Top WorkTech News From the Week of December 20th: Updates from Sage, Körber, Odoo, and More

The editors at Solutions Review have curated this list of the most noteworthy WorkTech news from the week of December 20th. This round-up covers announcements and updates from companies like Sage, Körber, Odoo, and more.
Keeping tabs on the most relevant ERP and BPM news can be time-consuming. As a result, our editorial team aims to summarize the week’s top headlines in the enterprise technology marketplace. The Solutions Review editors will compile a weekly round-up of vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy WorkTech information. With that in mind, here is some of the top WorkTech news for December 20th.
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Top WorkTech News From the Week of December 20th, 2024
AppDirect Acquires Firstbase
AppDirect, a global B2B commerce platform, has acquired Firstbase, an IT asset management platform designed to help companies procure and manage the equipment deployed in their organizations. With this acquisition, Firstbase’s platform functionalities will integrate into AppDirect’s solution, providing its advisor community with a centralization location for their end customers to manage their assets. Chris Herd, Founder and CEO of Firstbase, says, “AppDirect’s vision to build the B2B-everything platform fits perfectly with ours at Firstbase. Together, we can solve all the major problems the biggest companies and most innovative CIOs face across both software and hardware.”
fabric Reveals its AI-Powered Order Management System (OMS)
fabric, an order orchestration solution provider, has announced details on its “reimagined” order management system (OMS). This system uses artificial intelligence to provide retailers with a centralized system for managing their orders, inventory, and fulfillment efforts across channels. The fabric AI Order Cloud launch includes tools like a new AI agent, intelligent recommendations, seamless store fulfillment, real-time data analysis, enhanced demand generation, natural language interfaces, and trend detection, helping businesses streamline their operations and utilize a complete view of the customer journey.
Körber Supply Chain Software Announces a Partnership with Dexory
Körber Supply Chain Software, a supply chain execution solution provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Dexory, a robotics and data intelligence company. Through the partnership, Körber will integrate DexoryView’s visibility platform with its Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) to help global customers improve their supply chain management with in-depth insights, increased accuracy, and operational efficiencies. John Santagate, Senior VP of Robotics at Körber Supply Chain Software, says, “Through our partnership with Dexory, we are combining their data visibility and automation platform to…bring real-time insights to the warehouse and enable our customers to create value out of data visibility.”
Odoo and Google Cloud Enhance Their Strategic Partnership
Odoo, an integrated business software provider, has announced an enhanced strategic partnership with Google Cloud. The enhanced partnership aims to support Odoo’s global reach and deliver a seamless, scalable experience to its worldwide customers. Additionally, Odoo’s applications will continue to be powered by Google Cloud’s global infrastructure, helping them provide users with a better experience and faster response times, even amidst peak usage periods or more complex tasks. It will also further empower Odoo to advance its global expansion efforts and explore new technology opportunities.
Sage Debuts Several Cloud-Native Packages for Construction Submarkets
Sage, a software for small and mid-sized businesses, has launched several end-to-end cloud-native packages built to meet the needs of submarkets in the construction industry. The new packages include Sage for Real Estate Developers, Sage for Home Builders, and Sage for General Contractors, which are all built to address the respective challenges faced by companies in those construction markets. Each package is built on a multi-tenant, true-cloud foundation and comes equipped with Sage Intacct’s finance and operations solution “at their core,” giving teams total visibility into the health of their projects.
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