The AI in Your ERP Is Included. The People Who Can Run It Are Not.
The AI in your ERP is about to be included. The people who can run it are not.
This year, Oracle is rolling a wave of AI into NetSuite. NetSuite Next, Autonomous Close, Ask Oracle. A good part of it comes with the license you already pay for.
Microsoft is pushing just as hard on the Dynamics side, putting Copilot agents into D365 and openly talking about agentic ERP.
Here is the part that the product launch folks aren’t too concerned about, or at least, they aren’t talking about it at this time.
The invoice itself does not change much. The skills it takes to get value out of it change completely.
Here are some questions you may want to sit down and discuss as a team now, before things get a little hairy later.
Who configures it? Who checks its work? Who owns the number when the close is running on its own, and the CFO still has to sign it?
The companies that get the most out of this will not be the ones with the biggest license. They will be the ones with a person on staff who understands the module and the agent sitting on top of it.
If I put that question to 10 finance leaders today, I think most would tell me they “hope” their technology is ready, and in the same vein, they are “hoping” their people will soon be too.
That is a lot to hope for from something that has direct input into their company’s financial statements.
So here is my question for you. If your ERP could close the books on its own next quarter, do you have someone in-house you would trust to run it and catch it when it gets something wrong?
This year, Oracle is rolling a wave of AI into NetSuite. NetSuite Next, Autonomous Close, Ask Oracle. A good part of it comes with the license you already pay for.
Microsoft is pushing just as hard on the Dynamics side, putting Copilot agents into D365 and openly talking about agentic ERP.
Here is the part that the product launch folks aren’t too concerned about, or at least, they aren’t talking about it at this time.
The invoice itself does not change much. The skills it takes to get value out of it change completely.
Here are some questions you may want to sit down and discuss as a team now, before things get a little hairy later.
Who configures it? Who checks its work? Who owns the number when the close is running on its own, and the CFO still has to sign it?
The companies that get the most out of this will not be the ones with the biggest license. They will be the ones with a person on staff who understands the module and the agent sitting on top of it.
If I put that question to 10 finance leaders today, I think most would tell me they “hope” their technology is ready, and in the same vein, they are “hoping” their people will soon be too.
That is a lot to hope for from something that has direct input into their company’s financial statements.
So here is my question for you. If your ERP could close the books on its own next quarter, do you have someone in-house you would trust to run it and catch it when it gets something wrong?
Sources: NetSuite Next / Autonomous Close (Oracle NetSuite, SuiteConnect 2026) · Agentic ERP in Copilot (ERP Today, 2026)
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