustedTech report warns of 'AI Skills Underclass' gap
Nearly half of U.S. workers lack AI training, widening a skills gap that leaves the most exposed employees to fend for themselves.
Meet the man behind the Saas-Pocalypse: Emergent's Mukund Jha
The new cash will help Emergent broaden from coding tools into an operating system for small and medium businesses as demand surges.
Future of enterprise software is agentic apps, says Oracle
Oracle is targeting a common blocker to AI adoption by adding governance, human checks and audit trails to its agentic app builder.
Expert Columns
How to Choose the Right Email Verification API: A Buyer's Guide
The working capital hiding on warehouse shelves
Trust Before Technology: Why Council ERP Programs Fail Before Go-Live
How businesses can avoid widespread harm from cloud outages
The Data Problem AI Can't Solve
The FDE bubble: Silicon Valley's most expensive game of pretend
An open letter to the next gen of accountants and bookkeepers
Your AI Scaling Problem is Actually a RAG Problem
Microsoft dramatically cut their distributors
Three Industries, One Common Challenge: Getting Data Right Before MDM
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Enterprise Resource Planning News
Microsoft revamps Copilot with Home, Code & Autopilot
The overhaul aims to cut app switching and let businesses govern AI spend as Microsoft folds chat, coding and Office tools into one interface.
Beyond Now launches platform for AI telecoms revenue
Telecoms operators could speed new AI offers to market, as Beyond Now's platform aims to cut friction in pricing, billing and partner settlement.
OutSystems opens Agent Experience to third-party AI agents
Large firms in regulated sectors can now use third-party AI coding agents inside OutSystems while retaining governance, auditability and deployment control.
Jamf unveils AI governance tools for Apple devices
The new controls aim to help employers monitor AI use on managed Apple fleets and reduce compliance risk as adoption spreads.
Comparables.ai raises USD $6 million in seed funding
The Helsinki-based firm plans to expand into multiple markets after the seed round, which backs its AI platform used by more than 50,000 professionals.
Log-hub chief sees AI widening supply chain analysis
Better access to complex planning tools could let more firms test supply chain scenarios as AI strips away specialist software hurdles.
GitLab unveils governed software factory tools for AI
The new tools are meant to help large organisations control AI-driven coding, security and deployment as software moves from idea to production.
IBM & Red Hat launch Lightwell remediation service
Enterprises running ageing Java libraries could get faster fixes, as the new service has already remediated more than 400 unknown vulnerabilities.
Omada buys EmpowerID to govern AI agents in real time
The deal gives enterprises live controls to block or limit AI agents as they act inside business systems, reducing security and compliance risk.
Vection signs five-year reciprocal reseller deal with Xerox
Western Europe customers could gain broader access to AI, workflow and XR tools after Vection and Xerox struck a non-exclusive five-year deal.
SailPoint adds cloud identity tools & IdentityIQ 9.0
Large enterprises could get faster access reviews and tighter compliance checks as SailPoint updates its cloud platform and IdentityIQ 9.0.
Dell expands AI Data Platform with knowledge graph
The new features aim to help enterprises govern data better and move AI agents into production while keeping sensitive records in their own data centres.
Anthropic launches AI academy for enterprise engineers
The programme aims to fill a shortage of engineers able to turn AI pilots into live business systems, backed by USD $100 million.
BMO & Mastercard launch embedded virtual card service
Canadian and US corporate card clients can now manage virtual payments inside existing finance software, reducing manual work and improving control.
Acumatica embeds AI across cloud ERP in 2026 R2 update
Mid-market users will get embedded AI, a new analytics layer and industry-specific upgrades as routine ERP tasks shift onto Acumatica's 2026 R2 platform.
OpenAI launches dots, always-on AI agents for work
The new service lets users delegate ongoing work to persistent agents that can act across apps, raising fresh privacy and control questions.
Manufacturers back MCP-linked AI for productivity gains
Connected product data is now seen as the key to productivity gains, with manufacturers citing faster decisions, development and launches.
DataCebo launches SDV 2.0 for synthetic enterprise data
Keeping customer and transaction data in-house, the software aims to cut the need for copied databases as firms train AI models.
IBM Bob gains self-hosted deployment for enterprise AI
The option lets regulated firms keep source code and sensitive data inside their own infrastructure while using AI for software development.
LocalStack acquires WonderTwin AI to boost local testing
Teams testing software integrations could soon avoid live APIs and shared sandboxes, as LocalStack adds WonderTwin AI's application emulators.
Job Moves
PolyAI appoints Sunil Shah as Chief Financial Officer
Vertex appoints DataRobot chief Debanjan Saha to board
Freehand names Krshna Prashant as first US Marketing Lead
Manifold Security appoints Joe Sullivan to its board
Aerospike names Don Dama as Chief Executive Officer
Zingtree appoints Venkat Iyer as Chief Technology Officer
Ondaro promotes three to vice president in ServiceNow shift
Jazz appoints six senior leaders as DLP push scales
1Kosmos names Roger Hale as Chief Information Security Officer
