Lumenia ERP HEADtoHEAD™ Guest Blog from Amar Dhadli, VP, Solution Consulting at Infor.
For more than three decades, ERP has helped organisations run and manage their businesses, bringing together finance, operations, manufacturing, projects, and supply chains into a single system. But as artificial intelligence continues to reshape how organisations work, many are beginning to ask a new question: what comes after ERP?
Gartner’s answer is ERX (Enterprise Resource Execution), the next evolution of enterprise software. Rather than simply recording transactions and providing visibility into operations, ERX introduces a future where enterprise systems can identify issues, recommend actions, automate processes, and increasingly help execute work.
At the heart of this shift is the concept of the Agentic Enterprise, where AI becomes a proactive part of day-to-day operations. Instead of waiting for users to find information and decide what happens next, intelligent agents can help organisations move faster by supporting decisions, coordinating workflows, and driving action across the business.
Infor is already helping customers take steps towards this future. Through its true multi-tenant cloud platform, industry-specific capabilities, and AI-powered innovation, Infor combines the foundations of ERP with the technologies needed to support a more intelligent and connected enterprise.
The benefits of this approach can already be seen in organisations such as Turtle, Coram, and State Electric Supply, where modern cloud ERP, automation, and AI are helping teams improve responsiveness, streamline operations, and make better use of data across the business. These examples highlight an important point: the future of ERP is not simply about doing the same things faster. It is about creating systems that help organisations adapt, execute, and continuously improve.
At this year’s Lumenia ERP Head-to-Head, Infor in partnership with Anthesis will explore this topic through the feature showcase “What Comes After ERP?”, alongside demonstrations of Project-Based Operations and Supply Chain Management. Together, these sessions will provide practical insight into how organisations can leverage cloud technology, industry expertise, and AI to prepare for the next chapter of enterprise transformation.
If you’d like to explore the topic further, I would also recommend reading Rosa Hu’s blog,“From ERP to ERX: What the Shift Means, and How Infor’s Agentic Enterprise Is Already Here“, which takes a deeper look at how AI, automation, and industry-specific intelligence are changing the role of enterprise software.
