AI in ERP & Core Systems
Your ERP vendor is selling you AI. Which parts are worth switching on?
For councils and organisations that want an independent view before they pay for AI features in their core systems.
The demo looked impressive. The business case is missing.
If any of this sounds familiar
- Your vendor’s roadmap now mentions AI on every page, but no one can tell you what it will do for your teams.
- AI features have appeared in your licence renewal or upgrade quote, with a new price attached.
- Staff are already using free AI tools on council or company data, with no policy in place.
- Your board or elected members are asking about AI, and you are not sure what to tell them.
- The only advice you have received came from the people selling the product.
If any of these sound familiar, you are not behind. Most organisations are in the same position. AI arrived in core systems faster than anyone’s policies, budgets or skills could keep up.
Start with a free 30-minute conversation. We will look at what your current systems already offer and tell you plainly where AI may help and where it will not.
AI in your ERP is a business decision, not a feature toggle.
Every major ERP and core system vendor now ships AI: invoice matching, forecasting, chat assistants, automated workflows. Some of it is useful. Some of it is a demo looking for a problem.
The risk is not that you miss out. The risk is that you pay for features your data cannot support, your processes do not need, or your governance cannot control.
The vendor will always say yes. An independent adviser will tell you which features are worth it, in what order, and what to leave alone for now.
The AI Feature Review
A fixed-scope, fixed-fee review of the AI features in your ERP and core systems. It runs over 2–3 weeks and gives you three things:
- A clear inventory. What AI your current licences and vendor roadmap include, what it costs, and what you are already paying for but not using.
- A switch on, wait or ignore verdict. Each feature is assessed against your data quality, your processes, and the value it can realistically deliver.
- A board-ready briefing. A short summary for your executive team or elected members, covering benefits, costs, risks and the recommended order of adoption.
Most AI in ERP doesn’t fail loudly. It gets switched on quietly — and paid for every year after.
By the time anyone asks what the AI features are delivering, they have usually been in the licence for months. Features quietly bundled into renewals. Data gaps quietly overlooked. Value quietly assumed on its way up to you. Nobody lied — but nobody selling the product was incentivised to tell you the whole truth either.
The fix isn’t another vendor demo. It’s someone with no stake in the vendor relationship, the licence renewal, or the next upgrade — looking at what your systems actually offer and telling you plainly.
The AI Visibility Review
A fixed-scope, fixed-fee review over 2–3 weeks. In a short, defined engagement, you get:
• A clear inventory of the AI in your current licences and vendor roadmap — what it costs, and what you are already paying for but not using
• A switch on, wait or ignore verdict for each feature, judged against your data, your processes and the value it can realistically deliver (what looks good in a demo rarely performs the same on your data)
• A plain-language briefing you can take to your Board or Council, in their language, not the vendor’s
Not a sales pitch. Not a reseller with a commission to protect. Not a vendor audit dressed up as advisory. You stay in control of what happens next.
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Why an independent read
Bhani Consulting was founded by SP Singh, who has more than 16 years in ERP and digital transformation programs. He holds TOGAF, PRINCE2 and Scrum Master certifications, and Bhani is a WALGA Preferred Supplier.
We have no product to sell and no vendor commission to protect. Our only interest is whether the technology delivers for your organisation.
The same independence we bring to ERP selection and project recovery now applies to AI. We give you the straight answer the vendor cannot.
“Is it too early for us to think about AI?” No. Your vendor is already building it into your renewals. An early, independent view costs far less than unwinding a feature you did not need.
“Can’t our vendor advise us?” They can explain their product. They cannot tell you whether you need it, or whether a cheaper option would do the same job.
“What if the answer is ‘not yet’?” Then you have saved the licence cost and you have a clear plan for when the time is right. A clear “not yet” is still a useful result.
You don’t need more AI hype. You need an independent answer.
