ERP Summit 2026: Where is ERP going in the age of artificial intelligence?

The ERP Summit 2026 has established itself as the largest software and management event in Latin America, bringing together leaders who are shaping the future of business technology. This year, the event's stage not only discussed functionalities, but also the profound transformation of the nature of work through Artificial Intelligence (AI).

For Skyone , being present in this universe is fundamental. More than just providing technology, our role is to be the partner that scales AI with security and operational continuity. With a busy booth and four impactful presentations, we brought a clear vision to the ERP Summit : software isn't going away, but its interface and usefulness have changed forever.

Next, we delve into the key insights shared by our experts during the event.

The invisible ERP and autonomous management

Guilherme Goulart , Partner & Channel Sales Director at Skyone, raised a necessary point: the current ERP landscape still demands excessive operational effort. Manual reports, low productivity, and decisions based on outdated data create an "invisible cost of management."

According to Guilherme, the future belongs to invisible ERP . "Cold data is storage cost. Hot data is operational profit." The idea is for the system to stop being just a record of the past and become a living intelligence that anticipates needs.

" Skyone Studio is what 'warms up' the stagnant data, integrating systems so that AI can act on them in real time."

Without imagination, every strategy becomes a reaction

In one of the event's most inspiring talks, Roberto Arruda , CRO of Skyone, highlighted that, in the age of AI, the biggest challenge is not technological, but cultural. Technology today performs tasks autonomously, and if leadership doesn't use its imagination to redesign processes, it will remain stuck in reaction.

Arruda emphasized that AI does not amplify culture; that is a human task. He cited the success story of Copastur , where the implementation of AI agents in bank reconciliation automated 80% of the process, generating a ROI of 4 billion in one year.

"The biggest challenge is culture and people. You can have the technology, but if you don't have the culture and people ready to adopt it, your project will be a challenge.".

How to safely scale AI in ERP

The “Analytic Latency Crisis” was the central theme of Theron Morato , Sales Advisor and AI/Data Specialist. Theron revealed alarming data: 72% of critical decisions are still made without real-time data. Extracting a complex report from a traditional ERP can be 3 to 5 times slower than obtaining an answer via AI.

The journey proposed by Skyone unifies data sources (ERP, CRM, WMS) in real time, allowing the user to simply formulate a prompt and obtain instant and contextualized answers.

"AI accelerates and democratizes access to information, but human validation—the Human-in-the-Loop—remains indispensable.".

Software, SaaS, and Vibe Coding: the new economy

Robson Del Fiol , Director of Education at Skyone, brought to the discussion the disruptive impact of Vibe Coding . In this new economy, any business professional, whether a CFO or an HR manager, can create software simply by describing their intent to AI.

This ease of use lowers the development barrier to zero, but requires rigorous governance to avoid low-quality or vulnerable systems. Robson highlighted that software is ceasing to be the primary interface and is becoming a voice or a conversation.

"The secret lies in the instructions you give the AI. Your prompt is the secret, but the guarding rails you include within it are what will protect you.".

Skyone's role in the future of management

Our presence at the ERP Summit 2026 reinforced that Skyone is the cloud that securely scales AI. Through Skyone Studio , we offer a product that eliminates silos, organizes data, and simplifies AI projects, transforming any analyst into an intelligence operator.

Whether it's through modernizing legacy ERPs with Skyone Autosky or orchestrating autonomous agents, we're ready to lead this transformation alongside you.

Written by Skyone