Acumatica Summit Session Spotlight: Manufacturing

Intro

Acumatica Summit 2026 (January 25-28 at the Seattle Convention Center—Summit Building) is less than 100 days away! As we continue to count down to our annual cloud ERP gathering, we’re excited to give attendees an insider’s look into what our three-day annual event has in store for them, including more than  70 breakout sessions designed to inform, engage, and educate new and expert users alike.

We previously reviewed our construction-centric sessions, so today, we’re turning our attention to the manufacturing sessions found in our packed Summit Agenda. A preview of the distribution sessions is coming soon.

Manufacturing Sessions at Acumatica Summit 2026

This September, we released our latest update, Acumatica 2025 R2. Manufacturers are already using its industry-specific improvements to drive efficiency and support scalable growth. The update introduced powerful capabilities, including lot attributes, anomaly detection, scheduling visibility, traceability, and comprehensive cost management.

As I recently noted in my article introducing our most recent update, our manufacturing management software provides manufacturers with the specific tools they need to fulfill their vital role in the global economy. During our Summit breakout sessions, manufacturers will discover how these enhanced tools ease operational complexities and unlock data insights.

Let’s take a look at a few of these immersive, informative and interactive breakout sessions designed specifically for manufacturers.

1. Immersive Breakout Sessions

Immersive breakout sessions help attendees examine common business process scenarios and discover practical solutions. You will learn how to work more effectively within your ERP solution to streamline your operations.

Inventory Tracking: Unlock the Power of Acumatica Lot/Serial Traceability allows attendees attendees to explore the game-changing benefits of our traceability tools. These features are built to track the origin and movement of inventory across your entire supply chain, which is essential for maintaining strict compliance with financial audits and regulatory standards.

Presenters will dive into the dynamic use of lot and serial tracing in a manufacturing environment. Attendees will learn how to preassign numbers, set up first-in-first-out methodologies, understand the implications for costing, and apply powerful reporting tools. By mastering these features, you can automate compliance reporting and reduce manual errors.

2. Informative Technology Sessions

Our Informative courses are designed to increase attendees’ knowledge of Acumatica and ERP technology by sharing product details and feature specifics while also assessing the latest trends.

For example, our session on Advanced Technologies in Manufacturing: Robotics, Telemetry, & AI-Powered Insights examines how advanced technologies are reshaping the modern shop floor. This session explores how robotics, telemetry, and industrial internet of things devices integrate with your ERP solution to deliver real-time visibility and intelligent automation.

Attendees will learn how machine data drives smarter decisions, reduces equipment downtime, and improves overall product quality. You will also discover how anomaly detection and artificial intelligence tools help mid-size manufacturers stay agile.

This session is ideal for leaders looking to modernize operations, unify data access across departments, and embrace the next wave of digital transformation.

3. Interactive Expert Panels

In our Interactive sessions, attendees can engage with panel or workshop leaders as well as their peers to exchange ideas, opinions, and information.

In Acumatica Manufacturing Edition: Ask the Experts, a panel of product managers, developers, and sales specialists will answer your most pressing questions about our manufacturing software. Participants can submit their questions prior to the session and attend to hear the answers discussed in front of a live audience. This collaborative environment ensures you get the specific insights you need to optimize your ERP solution and support your growth.

Real-World Manufacturing Success with Acumatica

Attending Acumatica Summit 2026 gives manufacturers a front-row seat to innovation. Our inspiring keynotes, impressive networking opportunities, and educational breakout sessions show exactly how our manufacturing ERP solution helps businesses achieve peak performance.

Acumatica customer Envent Engineering, which designs, manufactures, sells, and services gas analyzers for energy producers, is one of those businesses. Before Acumatica, the organization was doing well  but not growing due to its reliance on basic technology, legacy accounting solutions, and spreadsheets. Chief Executive Officer Andy Hodgson likened it to “banging-rocks-together-to-make-sparks level of technology.”

Hodgson says that when they decided it was time they invested in business-disrupting technology, they did their homework, and after comparing many ERP options, they happily selected Acumatica.

“It actually looked good to everybody from the beginning,” he says. “Once we had the opportunity to test drive it and to see our data in play, I think the accountants were the first to be happy and then it kind of went department by department after that.”

The organization-wide happiness stemmed from the benefits Event Engineering experienced, including its ability to access real-time information, easily create financial reports, improve inventory management and cash flow, and gain insights into actual costs per item and profit margins. The fact that they quadrupled their manufacturing capacity (by building more concurrently) didn’t hurt either.

“If I were giving an assessment of Acumatica, I’d be hard pressed to say where it didn’t do something for us,” Hodgson says. “I’ve not only found it to be everything I thought it would be, but I found out working with the partner was almost intrinsic to the success of our implementation.”

At Acumatica Summit 2026, manufacturers will hear more real-world success stories just like this, and best of all, discover how they can replicate this success for themselves. Register today!

Questions about Summit? Contact our event team at summit@acumaticaevents.com. And any questions about our award-winning cloud ERP solution can be directed to our experts standing by.

Empower Your Manufacturing Business For Tomorrow

Acumatica is a thriving community committed to seeing tomorrow’s leading businesses grow on their terms.

At Acumatica Summit 2026, you will hear more real-world success stories from mid-size companies that have successfully reduced operational costs and improved process efficiency. Best of all, you will discover how you can replicate this success within your own organization.
We design our technology around real-world needs. By participating in these specialized manufacturing sessions, you will gain the knowledge required to maximize the return on your software investment.

We invite you to join us in Seattle to connect with industry experts, share your experiences, and explore the future of manufacturing technology. Register for Acumatica Summit 2026 today, and let us build the future of business, together.