CBIZ was on the ground at SuiteWorld 2025 in Las Vegas, Oracle NetSuite’s largest gathering of customers, partners, and product experts. From AI-driven innovations to upcoming Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) features, the event offered a firsthand look at the tools and trends shaping business operations. If you missed this year, don’t worry – our team captured the key trends and takeaways to help your business navigate the future of ERP and AI.
NetSuite Next: AI-Powered ERP for Smarter Decisions
One of the most significant announcements was NetSuite Next, powered by Ask Oracle. This platform embeds AI into everyday business processes, helping teams work more efficiently and make smarter decisions.
NetSuite Next is collaborative, adaptive, and intuitive. It combines conversational AI with agentic workflows to automate routine and complex tasks while providing real-time actionable insights. Ask Oracle, NetSuite Next’s natural language assistant, lets users query data with simple conversational prompts. It produces context-aware answers, visualizations, and explanations, enabling teams to collaborate and quickly act on data.
Other highlights include:
- AI Canvas: A visual workspace to transform data into actionable insights, brainstorm solutions, and start AI-driven workflows.
- Agentic Workflows: Automates tasks like payment proposals, reconciliations, vendor selection, and supply chain operations while letting users remain in control of decisions.
- Narrative Insights and Document Integration: AI examines data and documents, detects trends, and converts knowledge into practical workflows, decreasing manual effort and boosting accuracy.
NetSuite Next integrates seamlessly with existing operations, enabling customers to activate the platform without migrating data or disrupting customizations. Built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), it features a unified data model, explainable and auditable AI, and the modern Redwood Design System-providing trusted insights, early risk detection, and adaptation to each user’s role and context. NetSuite Next will be available in North America within the next 12 months.
Maximizing AI Through Data Management
High-quality, centralized data is essential to unlock AI’s potential. At SuiteWorld 2025, experts highlighted that AI produces results only when organizations consolidate, clean, and structure their data. Follow these best practices to ensure your data enables smarter, faster decisions.
- Centralize Information: Consolidate all business data into a single system, such as NetSuite or NetSuite Analytics Warehouse, to maximize AI capabilities.
- Maintain Data Quality: Standardize formats, resolve inconsistencies, and keep records organized and consistent.
- Preserve Historical Context: AI depends on comprehensive data histories. Identify key fields and make them mandatory to ensure thorough future collection.
- Automate and Enhance: Use enrichment workflows and automated quality controls to ensure accuracy at scale.
Prioritizing centralized, reliable data enables organizations to unlock AI’s full potential and make better, faster decisions.
Driving AI Adoption via Change Management
Successfully implementing AI requires focusing on people, processes, technology, risk, and measurement. Key strategies to implement include:
- Rethink Traditional Models: Conventional change management assumes stability. AI initiatives need flexible, iterative methods.
- Embrace Agility: Assess risk continuously, measure progress, and encourage experimentation at every stage.
- Foster a Growth Culture: Teams need to adapt rapidly, embrace uncertainty, and keep learning to maximize AI-driven transformation.
Navigating the Future of ERP
AI is essential in modern ERPs now. NetSuite Next helps organizations streamline processes, enhance decision-making, and get the most from their data. Combining AI readiness with effective change management and data governance prepares businesses for success in the next stage of ERP development.
CBIZ helps clients and partners explore AI innovations and implement them in real-world operations. From readiness assessment to deployment and adoption, our team guides businesses to realize the full benefits of AI-driven ERP. Curious how these innovations could transform your organization? Connect with a CBIZ advisor to discuss personalized solutions that streamline processes, enhance insights, and prepare your business for the future.
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