ERP isn't dead yet – but most execs are planning the wake

Seven out of ten C-suite leaders see a life beyond ERP as businesses have come to know it, but are divided on what the future holds for this big-ticket item critical to organizational performance.

Research conducted by Censuswide among 4,295 CFOs, CISOs, CIOs, and CEOs worldwide found the majority of organizations (70 percent) do not see traditional ERP as the future.

However, opinion is divided on where to go next. Thirty-six percent say they think traditional ERP will become obsolete in favor of a "composable, modular, flexible, API-driven, best-of-breed model." Meanwhile, 33 percent think the future lies in "agentic ERP [with] autonomous, AI-driven decision-making," according to the study commissioned by Rimini Street, a provider of third-party support services for Oracle and SAP software.

Rimini Street CTO Eric Helmer said the first option was better for organizations trying to move from purely historical reporting into real-time decision support across a ...