Making the value of technology clear
My colleague Rick Franzosa and I attended the Infor Analyst Innovation Summit, and it was aptly named. This company, formed from over 60 acquisitions, has had to innovate to come together to tell a strong story across its product lines and industries. The corporate vision is “The Agentic Enterprise,” and I can see where the…
It was exciting to attend my first Aras Corporation ACE User Conference with Jim Brown. The conference was held in Miami, which provided a welcome relief from Boston’s long, cold winter. More importantly, it was great to learn more about Aras’ strategy and products, especially from the Aras leadership team, including their new CEO, Leon…
What do asset-intensive businesses need to manage the supply chain uncertainty they face? IFS believes it’s better warehouse software, and completed its acquisition of Softeon last month. Operating as a standalone company rebranded as IFS Softeon, the company is staying intact while gaining the backing of a credible enterprise software giant with strong AI…
Why do audits continue to find problems after appropriate root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) processes are complete? MetaFloor AI argues that there is a missing capability to capture and consistently reuse causal data for process intelligence. Their AI-based platform uses a causal graph with AI to not only capture process…
During a closed-door introduction with ReilAI Corporation, I began to believe agentic AI might actually be ready for operations. I am delighted I got a peek at a new approach to making it easier to understand what’s happening in complex, ever-changing manufacturing and supply chain operations. This young company was founded on the belief that…