IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Intelligent ERP 2025 Predictions

IDC FutureScape Figure

• Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Intelligent ERP 2025 Top 10 Predictions

Executive Summary

IDC FutureScape Predictions

• Summary of External Drivers

• Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers

• Prediction 1: By Late 2025, 35% of Organizations Will Harness the Power of the Digital Worker and Accelerate Employee Skills Training to Drive Improved Resource Collaboration and Greater Valued Outcomes

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

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• Prediction 2: By 2026, 40% of the G2000 Will Utilize Tools Provided by Enterprise App Vendors to Create Their Own Highly Customized GenAI Capabilities Grounded in Their Data to Maximize Value and Boost KPIs

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• IT Impact

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• Prediction 3: By Mid-2026, 60% of G2000 Will Have New KPIs to Align AI-Infused Processes and Employee's Workflows, Which Will Drive 45% Improvements in Overall Operational Efficiency and Employee Productivity

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• Prediction 4: By Late 2026, 65% of Organizations Will Leverage AI to Bring Immediate Employee and Business Value with AI-Driven Technology Assistants, Advisors, and Agents Enabling Improved Decisions

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• Prediction 5: By 2027, 75% of Global Businesses Will Have Begun the Process of Incrementally Decoupling Monolithic Enterprise Apps via the "Strangler Pattern" to Continue Future Proofing Their Organization

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• Prediction 6: By Mid-2027, 55% of Global Organizations Will Use Their ERP Systems as a Primary Hub for ESG-Related Efforts to More Effectively Weave and Measure Sustainable Practices Throughout Their Operations

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• Prediction 7: Driven by AI and Autonomous Agents, in 2027, 40% of G2000 Will Utilize Their ERP Systems as Value Engines, Transforming Decision Support to Contextual Insights

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• Prediction 8: By 2028, 70% of Organizations Worldwide Will Adopt Unified, Electronic Invoice Exchange and Compliance as a Service Because of New e-Invoicing Mandates and Technology Advancements

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• Prediction 9: Leveraging GenAI, by 2028, 45% of G2000 Will Consolidate Lines of Business into Fewer Functions, Optimizing Their Processes, Data, and Resources, Building a New Resource-Savvy Enterprise

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• Prediction 10: Because of GenAI, by 2029, 80% of Today's Organizational Workflows Will Be Automated into an Optimized Digital Factory, with 50% of G2000 Embracing a New Business Resource Structure

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Advice for Technology Buyers

External Drivers: Detail

• AI-Driven Business Models — Moving from AI Experimentation to Monetization

• The Drive to Automate — Toward a Data-Driven Future

• Future Proofing Against Environmental Risks — ESG Operationalization and Risk Management

• AI-Driven Workplace Transformation — Building Tomorrow's Workforce Today

• Regulatory Flux — Navigating Compliance Challenges in a Shifting Policy Landscape

• Responsible and Human-Centric Technology — Ethics in the Enterprise

• Battling Against Technical Debt — Overcoming Hurdles to IT Modernization

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