In order to enable enterprise wide intelligence, companies need a platform that can support their large sets of data. It turns out that Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions are perfectly positioned to fit this need. They're becoming more of a frontline tool that many companies are utilizing for their predictive abilities and augmented intelligence.

This week Steve Murphy of Epicor joins us to discuss the evolution of the ERP system and how it's helping companies make more intelligent decisions using their data.

Steve Murphy is currently the CEO of Epicor, a global leader providing flexible, industry-specific software designed around the needs of manufacturing, distribution, retail and service industry customers. Steve specializes in deep domain expertise in solution selling, revenue generation, supply chain strategy and operations. His career spans more than 20 years in the technology sector including sales and operations leadership positions at OpenText, Oracle, Sun Microsystems and Manugistics, as well as manufacturing and distribution experience leading global logistics, supply chain strategy and major enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations with Accenture and Procter & Gamble. Steve holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.