The ABCs of ERP & Beyond
ERP systems run your business — but most of the advice out there is buried in jargon or sounds like a sales pitch. The ABCs of ERP & Beyond cuts through that. Hosted by Pete Nicholson and Nirav Shah, two ERP practitioners working in the trenches with manufacturing and distribution businesses, this podcast covers everything from go-live survival to planning, scheduling, inventory, finance, and the tech that ties it all together. No fluff. No vendor spin. Just practical insight you can actually use.
The ABCs of ERP & Beyond
8 Things We Actually Like in Acumatica 2026 R1
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Acumatica 2026 R1 is live — 460 pages of release notes, and we've read them so you don't have to. Pete, Nirav, and Emily walk through what actually stood out, what's genuinely useful, and why this particular release deserves your attention sooner rather than later.
In this episode, we cover:
- Acumatica Payments on Shopify — how closing the refund and B2B payment gap between your storefront and ERP simplifies reconciliation
- The redesigned customer portal — what it looks like now, why it actually resembles an e-commerce experience, and whether B2B customers will use it
- InsightXL — Acumatica's new Excel add-in with a live connection to ARM, and what it means for Velixo
- The AI assistant and AI Studio — why Acumatica's approach is ahead of Dynamics Copilot, and the data governance question nobody's answering yet
- GI enhancements, GL anomaly detection, and the classic UI sunset — the things that aren't flashy but will affect your day-to-day
Acumatica 2026 R1 Official Release Notes here: https://community.acumatica.com/supported-releases-67/acumatica-2026-r1-downloads-and-release-notes-34865
Oh, and Emily Browning is now officially our third permanent co-host. Commiserations to her.
If you're on Acumatica or evaluating it, this is the release review episode to listen to.
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