Post by Tobias Unger

After 15 years in enterprise technology, I've watched every wave make the same promise: replace legacy. Make others obsolete. 👉 RPA was going to replace ERP. 👉 Process Mining was going to kill BPM. 👉 Now AI is going to wipe out SaaS. None of that is what actually happens. But something is shifting — and it's more consequential than replacement. AI isn't killing ERP. It's compressing the profit pool.      When agents execute workflows, route decisions, and trigger actions across systems — the application becomes infrastructure. The control layer moves above it. And when control moves, economic leverage moves with it.                                                           Yet the real question isn't whether your ERP survives AI. The real question is whether your company is heading for the technology architecture and organization of work what will unlock the full AI potential.          Most companies aren't behind on AI technology. They're behind on how work is defined for machines. The full article covers:                                                   ➡️ Why core systems persist                            ➡️ My view on a three-layer architecture ➡️ Why the real blocker isn't technology                                                  Read it here👇