Acumatica Summit 2022: Post-Event Recap
Acumatica Summit 2022 took place January 23rd through the 28th and had some super exciting stuff! This year’s event included some great announcements revolving around integration, insightful keynotes, and lots more. Read on to learn what went on this year along with some of our team’s big takeaways!
Announcements
Expanding Acumatica's Ecosystem
Acumatica placed a high focus on expanding the ecosystem, announcing the priorities of agility and growth for the year. They also announced several new integrations, partnerships, and acquisitions that are helping Acumatica push towards these goals.
New Integrations in Acumatica 2022 R1
- Acumatica Document Cloud in partnership with Adobe: Adobe eSign and its PDF Annotator are combined into a single product, simplifying document management and removing the need for complicated licensing.
- Customers can simply track construction expenses and project planning documents with the new Autodesk integration, which builds on the current Acumatica and ProEst (an Autodesk Company) integration.
- Rounding out the integration announcements were the introductions of The Amazon Connector (allows to leverage Acumatica’s commerce-enabled ERP to integrate with Amazon via the new Selling Partner API) and the UiPath Connector (automate repetitive chores with UiPath’s RPA technology).
Acumatica 2022 R1 Product Development
Acumatica’s Ajoy Krishnamoorthy, EVP, Product Management and CSO, spoke about Acumatica’s upcoming release, Acumatica 2022 R1, during the Day 2 Keynote. The three themes of the release, which will be available in mid-March, are Work Smart on the Go, Unlock Global Markets, and Go Broad and Deep with Industry-Leading Capabilities.
WORK SMART ON THE GO
Acumatica Cloud ERP enables users to work from anywhere with our native mobile app. It is thoughtfully designed for users on the go with capabilities like expense reporting, time, attendance, and more.
Users can easily communicate and collaborate within and outside their team to drive work forward. Everyone knows what is happening, when, and where—and they share a single view of the truth as they make proactive business decisions.
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UNLOCK GLOBAL MARKETS
Regional boundaries are shrinking in today’s hyper-competitive marketplace, and foreign markets are increasingly attractive to fast-growing businesses.
Acumatica enables global organizations to transcend geographic boundaries and penetrate international markets to take advantage of new market opportunities with the robust localization, integration, and financial management capabilities in 2022 R1.
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GO BROAD AND DEEP WITH INDUSTRY CAPABILITIES
Acumatica understands that each vertical has unique needs and distinct business processes.
Therefore, Acumatica delivers intelligent and industry-focused Editions for Retail-Commerce, Construction, Distribution, and Manufacturing.
This helps business owners tailor Acumatica to their specific industry needs and challenges.
Keynote Sessions Available On-Demand
Day 1: Live Keynote
Access the recording and watch CEO Jon Roskill open Acumatica Summit 2022 with his Welcome Keynote presentation. Gain insights into Acumatica business highlights, breaking news announcements, and the company’s direction for the future.
In this keynote recording, Jon Roskill:
- How the digital transformation journey leads to business agility.
- What groundbreaking developments are happening in the Acumatica community.
- Who has been chosen as Acumatica’s Customer of the Year and Impact Customer of the Year.
- How Acumatica values excellence, community, integrity, and curiosity.
Register now to get access to the recorded keynote.
Day 2: Live Keynote
In Day 2, Ali Jani (Chief Product Officer) and others continued discussing the digital transformation journey for the Acumatica community. They also revealed new product demonstrations and customer scenarios that will help drive long-term success.
Ali Jani and his team discussed:
- Acumatica’s passion, which guides the development of innovative functionality.
- Business management solutions for the construction, distribution, retail-commerce, and manufacturing industries.
- Creative answers to real-life customer situations.
- Technology designed to foster connected businesses.
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DSD Highlights
Dean Slater
Acumatica Consulting Manager
Dean Slater's Highlights
DSD Acumatica consulting manager, Dean Slater is thrilled about the direct connect to Amazon coming in Acumatica 2022 R1. Dean also mentioned the excitement around the new ISVs in the channel and how it continues to fill the needs for industry industry-specific solutions.
In regards to the overall experience this year, Dean had this to say:
“We can grow stronger and strategize farther with our teams and our clients when we BRAINSTORM together. Summit give us the opportunity to walk the showroom floor together and really dial into what clients needs, now and in the future, is priceless!”
Nicole Ronchetti
Sr. Technical Consultant
Nicole Ronchetti's Highlights
DSD Sr. Technical Consultant, Nicole Ronchetti was also excited to hear about the next-level Amazon integration. She also loved the customer success stories and hearing from companies about how much they have been enjoying Acumatica such as this year’s customer of the year Green Bay Packing.
Nicole’s Acumatica Summit Highlights:
“I love the ever-evolving roadmap and seeing all that will be added to the product in the platform over the next several versions like the UI overhaul and report designer changes. It’s great to be working on a platform that’s always improving.”
Phillip Marotta
Sr. Acumatica Consultant
Phillip Marotta's Highlights
DSD Sr. Acumatica Consultant, Phillip Marotta agrees being able to edit Adobe documents and using eSignature are great new features being added. Phillip also mentioned how the growth and excitement for Acumatica is really great moving forward.
Phil’s Top Summit Moment:
“I really enjoyed access to the Acumatica Product Specialists that could help us work through puzzling scenario like the use of Field Service with multiple techs. It’s so valuable to be able to have conversations with the publisher like this!”
Overall Recap
Our team had an amazing time at this year’s Summit and we are very thrilled about the new integrations, product roadmap goals, and everything else that’s to come in the future. Acumatica Summit 2022 once again proved that Acumatica securely leads the ERP technology forefront. Thank you Acumatica and everyone who helped make this event possible!
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