How AI Is Rewriting The ERP Investment Playbook
techradar.pro, Monday, April 13th, 2026
For decades, the ERP "playbook" was a familiar exercise in endurance: organizations would mobilize an army of consultants, brace for years of disruption, and spend millions on a monolithic system designed to last a decade.
Success was binary, the system either switched on, or it didn't, while adoption and agility remained secondary concerns. But as we enter the AI era, this traditional model has reached a breaking point.
The shift we are seeing is not just about 'faster' software; it is a fundamental disruption of how ERP is governed, staffed and funded. To capture the full benefit of AI tools, IT leaders must move away from viewing ERP as a one-time capital project and instead treat it as a continuous reinvention engine.