Digital Deification

Aug 1, 2026 · Industry Insights

How ERP Consultants Can Pivot in the AI Era: Two Proven Paths to Break Through

The article outlines three pressures squeezing ERP consultants—AI automating standardized tasks, clients handling basic configurations themselves, and demand shifting from system go-live to measurable business impact—and proposes two transformation paths: evolving into solution consultants who diagnose business problems and design decisions, or building ERP+AI composite skills to address gaps beyond native ERP AI capabilities.