ErpSeal Podcast

- Acumatica has been talking about building a Web-Based Report Designer product for years now, but it hasn’t happened yet- Well, Kaden built one, and it looks really good- Let’s take a look at it- This is a pilot episode of “Seal Tank”, something that Jeremy Potoka and I have talked about doing- Seal Tank is like a friendlier version of Shark Tank and we evaluate software that a developer built

- Most seasoned ERP consultants know that their most valuable skills are not “hard skills” (what boxes to check), but “soft skills” (knowing how to navigate a company through a scary ERP implementation)- And yet, most companies looking to hire consultants do so mostly based on the hard skills, drastically limiting their pool of potential candidates - Jeremy has instead hired inexperienced people and built their skills organically, bucking the trend- Let's learn about how Jeremy and his team do itErpSeal - Mid-Market ERP Learning for Acumatica, Aptean, CMiC, Deltek, ECI, Epicor, IFS, Infor, Jonas, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, Oracle NetSuite, Plex, QAD, Rootstock, Sage, SAP, SYSPRO, Trimble, Viewpoint, and others

- Tim wrote off the idea of AI-native ERP for several months after hearing about it, but now he’s become intrigued by it.- Let’s talk with someone who jumped into AI-native ERP with both feet without looking back.- Is it a real thing or just a trick nowadays to get money from investors?- Let’s find out what Susan thinks and whether AI-native ERP is more than just an intriguing idea.ErpSeal - Mid-Market ERP Learning for Acumatica, Aptean, CMiC, Deltek, ECI, Epicor, IFS, Infor, Jonas, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, Oracle NetSuite, Plex, QAD, Rootstock, Sage, SAP, SYSPRO, Trimble, Viewpoint, and others

- For most consultancies, how their client’s ERP is being used is mostly a mystery- Which screens carry the workload? Which licensed modules sit idle? Which customizations are not being used?- The ERP publisher has visibility into all sorts of telemetry details like this, but not the VAR- AcuLens aims to give Acumatica VARs better visibility into their client’s telemetryErpSeal - Mid-Market ERP Learning for Acumatica, Aptean, CMiC, Deltek, ECI, Epicor, IFS, Infor, Jonas, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, Oracle NetSuite, Plex, QAD, Rootstock, Sage, SAP, SYSPRO, Trimble, Viewpoint, and others

- I tried Microsoft Copilot a while back and it seemed like a piece of junk compared to ChatGPT and Claude- But things move fast in the AI world so maybe things have changed?- As of June 16, 2026, Copilot Cowork is now generally available, so maybe it’s time to take another look- And ask a bunch of questions like, “does Microsoft have their own LLM or is it just OpenAI or Anthropic under the hood”?- Daniel Amaro is the perfect person to ask...ErpSeal - Mid-Market ERP Learning for Acumatica, Aptean, CMiC, Deltek, ECI, Epicor, IFS, Infor, Jonas, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, Oracle NetSuite, Plex, QAD, Rootstock, Sage, SAP, SYSPRO, Trimble, Viewpoint, and others

- Acumatica DeviceHub is the print server for Acuamtica that sends stuff to warehouse printers- DeviceHub exists, but it’s not great, so let’s explore an alternative option- Nicole uses this thing called PrintNode which sounds pretty interesting- Is PrintNode better than DeviceHub? Or maybe it’s more of a supplemental thing?- Let’s find out...ErpSeal - Mid-Market ERP Learning for Acumatica, Aptean, CMiC, Deltek, ECI, Epicor, IFS, Infor, Jonas, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, Oracle NetSuite, Plex, QAD, Rootstock, Sage, SAP, SYSPRO, Trimble, Viewpoint, and others

- Sometimes "it’s the little things in life" that make your day more pleasantAlan built 2 "it’s the little things" Chrome extensions (Audit Trail Analyzer and Trace Copier) for Acumatica- He’s also got something called Lumi that gives you real-time line level color coding across 15 data entry grids in Acumatica, providing the ability to define line level color coding rules without writing code- Let’s take a lookErpSeal - Mid-Market ERP Learning for Acumatica, Aptean, CMiC, Deltek, ECI, Epicor, IFS, Infor, Jonas, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, Oracle NetSuite, Plex, QAD, Rootstock, Sage, SAP, SYSPRO, Trimble, Viewpoint, and others

- Crestwood recently launched an AI Agent for Acumatica that automates the entry of Customer PO PDF data into the Sales Orders screen in Acumatica.- Sounds interesting, let’s check it out!- Let’s also learn about their AI Consulting Practice since every VAR right now is trying to figure out how to integrate AI into their services.- Is AI an easy thing for the ERP crowd to adopt or are there lessons that we need to learn first?ErpSeal - Mid-Market ERP Learning for Acumatica, Aptean, CMiC, Deltek, ECI, Epicor, IFS, Infor, Jonas, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, Oracle NetSuite, Plex, QAD, Rootstock, Sage, SAP, SYSPRO, Trimble, Viewpoint, and others

- Andy Nunez has been in the Mid-Market ERP space since 1997, climbing the ranks for 11 years at NexTec Group, then 12 years at SWK.- He then served as CEO of Endpoint (formerly Scanco) for 4 years, so I think we can officially call him a seasoned executive at this point.- Not many people can think strategically like an executive while simultaneously applying tech to real-world problems. Andy is one of those people.- Let's find out what he's up to these days with AI.

- There is no “easy button” when it comes to implementing ERP in an organization with 15 Operational Companies (not just Financial Companies)- But hopefully this episode can make it a little easier as we learn from Ralph’s battle scars.- How did you align on a common Chart of Accounts across the business? Got reporting tips & tricks?- I’ve got a bunch of questions like that for Ralph