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Top WorkTech News From the Week of August 23rd: Updates from Aptean, Creatio, Appian, and More

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WorkTech News August 23rd

The editors at Solutions Review have curated this list of the most noteworthy WorkTech news from the week of August 23rd. This round-up covers announcements and updates from companies like Aptean, Creatio, Appian, and more.

Keeping tabs on the most relevant ERP and BPM news can be time-consuming. As a result, our editorial team aims to summarize the week’s top headlines in the enterprise technology marketplace. The Solutions Review editors will compile a weekly round-up of vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy WorkTech information. With that in mind, here is some of the top WorkTech news for August 23rd.

Top WorkTech News From the Week of August 23rd, 2024


Appian Details the Enhancements Available in the Latest Version of the Appian Platform

Appian, a business process automation software provider, has announced the latest version of the Appian Platform. The update introduces more support for enterprise AI use cases, expanded compliance functionalities, and a framework designed to help organizations prepare for evolving AI regulations. Appian also debuted enhancements for Appian AI to help companies locate information across curated sets of documents, accelerate process investigations, create data fields with a guided data modeling experience, automate test-case generation for expression rules, and use a unified chat space to extract data insights.

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Aptean Acquires SSG Insight

Aptean, an AI-driven ERP solution provider, has acquired SSG Insight, an enterprise asset management solution provider. The acquisition will help Aptean increase its EAM geographic footprint and bolster its enterprise asset management (EAM) capabilities for manufacturers, distributors, logistics providers, and other asset-intensive industries. The team at SSG will also enhance Aptean’s expertise in core focus areas, including food manufacturing, retail distribution, light rail, industrial manufacturing, and healthcare facilities.

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Aptean Enhances its Food and Beverage ERP with AI

Aptean also announced the delivery of new AI functionalities in its cloud-native ERP solution for food and beverage organizations. Built on Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, Aptean’s Food & Beverage ERP uses advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze large data sets, extract valuable insights, and automate tasks. Some of the platform’s AI-driven features allow users to create sales lines on sales documents, use natural language to instruct AI, map e-documents that match vendor invoices, analyze historical data to predict sales or stock, forecast the likelihood of late payments, and more.

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Apromore Appoints a New Chief Marketing Officer

Apromore, an AI-driven process mining solution provider, has appointed Brandee Sanders as chief marketing officer (CMO). Sanders brings decades of marketing leadership and brand-building experience to Apromore, having helped various high-growth SaaS companies drive their growth and strategic marketing initiatives. As CMO, Sanders will oversee Apromore’s global marketing strategies and focus on expanding the brand’s market research, enhancing its visibility, and boosting customer engagement efforts.

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Cin7 Launches a Suite of AI Capabilities

Cin7, an inventory and order management software provider, has launched Cin7 ForesightAI, a collection of AI-powered capabilities made possible by the company’s recent acquisition of Inventoro. The Cin7 ForesightAI suite will enable product sellers to enhance their inventory and order management capabilities with intelligent prediction and optimization features. These new features are powered by a proprietary AI engine and can help sellers forecast demand months in advance, maintain optimal stock levels, and eliminate overages.

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Constellation Research Updates its 2024 ShortList for Robotic Process Automation

Strategic advisory and analyst firm Constellation Research recently released its Constellation ShortList for Robotic Process Automation. The report from Doug Henschen spotlights five RPA solution suites that companies should know about. These include Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate, Nintex RPA, Pega, and UiPath. Constellation selected these companies based on market share, internal research, client inquiries, customer references, partner conversations, and more.

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Creatio and Workato Announce a New Partnership

Creatio, a global no-code platform provider, has partnered with Workato, an AI-driven enterprise orchestration platform. The partnership will combine Creatio’s no-code platform with Workato’s integration solution to help companies across industries improve their business efficiency at scale without compromising on security and governance. For example, Creatio customers can use the power of Workato’s platform to connect Creatio with essential applications, utilize a collection of ready-to-use integration templates, and benefit from a global team of integration specialists.

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Cumula 3 Announces a Strategic Partnership with Paystand

Cumula 3, a cloud-based solution provider for NetSuite, has announced a strategic partnership with Paystand, a B2B payment solution provider. With this partnership, Cumula 3 will integrate Paystand’s payment platform into its portfolio of software and services for NetSuite customers, allowing them to improve cash flow management, simplify transactions, and benefit from zero transaction fees. The seamless integration will enable businesses using NetSuite to maximize operational efficiency, accelerate digital transformation initiatives, and more.

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Deltek Expands its Software with New Tools for Government Contractors

Deltek, a global software provider for project-based companies, has released new enhancements for its industry-specific solutions for government contractors. These updates include a new AI-powered digital assistant titled Ask Dela, an integration between Costpoint and Microsoft Teams, updated compliance with government security requirements, and a “reimagined” time and expense entry experience for users. Deltek will also incorporate Dela’s capabilities into its other solutions to give users more efficiency and automation throughout their project lifecycles.

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Enactify.ai Releases New Tools to Help Companies Improve E-Commerce Experiences

Enactify.ai, an AI-powered document experience platform, has emerged from stealth mode with plans to change how businesses engage with customers through digital experience. As part of those plans, it has launched EnactRetail, a tool that integrates AI to embed e-commerce capabilities directly in e-catalogs and other content assets to maximize customer engagement. EnactRetail’s features include an AI-powered in-document shopping experience, interoperability with ERP systems, dynamic content personalization tools, heat maps to track user behavior, and analytics that monitor relevant metrics.

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Xero Debuts a New Inventory Management Tool for Small Businesses

Xero, a business platform for small companies, has launched Xero Inventory Plus, a new inventory management platform. With this solution, small goods-based businesses in the United States can track and manage their inventory across multiple locations and sales channels, get up-to-date views of their business, and promote profitable growth. Xero Inventory Plus also integrates with Amazon’s Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) program, which enables smaller businesses to manage inventory across Amazon’s channels.

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