May 22, 2026
Where AI Actually Helps Inside an ERP
AI is showing up in every ERP sales pitch. Some of it is genuinely useful. Most of it isn't ready for production use yet.
Where it helps today
- Demand forecasting from historical sales and inventory data
- Anomaly detection in transactions and expense reports
- Natural-language search over reports and records
Where to be skeptical
Fully autonomous decision-making in finance or payroll still needs a human reviewing the output before it touches real money.