News, Analysis and Opinion for ERP - Page 2

September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

Oracle ERP Cloud expands its digital assistants

The Oracle ERP Cloud is increasing its use of digital assistants. These systems will interact with AI-type systems to help move the conversation along.

August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

Supply chain digital transformation demands new skills

Madhav Durbha's take on the evolving supply chain landscape includes a warning: Organizations will need to address the growing skills gap it is creating.

August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

Shakeup in the Infor leadership tree

Charles Phillips moved from Infor CEO to become chairman of the board of directors. He has been replaced by CFO Kevin Samuelson. Analysts believe recent revenue results may be behind the moves.

August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

Updates to Infor Concierge aim to improve customer access

With updates to Infor Concierge, the vendor intends to improve customer access to Infor ERP services and products to expedite the problem-solving process.

August 12, 2019 12 Aug'19

Cloud is driving force behind 2019 ERP industry trends

Interest in deploying ERP systems to the cloud continued to increase in 2019, but deployments may be slowed by misunderstanding and uncertainty about vendor roadmaps and costs.

August 06, 2019 06 Aug'19

Aysling launches new vendor management software

Vendor Management is a cloud-based software designed to help businesses manage their vendors and vendors' employees. It lets users track payments, store files, see invoices and more.

August 05, 2019 05 Aug'19

TraceLink Network delivers digital supply chain visibility

Drug manufacturers can collaborate with customers, suppliers and contract manufacturers on the TraceLink Network, and build applications on the new TraceLink Digital Network Platform.

July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

IFS, Acumatica take aim at top-tier ERP vendors -- together

IFS and Acumatica now share the same corporate ownership with EQT Partners, which creates the potential for the two ERP companies to collaborate on technology and business resources.

July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

Beta tester imagines financial modeling software future

The Seattle Sounders FC's finance department is testing new anomaly detection capabilities in Adaptive Insights, but it also wants to see external data used to probe anomalies.

July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

MRPeasy software helps growing cannabis business

Here's how cannabis products manufacturer Papa & Barkley uses cloud-based MRP software from MRPeasy to manage its production and inventory processes in a highly regulated industry.

June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

ERP vendor IFS makes a near-merger with Acumatica

EQT Partners, which owns ERP vendor IFS, has acquired Acumatica, another ERP vendor. Both firms will be working together, sharing leadership and expertise in hope of each broadening market share.

June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

Honeywell launches enterprise performance management product

Released as part of Honeywell's new Enterprise Performance Management for Operations Technology category, Honeywell Forge for Buildings is available now.

May 30, 2019 30 May'19

ERP vendors get high marks in Panorama report

A substantial majority of ERP customers are satisfied with their ERP vendors, according to a new report from Panorama Consulting. But whether they're realizing the benefits of ERP implementations remains unclear.

May 29, 2019 29 May'19

Revlon SAP ERP problems result in rare investor lawsuit

An SAP ERP implementation at cosmetic maker Revlon disrupted some operations. After the news came out, the company's stock price suffered. Now, investors are suing.

May 24, 2019 24 May'19

Advanced 3D printing machines on display at Rapid + TCT

While there won't be a 3D printer in every home any time soon, here's a look at three machines that were on display at the Rapid + TCT 3D printing industry tradeshow and are having an effect on manufacturing.