Workday began the week with major news, announcing that co-founder and current executive chair Aneel Bhusri is returning as Chief Executive Officer. In other news, Oracle announced new capabilities in Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) to help organizations manage the unique requirements of process manufacturing. Related, Sage announced new AI-powered enhancements to Sage X3. Finally, Aptean introduced Aptean Intelligence as a Service.
Workday began the week with major news, announcing that co-founder and current executive chair Aneel Bhusri is returning as Chief Executive Officer. In other news, Oracle announced new capabilities in Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) to help organizations manage the unique requirements of process manufacturing. Related, Sage announced new AI-powered enhancements to Sage X3. Finally, Aptean introduced Aptean Intelligence as a Service.
Hi and welcome to episode 224 of The ERP Minute. I’m your host, Rebekah McCabe.
Workday began the week with major news, announcing that co-founder and current executive chair Aneel Bhusri is returning as Chief Executive Officer as the company enters its next chapter, focused on leading in the rapidly evolving AI era. Carl Eschenbach is stepping down as CEO and as a member of the board after leading Workday through a period defined by global growth, an expanded industry focus, and strengthened operational discipline. He will continue to support Bhusri and the company as strategic advisor to the CEO. Leadership changes often mark the start of a new era for software vendors, with plans to supercharge growth opportunities and explore new channels.
In other news, Oracle announced new capabilities in Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) to help organizations manage the unique requirements of process manufacturing. The latest innovations help organizations that produce goods by mixing and blending ingredients improve real-time production visibility and meet regulatory requirements by connecting formulas, recipes, materials, and batch execution in a unified cloud solution. Enhancements include formula-recipe-batch synchronization, intermediate input and output tracking, material sequencing in an operation, multi-operation co-product and by-product recovery, advanced materials traceability and control, and much more.
Related, Sage announced new AI-powered enhancements to Sage X3. The new capabilities give product-centric organizations clearer visibility across finance, sales, and supply chain operations, allowing teams to respond faster as conditions change. Updates include Sage Copilot for X3 with Sales Intelligence Agent, AI-powered accounts payable automation, Sage Supply Chain Intelligence, Sage Business Reporting, and Sage X3 Builder alongside platform enhancements.
The announcements from Oracle and Sage offer focused solutions for the problems faced by manufacturing businesses. As the manufacturing industry grows across all its verticals, solutions like this will be essential in supporting future growth.
Finally, Aptean introduced Aptean Intelligence as a Service. This new service is designed to help businesses turn AI ambition into operational outcomes. By delivering custom, industry-ready AI agents that integrate directly into day-to-day workflows, it removed the complexity, risk, and uncertainty that often stall AI initiatives. Built on AppCentral 2.0, Aptean vertically focused AI platform gives businesses a clear, actionable roadmap – from identifying high-value opportunities to deploying agents that deliver measurable results. It removes the technical burden, identifies where AI will create the greatest value, and empowers teams to eliminate bottlenecks, reduce downtime, and improve decision-making with safe, governed, industry-trained AI agents. Customers will heavily benefit from solutions built to help them identify operational inefficiencies and apply fixes in the form of AI to streamline traditionally tedious, time-consuming processes.
Thanks for tuning into The ERP Minute. We are always looking for newsworthy material to share with our listeners, so send us breaking ERP news! Make sure you subscribe to our Apple Podcast, Spotify, and YouTube channels so you never miss an episode. We’ll see you next week.
