1、 IBM Institute for Business Value|Research Insights The ERP leapfrog How Australian enterprises can turn decades of tech debt into AI leadership Contents Introduction.2 Part one The hesitation tax:Why it costs more to wait than to move .4 Part two Transformation that funds itself.7 Part three The 20
2、28 window:AI native by design.10 Action Guide Three moves that matter.13 2 2 Australias ERP modernization lag offers a clean-sheet advantage to build the worlds first truly machine-readable enterprises.Key takeaways Australias ERP baseline works in its favor.Only 11%of Australian organizations run m
3、odern cloud ERP(vs 23%in the US/UK),creating a clear runway to modernize directly for agentic workflows instead of retrofitting legacy decisions.The ERP timeline has become an AI timeline.With legacy ERP support ending in 2027 and competitors moving to AI-embedded ERP by 2028,96%of Australian leader
4、s already agree ERP data is the lifeblood of agentic AI so early execution becomes an advantage.Every quarter of delay compounds costand caps returns.Today,AI ROI in legacy/hybrid environments averages 8%,while an optimized AI-native core is projected to unlock approximately 40%ROI more than a fourf
5、old lift.1 Introduction Hesitation tax Transformation 2028 window Action guide Introduction Australias ERP leapfrog moment In the Australian C-suite,there is no shortage of AI appetite.From boardrooms greenlighting nine-figure investments to tech functions spinning up a dizzying array of pilots,Aust
6、ralia is betting big on an AI-infused automated future.2 But theres a jarring disconnect between investment and impact.While the ambition is there,results are often stalled.The culprit isnt the AI models themselves;its the dated ERP foundations they are built upon.A recent IBM Institute for Business