Microsoft has debuted the far-reaching  Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing, a broad product stack that spans the functions needed to run factories. The stack is described is included released products and new capabilities. The stack encompasses  Azure, Dynamics 365, HoloLens2, Microsoft 365, Teams, power platform, autonomous systems with AI and Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability. Microsoft pictures the platform as enabling businesses to create the “Agile factory of the future”.  Microsoft says companies can grow with the modular architecture of Cloud for Manufacturing, so they won’t need to completely rip and replace to together systems to run factories.

Oracle NetSuite debuted a wide range of products at last months’ SuiteWorld Conference. These were SuiteBanking, NetSuite Analytics Warehouse and Advanced Customer Playbooks.

Sage Intacct is readying  its dash mesh platform, a technology that enables ERP applications to read and import data from a large variety of data bases. The platform was previewed during the company’s recent Sage Transform conference.

 Intuit plans to develop a CRM package for the tid-market, which goes along with a push in the space with QuickBooks Online Advanced. The broad outlines of the plan was given by CEO Sasan Goodarzi during this week’s webcast for earnings for the first quarter ended October 30.