PLANAT GmbH

Stuttgart – November 03, 2026 -- Some 86 percent of surveyed manufacturers name missing internal resources as a hurdle to modernizing or introducing ERP systems, making it the most frequently cited obstacle in a new Planat GmbH study, even as 51 percent report high or very high pressure to upgrade.

The report "ERP-Herausforderungen 2026/2027" draws on a survey of 150 companies in the manufacturing sector, across different company sizes. Of those, 64 percent have concrete plans, or at least a general intention, to invest in ERP, digitalization or process automation within the next two years.

Project effort and data quality each draw 83 percent of respondents

Heavy project workload and data migration or data quality each reach roughly 83 percent. Cost and budget restrictions limit about 77 percent. Multiple answers were allowed.

Stuttgart – September 16, 2026 -- Stuttgart-based ERP vendor Planat GmbH has launched an 'AI Ready' strategy that lets manufacturing SMEs integrate artificial intelligence tools without committing to a single vendor or deployment model.

Planat decouples AI integration from fixed vendor lock-in

Marco Bux, Principal Product Manager and Head of Development at Planat, said the ERP system is built so that customers can select AI technologies and operating models that match their own requirements rather than being forced into a predetermined path. "AI Ready means for us that new AI technologies should be integrable in the future without users having to commit early to a specific route," Bux said, framing the approach as a matter of investment protection for mid-sized manufacturers.