Global enterprise software provider Rimini Street has announced a bold new chapter in enterprise technology with the release of its landmark white paper, “The Rise of Agentic AI ERP.”
The company declared that traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are “dead” — positioning its new Agentic AI ERP framework as the future of intelligent business operations.
Authored by more than 30 Rimini Street experts, engineers, and executives, the white paper outlines a transformative vision for ERP systems that moves beyond today’s monolithic, upgrade-heavy software models.
Instead, the company proposes a new architecture where autonomous AI agents orchestrate business processes across systems — delivering faster innovation, reduced costs, and higher agility without the need for expensive re-platforming or migrations.
“We believe ERP is evolving from a product to a process,” said Seth Ravin, president and CEO of Rimini Street. “Innovation should be efficiently layered over existing systems in a unified approach — not forced through costly upgrades. This paper is a blueprint for organizations to transform intelligently and efficiently.”
According to the white paper, traditional ERP suites have reached their technical and functional limits. Continuous vendor-driven upgrades from providers like Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft, deliver minimal innovation while inflating costs and operational risk, according to Rimini Street.
In contrast, Agentic AI ERP introduces what the company calls a “Transformation without Disruption” model — deploying AI-driven layers over existing ERP platforms to enable autonomous decision-making and orchestration across departments.
The paper details how enterprises can leverage AI agents to automate functions such as procurement, finance, human resources, and supply chain management.
These agents, built on microservices and API-first architectures, act as intelligent intermediaries that learn, adapt, and act independently across systems — turning ERP from a static “System of Record” into a dynamic “System of Action.”
Rimini Street’s approach promises measurable business outcomes in weeks rather than years. By integrating agentic automation and low-code workflows over legacy ERP systems, organizations can extend the life of existing software through 2040 while cutting costs and improving responsiveness.
“Dozens of leading organizations have already launched their Agentic AI ERP initiatives with Rimini Street,” said Vijay Kumar, the company’s chief innovation officer.
“They’re embedding AI to automate decisions, streamline workflows, and achieve enterprise-wide orchestration — and the results are extraordinary.”
The company asserts that this shift will redefine how IT budgets are spent, allowing CIOs to allocate resources from high-cost software maintenance to high-value innovation.
Early adopters, it said, are already seeing significant labor savings and faster time-to-value compared to traditional ERP upgrades.
The “Rise of Agentic AI ERP” white paper envisions ERP as part of a composable enterprise, where modular systems are connected through a federated data fabric and governed by embedded AI ethics, compliance, and security protocols.
This architecture, Rimini Street claims, enables hyper-personalized experiences, predictive insights, and self-healing business processes that operate autonomously.
The company also outlines how “Headless ERP” architectures — where AI takes over the execution layer — can extend the lifespan of existing systems while enabling modernization at the edges. Enterprises can thus preserve their stable ERP cores while layering intelligence and innovation on top.
Rimini Street is positioning its Agentic AI ERP not as a replacement, but as an evolution — one that redefines enterprise computing for the AI era.
With its Smart Path methodology, the company says it has already helped thousands of clients across Fortune 500, public sector, and government organizations achieve “transformation without disruption.”
“Agentic AI ERP is the next technological paradigm shift,” Ravin emphasized. “It’s about empowering organizations to achieve more with what they already have — faster, smarter, and with far greater control.”
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