Azets announced a strategic partnership with Dext. IFS appointment of André Robberts as the new regional President for Southern and Western Europe and LATAM. Zoho announced that it now has over 100 million users, the highest of any bootstrapped company.
Acquisitions
The Access Group, has acquired Diversely, the inclusive recruitment solution that transforms diversity for staffing firms globally through the power of data and analytics.
Rockwell Automation announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ontario, Canada-based Clearpath Robotics Inc., a leader in autonomous robotics for industrial applications.
SAP has entered into an agreement to acquire LeanIX, a leader in enterprise architecture management (EAM) software.
Appointments
SAP has appointed Monika Schaller, as its new Chief Communications Officer. Schaller joins SAP from Deutsche Post DHL Group, where she led Corporate Communications, Sustainability & Brand.
Business
The Access Group has united with six other leading UK providers of Earned Wage Access (EWA) and the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) to launch a new industry code of practice. The other providers are AnyDay, Ceridian, Hastee, Level Financial Technology, Salary Finance and Wagestream.
Esker has partnered with Boost Payment Solutions, an innovative leader in optimizing the use and acceptance of commercial cards in the business-to-business (B2B) landscape. This first-of-its-kind partnership aims to transform virtual card processing for accounts receivable (AR) departments – eliminating tedious manual efforts and streamlining payment reconciliation.
SAP SE and BT Group have announced a new partnership to show how carbon accounting could be standardised by piloting the recently launched SAP Sustainability Data Exchange (SDX).
VAI has partnered with Ivanti Wavelink, a leader in enterprise mobility software for the supply chain, to bring enhanced mobile capabilities to food distributor customers running VAI S2K Food ERP software.
Customer
To achieve accurate product placement, Bata, a leading footwear brand, has chosen to digitally transform its merchandising and replenishment planning with Blue Yonder, a leading supply chain solutions provider.
Brentwood Industries Inc. will modernize its business processes across the organization by upgrading to Infor CloudSuite Industrial, a powerful cloud-based, industry-focused, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.
Rockwell Automation published a video that explains how Tecno Productos is helping Mexican tequila manufacturers meet modern-day food and beverage reporting requirements with Rockwell Automation technology.
Amadeus has successfully transitioned its main SAP software infrastructure to the cloud through the RISE with SAP solution. Leveraging RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition, Amadeus transitioned its internal processes to the cloud with Microsoft Azure to improve operational resilience and evolve its operations to a cloud operations-based model.
Product
FourKites launched Fin AI, a new natural language interface that helps customers surface buried insights; identify opportunities for optimization; and automate time-consuming tasks, such as assessing the impact of events across a shipment network. FourKites also launched My Workspace, a customizable dashboard that displays connected insights from across the FourKites product suite in a single, unified view.
Intuit has introduced Intuit Assist, a new generative AI (GenAI)-powered assistant that will provide personalized, intelligent recommendations to help consumer and small business customers make smart financial decisions with less work and with complete confidence, enabling them to put more money in their pockets. Intuit Assist is available in Credit Karma, QuickBooks, Mailchimp and TurboTax.
Sasan Goodarzi, Chief Executive Officer of Intuit, said, “With the introduction of Intuit Assist, we’re taking a giant step forward in powering prosperity for all. We’re creating a future where we do the hard work for small businesses and consumers to fuel their financial success, helping them achieve their dreams. Leveraging our vast amounts of rich data and years of investment in AI and GenAI, we’re unlocking the power of our platform to reimagine AI-assisted customer experiences.”
Propel Software announced new Salesforce AppExchange solutions to help drive products to market faster and deliver increased revenue.
The new solutions include:
- Propel Components Insights – SiliconExpert Connector
- Propel Product Information Management (PIM) Native on Salesforce
- Propel Supplier Community
- RenderDraw for Propel – Powerful PLM CAD Visualizations and Attachment Editing
Simpro Premium 23.3.6 includes the ability to update employees based on customer field values. It has also added a new field, Price updated to ensure that users know when a price list was last updated.
