What if your ERP could tell you what would happen before you made a big decision?
That's the idea behind the predictive ERP, and it's the focus of 's community session at Convergence AI+D365 2026 in Miami. Shawn is CEO of Innovia Consulting, and he also spoke at last year's inaugural Reboot event in Miami.
In this session spotlight, Shawn talks about the questions every business leader wants answered. What could we do better? What would happen if we implemented something new, acquired another company, or switched suppliers or distributors?
Those questions are hard to answer with traditional analytics. Shawn's session looks at how AI can use the data that's already sitting in your ERP to help you find the answers.
If you've ever wanted a better way to plan for "what if," I encourage you to catch Shawn's session. and join him in Miami.
Watch the full interview below.
Interview with Shawn Dorward from Innovia Consulting
Bobby Small: Let's talk about Convergence 2026, a great event coming up at the end of the year in December. I've got one of our esteemed speakers I'd like to introduce. I'll let you introduce yourself and tell us a little about who you are and what your community session is going to be about at Convergence in Miami.
Shawn Dorward: Well, thanks, Bobby. Hello, everyone. My name is Shawn Dorward, and I'm the CEO at Innovia Consulting. I'm super excited about Convergence this year. I had the privilege of speaking at last year's inaugural Reboot event in Miami, and I'm also privileged to have a session this year.
This year, I'm going to be talking about the concept of a predictive ERP, and I'm pretty stoked about that.
The idea, Bobby, is that every business I've engaged with over my career wants to budget, wants to forecast, and wants to do these things in real time. But they always want to know: what could we do better? If we implemented this, what would its impact be? Or even more so, if we acquired this company and brought it into our organization, or if we switched distributors or switched suppliers, what would happen? Those kinds of questions are really hard to answer. It's all analytics based, and you have to have that data of your own.
So, this session is all about taking those questions and using AI. The beautiful thing about your ERP is that it already has the data to help you find out what the answer will be. This is a new world we live in, and it's time to think about things in a very different way.
So, join me at Convergence this year for this session. I look forward to seeing you there.
Bobby Small: Love it, man. I look forward to seeing you as well. Take care.