Retail AI: Death By A Thousand Cuts

When people say “AI software”, what do they really mean? This is a critically important question to understanding the impact that AI can have on the retail industry (on any industry, really), and a significant source of the gap that exists between AI hype and reality. While McKinsey focuses on AI types of classification, prediction, […]

Ted on Tech How ERP is changing

Over the past several years, I’ve had the opportunity to review almost a dozen enterprise resource planning systems for several web sites. Though I haven’t updated these reviews in a year, there are a number of thoughts about ERP that I would like to share. One is that the “E” in ERP doesn’t quite stand […]

How to Reduce ERP Security Risks

Sean Michael Kerner Sean Michael Kerner is an Internet consultant, strategist, and contributor to several leading IT business web sites. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are among the most critical enterprise applications that an organization operates and as such, they represent a lucrative target for attackers. In a session at the RSA Conference last week, […]

8 tips for downsizing disruption during technology transition

Anne Flynn Wear | Associate Editor awear@furnituretoday.com Anne covers the evolving landscape among retailers and manufacturers in the Bedding, Technology, E-Commerce and Disruptive Retail segments. People commonly exhibit four stages when it comes to adopting new technology, according to futurist Brian David Johnson, and he notes that they are surprisingly similar to the accepted stages […]

Poliform Selects Sunrise Technologies and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Dynamics 365 ERP Implementation

Sunrise Technologies, a global provider of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Applications and Cloud services, announced today that Poliform Americas has selected Microsoft Dynamics 365 to run their business and Sunrise as their Dynamics 365 implementation partner. Poliform is a luxury Italian furnishings manufacturer and retailer, offering sleek and contemporary designs for clients around the world. […]

Harren Equity Partners Invests in Velosio

by Joe Panettieri   Harren Equity Partners  has invested in Velosio, a cloud consulting firm focused on Microsoft Dynamics, Office 365, Azure and Oracle NetSuite business applications. Financial terms were not disclosed. Velosio was created in 2018 when two Microsoft Dynamics partners — SBS and Socius — merged. The resulting company, with more than 300 employees, […]

ERP: Enterprise Reporting Partner or Problem?

Ayla Queiroga Technically, “ERP” stands for enterprise resource planning. That said, given its importance to the CFO, to the efficiency and effectiveness of the finance team, and to the health of a company’s broader financial systems, it should really stand for “Everyone’s Reporting Partner.” But, if we’re being honest, as it relates to its potential […]

The Problem With ERP

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software has been the backbone of modern business since it emerged in the mid-1990s. Hundreds of billions of dollars have gone into ERP implementations with the promise of enhanced business processes automation. But was it all worth it? According to new research from Computer Economics, the answer is not clear. Every […]