Top 5 inventory challenges, S/4HANA benefits, Textron moves to Oracle ERP Cloud, AI in HR, and more

Business Applications Digest A roundup of business applications content from TechTarget | Oct. 30, 2018 FEATURED ARTICLE Top 5 inventory management challenges for manufacturers By David Essex Get expert advice on the technologies, best practices and organizational change management needed to master the most common inventory management problems. (SearchERP.com) Advertisement NEWS   SAP SaaS ERP -- 8 benefits of S/4HANA public cloud Here's how the SaaS version of SAP S/4HANA may help companies lower costs and stay agile in a business world that's always changing. (SearchSAP.com)   Testing the intelligence of AI in HR applications If an algorithm can't figure out things that it wasn't programmed to do, it's not learning anything and therefore isn't intelligent, says analyst Katherine Jones. (SearchHRSoftware.com)   Why Textron came around to Oracle ERP Cloud Textron IT and finance leaders said the company only trusted cloud for nonessentials until aging systems made the move to SaaS ERP inevitable. (SearchERP.com)   C/4HANA name irks some Hybris users, but most take in stride Some Hybris customers give the rebrand to SAP Customer Experience and SAP C/4HANA a thumbs-down, but others believe that it's all part of the IT name game. (SearchSAP.com) EXPERT ADVICE   At Workday Rising, skills ontology feature unveiled Workday is creating a universal skills ontology, a feature made available in its most recent platform version update. Users opt in to share data for a 'skills cloud.' (SearchHRSoftware.com)   Updated Oracle Gen 2 Cloud aims to challenge cloud leaders With enhancements to its Autonomous Database technology and cloud infrastructure security services, Oracle is trying to gain ground on Amazon and other cloud rivals. (SearchOracle.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Business Applications Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Enterprise Applications Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.