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5 benefits of predictive maintenance
Predictive maintenance eliminates the need for routine inspections and reduces unneeded maintenance, which can reduce costs. Learn about the benefits of predictive maintenance.
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How one manufacturer blazed a smooth path to ERP cloud migration
In this podcast, David Paquet of Tilton Group explains how using APIs to integrate a custom MES with on-premises Epicor Kinetic ERP eased the move to the multi-tenant SaaS ERP.
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Enterprise software is harder to manage by category
Enterprise software categories still matter, but more work, data and risk now move between them. Strategy must account for the blur.
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How Microsoft moved an SAP ECC billing system to S/4HANA private cloud
Extensive code testing and SNP's selective data migration ensured safe 24-hour cutover of the SAP BRIM system Microsoft uses for Xbox billing and other usage-based commerce.
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Enterprise software is harder to manage by category
Enterprise software categories still matter, but more work, data and risk now move between them. Strategy must account for the blur.
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4 hidden dependencies that keep legacy systems alive
Legacy system modernization should start with finding the reports, workflows, data and business habits that still make old software necessary.
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6 cloud ERP implementation challenges and how to solve them
Addressing risks early and closely monitoring the cloud ERP implementation process can help avoid problems down the road. Learn about some of the most common challenges.
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SAP Sapphire 2026 news, trends and analysis
Here are the newest developments from SAP Sapphire in Orlando, Fla., with the enterprise software vendor's 2026 announcements and our writers' takes on the news.
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Connected workers are industrial AI's proving ground
Agentic AI is making the value of connected worker platforms more visible. Industrial AI needs current frontline context before it can support execution.
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7 essentials for better HR software change management
HR software change management requires more than training before go-live. Learn how HR, IT and business leaders can improve adoption, communication and support.
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Enterprise software is harder to manage by category
Enterprise software categories still matter, but more work, data and risk now move between them. Strategy must account for the blur.
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Evaluating today's 10 leading ERP software vendors
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How to decide which AI features are worth turning on
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12 steps you need to carry out post-ERP implementation
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How Microsoft moved an SAP ECC billing system to S/4HANA private cloud
Extensive code testing and SNP's selective data migration ensured safe 24-hour cutover of the SAP BRIM system Microsoft uses for Xbox billing and other usage-based commerce.
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6 cloud ERP implementation challenges and how to solve them
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Innovative reverse logistics app saves money while doing good
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How agentic AI can transform ERP for your business
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4 hidden dependencies that keep legacy systems alive
Legacy system modernization should start with finding the reports, workflows, data and business habits that still make old software necessary.
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Industrial AI agents are not autonomous equipment
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Connected workers are industrial AI's proving ground
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10 best practices for managing strategic supplier partnerships
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Prepare a complete ERP readiness assessment for your company
Before starting an implementation, you need to determine whether the organization has the culture, resources and structure to support an ERP system. Here are the essential steps.
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ERP implementation teams: Roles, responsibilities, structure
Assembling an ERP project team is challenging because implementations affect many departments. Review the key roles and duties every project should include.
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The ERP HR module: Key features explained
ERP systems often include an integrated HR or HCM module. Learn what it does, how it supports employee lifecycle processes and how it compares with standalone HR suites.
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Disrupted by AI, SAP grapples with exposing its ERP data
Customers enticed by third-party AI apps might go elsewhere for ERP if SAP doesn't foster a healthy partner ecosystem that can access the wealth of data stored in its platforms.
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ERP products and vendors
The AI technology behind SAP's Autonomous Enterprise pitch
Product management VP Richard Grandpierre explains Joule Work, RPT-1 upgrades, deployment options and what giving AI to on-premises customers means for the 2027 S/4HANA deadline.
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SAP unveils agentic AI tools to partially automate ERP suite
Major upgrades to Joule UI and Studio developer tool and 50 new teams of agents for typical tasks across five key business processes rely on a data foundation said to be unified.
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