The ERP Advisor

Manufacturing companies have unique operations that may require resources beyond the offerings of a standard Manufacturing ERP. Many businesses need best-of-breed manufacturing software solutions, whether MRP or MES offerings, to solve their organization’s pain points, including manual tracking and reporting on material movement, disjointed communication surrounding engineering designs, revisions,...

All ERP vendors are looking for ways to innovate and provide deeper functionality to previously underserved markets with many looking to benefit the SMB space. Sage has followed this trend, announcing that US customers who are looking to implement Sage Intacct will now have first-time access to the technology on AWS. Speaking of ways to encourage growth and a greater sense of community, Infor anno...

The news is once again flooded with artificial intelligence announcements, including Oracle, Microsoft, and Salesforce releases. Aptean announced it has completed the acquisition of Affinitus Group, a provider of cloud-based enterprise resource planning solutions built to support the specific needs of fresh produce, food service, bakery, meat, dairy, and agricultural organizations. IBM announced t...

Artificial intelligence continues to take the ERP industry by storm, as Qlik debuted a suite of OpenAI connectors that will help customers seamlessly and securely bring Generate AI content into Qlik to support a wide range of cloud analytics and automation use cases. Salesforce followed suit with the release of new innovations including Consumer Goods Cloud for Service, Trade Promotion Effectivene...

E-commerce is much more than a virtual shopping cart – it can be a multi-channel solution that resolves complex pain points across the company or a best-of-breed solution nightmare that creates silos of data across many software applications. For many businesses, eCommerce solutions play an essential role in managing multiple selling channels to provide tailored shopping experiences to consumers,...

Oracle released its fiscal 2023 Q4 and full-year results. The continued growth within the cloud ERP space has driven leadership changes at Workday, with the appointment of Emma Chalwin as the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), effective July 17th, 2023. Salesforce's release of a new Mobile App Plus: Offline Access solution to help mobile employees improve their productivity and access data from a...

The erp space has been turbulent following recent layoffs, negatively impacting many employed within the technology consulting industry. It can be difficult to navigate these confusing market trends and cut through the clutter to take the right steps toward your next consulting position. Connect with us! https://www.erpadvisorsgroup.com 866-499-8550 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erp-a...

Salesforce and Google Cloud announced an expanded strategic partnership to help businesses utilize data and AI to deliver more personalized customer experiences, better understand customer behavior, and run more effective campaigns at a lower cost across marketing, sales, service, and commerce. UKG reached an agreement to acquire Immedis, a global payroll provider with technology and services supp...

Salesforce announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2024 ended April 30, 2023. Aptean announced its acquisition of TOTALogistix, a provider of cloud-based transportation management systems (TMS) to manufacturers, retailers, and distributors in North America. Oracle announced new capabilities in MICROS Simphony Cloud Point-of-Sale (POS) that help restaurants be more productive an...

This week, financial results were released from Workday and UKG. Workday announced results for the fiscal 2024 first quarter ended April 30, 2023. UKG provided a business update for the second quarter of fiscal 2023, ending March 31, 2023. In other news, Sage Intacct and IFS announced major product releases. Sage Intacct received updates to help businesses across the world simplify financial conso...

ERP Advisors Group had the pleasure of attending the 2023 Epicor Insights Conference in Las Vegas, which focused on “turning insight into action.” Epicor’s CEO, Steve Murphy, summarized the event, stating, “To be successful in today’s marketplace, Makers, Movers, and Sellers must make data-driven decisions faster and with greater accuracy. It’s all about the right insights, in the right place, at...

After a successful ERP go-live, most business leaders want to take a hiatus from the intensity, expense, and disruption of managing implementation and the furthest thing from their mind is optimizing their new software. However, before a new system can truly revolutionize business operations, executives must freshly consider the organization’s strategy with the new possibilities available to them...

Most busy, productive finance and accounting professionals wish they and their staff had more time in the day to do the value-add tasks that require time and space to analyze their financial data and make recommendations to better the business. However, many find themselves mired down in manual processes including spreadsheet manipulation, repetitively clicking through multiple systems, and perfor...

SAP and IBM announced that IBM Watson technology will be embedded into SAP solutions to provide new AI-driven insights and automation to create more efficient and effective user experiences across the SAP application portfolio. Google Cloud and UKG announced an expanded partnership to bring Google Cloud’s generative AI (GenAI) capabilities into the UKG HCM suites. FinancialForce announced that it...

Microsoft Corp. announced its results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2023, compared to the corresponding period of the last fiscal year. IFS announced its financial results for the quarter ending March 31st, 2023, with recurring revenues up a significant 48% year-over-year. Additionally, Annual Recurring Revenue was also up 57% year-over-year. Unit4 announced the General Availability of Ap...

Oracle released AI-driven solutions, adding new capabilities to the Oracle Fusion Cloud Application Suite. Salesforce announced new Einstein GPT and Data Cloud capabilities for Flow, its portfolio of automation tools. Epicor has made significant strides to expand globally with hosted services for Kinetic in China and a new data center in India. SAP announced its financial results for the first qua...

The dreaded ERP contract renewal is one of the most daunting tasks a business can face post-ERP implementation. If vital steps are taken upfront during initial contract negotiations, it can ease the weight on executives' shoulders come renewal, but what should businesses ask for? What do these terms mean? And what if great terms were not originally negotiated? These problems plague many busin...

Microsoft Corp. and Epic announced they are expanding their long-standing strategic collaboration to develop and integrate generative AI into healthcare by combing the scale and power of Azure OpenAI Service with Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) software. Infor announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has selected it as an Amazon HealthLake Partner, demonstrating Infor’s continued dedication...

Sage announced the launch of Sage Intacct on Microsoft Azure in the United States, shortly after Sage Active's debut on Microsoft Azure in France. QAD released the latest enhancements to QAD Adaptive ERP along with other QAD Adaptive Applications. Microsoft launched its 2023 release wave 1 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform, a rollout of new features and enhanced capabili...

The economy can be a rollercoaster, with ever-evolving trends, technological advancements, and more. During a time when banks are failing, oil prices are going up, and there is continuing leadership turbulence in the country, it can be difficult to be optimistic about the future state of the market or even begin to consider a potential ERP evaluation, but is that really the right mindset? Join ERP...

Blackbaud announced the general availability of a new expansive feature for Blackbaud TeamRaiser in the U.S. and Canada. Good Move is designed to help charitable organizations energize their constituents and raise more with mobile-first gamified activity-tracking and peer-to-peer fundraising experience, leveraging Kilter acquired by Blackbaud in late 2022. Microsoft announced that it is bringing i...

The topic at the forefront of ERP trends in recent years has been the advancement and widescale offering of Cloud ERP, with an increasing number of legacy ERP users taking the plunge into major ERP upgrades. As Cloud ERP advances, customers find themselves disoriented by a lack of clarity around the future of legacy applications and their impact on their enterprises, fearing the worst. In this epi...

Blackbaud confirmed that its board of directors received, thoroughly reviewed, and rejected an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Company for $71.00 per share in cash. Microsoft Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact announced a new collaboration with The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, a non-profit committed to growing...

Oracle announced its fiscal 2023 Q3 results. Last week, we also had the pleasure of attending Oracle’s Strategic Leadership Conference in Nashville. Microsoft released details surrounding Microsoft 365 Copilot, which is currently still in testing with select commercial customers. Salesforce launched Einstein GPT, the world’s first generative AI CRM technology to deliver AI-created content across e...

Workday released results for the fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and full year ended January 31, 2023. Salesforce announced results for its fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended on January 31, 2023. Microsoft made significant advancements utilizing its recent investment in OpenAI. First, Microsoft unveiled Dynamics 365 Copilot, aimed at helping enterprise CRM and CX software users save time on rout...