WBSRocks: Scaling Growth with AI, Enterprise Software, and Digital Transformation
WBSRocks podcast features in-depth conversations on AI-enabled business models, customer experience, digital transformation, supply chain, eCommerce, industry 4.0, and enterprise software categories such as CRM, ERP, or analytics suites. The purpose of the show is to help CFOs, COOs, CEOs, and business owners with their daily commercial, operational, or financial challenges by taking a deep dive into business cases and processes, technology strategy and architecture, transformation initiatives, and business models. The show also offers an independent analysis of technology trends, various enterprise software vendors and solutions, and their mergers and acquisitions. Subscribe today to stay on top of digital transformation trends!
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910 episodes
WBSP911: Scale Growth by Learning the Top Project Manufacturing ERP Systems In 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
What are the top project manufacturing ERP systems in 2026? Before comparing the leading options, it is critical to define what project manufacturing actually means. In a true project manufacturing environment, the project is fundamental to how...
WBSP910: Scale Growth by Understanding Infor MES Strategy, Unifying ERP, Shop Floor, and AI for Manufacturing Operations, an Objective Panel Review
Selecting and deploying a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is no longer simply a tactical shop-floor decision. It is an architectural choice that determines how effectively ERP, machines, production data, and emerging AI workflows work toge...
WBSP909: Scale Growth by Understanding Cube FP&A Platform’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Review
Modern FP&A platforms such as Cube are evolving beyond traditional budgeting, forecasting, and reporting to become a broader foundation for finance operations and enterprise planning. As organizations look to reduce spreadsheet dependency, ...
WBSP908: Scale Growth by Learning the Top Configure-to-Order Manufacturing ERP Systems In 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
Configure-to-order manufacturing has unique ERP requirements because product configuration sits directly between the sales and production processes. Unlike make-to-stock, make-to-order, or engineer-to-order environments, CTO manufacturers rely ...
WBSP907: Scale Growth by Understanding How AI Agents Turn Epicor Signals into Autonomous Supply Chain Execution, an Objective Panel Review
Most ERP systems are effective at generating dashboards, alerts, exception reports, and operational signals, but they often stop short of helping organizations execute the required response. This creates a persistent gap between identifying an ...
WBSP906: Scale Growth by Understanding the Differences Between AI-Native and AI-Powered ERP Systems, an Objective Panel Review
ERP selection is no longer just about modules, workflows, integrations, and reporting. Organizations must now understand the architectural differences between AI-powered and AI-native ERP systems. While copilots, AI agents, OCR, predictive anal...
WBSP905: Scale Growth by Learning the Top Engineer-to-Order Manufacturing ERP Systems In 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
Engineer-to-order manufacturing creates some of the most complex ERP requirements because engineering is deeply embedded in the order lifecycle rather than completed before production begins. Products are typically highly customized, high value...
WBSP904: Scale Growth by Understanding Configure, Buy, or Build? How AI Changes ERP Decisions, an Objective Panel Review
ERP implementations rarely fail because of limitations in core functionality. Instead, they tend to break down in the final stages, where industry-specific workflows, company-specific processes, and complex edge cases drive extensive customizat...
WBSP903: Scale Growth by Understanding Drivetrain’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Review
Selecting a modern FP&A platform such as Drivetrain is no longer simply a budgeting or software decision. It is a strategic architectural choice that influences forecasting agility, data governance, cross-functional collaboration, and execu...
WBSP902: Scale Growth by Learning the Top Make-to-Stock Manufacturing ERP Systems In 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
Make-to-stock manufacturers operate in a supply chain-driven environment where products are produced in anticipation of customer demand and held in inventory until they are sold. Unlike make-to-order businesses that manufacture only after recei...
WBSP901: Scale Growth by Understanding The ERP Demo Illusion: How to Spot What Vendors Don’t Show You, an Objective Panel Review
Most ERP demonstrations are designed to showcase the software in its best possible light, but they rarely reflect the complexities organizations encounter during real-world implementation and daily operations. Carefully scripted scenarios, poli...
WBSP900: Scale Growth by Understanding AI & Data Architecture Considerations in ERP Selection, an Objective Panel Review
ERP selection is no longer just a matter of comparing features. It is fundamentally an architectural decision that influences implementation success, reporting quality, operational scalability, and long-term business performance. While many org...
WBSP899: Scale Growth by Learning the Top Make-to-Order Manufacturing ERP Systems In 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
Make-to-order manufacturers operate with a production model in which manufacturing begins only after a confirmed customer order is received, requiring close coordination across quoting, planning, procurement, production, and fulfillment. Unlike...
WBSP898: Scale Growth by Understanding Datarails’ Capabilities, an Objective Panel Review
Selecting a modern FP&A platform such as Datarails is no longer simply a budgeting or software decision. It is an architectural choice that influences forecasting agility, data governance, cross-functional collaboration, and executive visib...
WBSP897: Scale Growth by Understanding How to Write ERP Project Objectives, an Objective Panel Review
ERP projects rarely fail because of the technology itself. More often, they fail because success was never clearly defined from the outset. Broad objectives such as improving efficiency or modernizing systems may sound compelling, but they freq...
WBSP896: Scale Growth by Learning the Top ERP Systems for Service centric Industries In 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
Service-centric organizations operate with business models that are fundamentally different from those of product-based companies, requiring ERP systems designed around people, projects, contracts, subscriptions, customer relationships, and fin...
WBSP895: Scale Growth by Understanding Campfire AI-Native ERP and How It Eliminates the Month-End Grind and Automates Finance, an Objective Panel Review
Finance organizations are under increasing pressure to deliver faster insights and support better decision-making, yet many still depend on fragmented systems, manual reconciliations, and static reporting that prolong month-end close cycles and...
WBSP894: Scale Growth by Understanding Fulfil.IO’s Capabilities, an Objective Panel Review
Many growing eCommerce businesses reach a point where their existing software can no longer keep pace with increasing operational complexity. Lightweight applications often lack the capabilities needed to support higher order volumes, expanding...
WBSP893: Scale Growth by Learning the Top ERP Systems for Product-centric Industries In 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
Product-centric organizations operate in an environment where inventory, supply chain execution, and operational efficiency directly influence profitability. Unlike service-based businesses, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, ...
WBSP892: Scale Growth by Understanding AI for Manufacturers and its Practical ERP Use Cases Without a Costly System Reset, an Objective Panel Review
Manufacturers are under increasing pressure to adopt AI, yet many find it difficult to distinguish practical opportunities from market hype. In this webinar, we explore what AI actually looks like within a manufacturing ERP environment and wher...
WBSP891: Scale Growth by Understanding How to Save 30% on ERP Selection Costs Through ERP RFPs, an Objective Panel Review
Most ERP initiatives struggle not because of technology limitations but because of misalignment among business stakeholders, IT, and software vendors. Organizations often move too quickly into product demonstrations without establishing structu...
WBSP890: Scale Growth by Learning the Top Plastic Extrusion ERP Systems in 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
Plastic extrusion manufacturers operate in an environment with unique operational requirements that distinguish them from many other manufacturing sectors. Complex production scheduling, process manufacturing workflows, specialized bills of mat...
WBSP889: Scale Growth by Understanding When Manufacturers Outgrowing QuickBooks Must Move to ERP, an Objective Panel Review
Many manufacturers relying on QuickBooks and spreadsheets believe their current systems are sufficient until growth begins to expose underlying operational constraints. Inventory inaccuracies increase, purchasing becomes more reactive, and disc...
WBSP888: Scale Growth by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - May 2026, Ep 62, an Objective Panel Discussion
This week's enterprise software developments continued to emphasize AI-driven automation, cloud partnerships, and operational intelligence across the enterprise. HUMAN Security expanded its agentic visibility capabilities for marketing and comm...
WBSP887: Scale Growth by Learning the Top Machinery Manufacturing ERP Systems in 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
Machinery manufacturing is among the most operationally complex segments of the ERP market, with business requirements varying significantly across OEMs, component manufacturers, distributors, field service organizations, and equipment rental c...
