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Wednesday, May 20
 

9:15am CDT

(504) The Kodaris AI Platform: Artificial Intelligence With a Purpose
Wednesday May 20, 2026 9:15am - 9:45am CDT
There’s no bigger topic right now than Artificial Intelligence. Recent (and continuous) advances in the tooling have created game changing opportunities for distributors to leverage the technology. But even with these advances, challenges remain to ensure effective implementation of AI. Have we identified use cases that will drive value? Is my data ready, and more importantly will my data remain secure? Do I have consistent, well defined processes that will open up the possibilities of AI automation? Come to this session to discover how Kodaris is working with our community to answer these questions. Learn about how AI tooling has become a core component of our platform, with well defined use cases including:

• AI Product Information Management
• Automation rules engine
• AP and Order Automation using AI
• AI Hybrid Search in Commerce
• AI Knowledge Base (Internal and Customer facing)

Additionally, Kodaris will be giving you a sneak peak of several new AI projects in development.

Three Take Aways:
• AI built into the platform: Discover how Kodaris has embedded AI tooling directly into its platform with well-defined use cases designed specifically for distributors.
• Answers to your biggest AI questions: Learn how to evaluate data readiness, maintain data security, and identify use cases that will drive real business value.
• Practical AI automation for distribution: Explore how consistent, well-defined processes unlock AI automation across key workflows like AP processing, order management, and PIM.
Speakers
avatar for Tony Zakula

Tony Zakula

CEO, Kodaris
CEO of Kodaris, lifelong software engineer, and have been working in the distribution industry with Infor products for almost ten years.  Passionate about each and every customer's success.
avatar for Michael Mazzoni

Michael Mazzoni

EVP, Platform Solutions, Kodaris
Mike has a Master’s degree in Industrial Technology from Purdue University and 25 years of experience implementing software, consulting, and driving continuous innovation to the wholesale distribution market space. Exposure to multiple software solutions across an array of industries... Read More →
Wednesday May 20, 2026 9:15am - 9:45am CDT
Broadway A-B

1:15pm CDT

(502) GL Reporting That Matches the Board's Expectations | A Back to Birst Session
Wednesday May 20, 2026 1:15pm - 1:45pm CDT
Finance teams in distribution have historically lived with a difficult choice: build reports manually in legacy tools, invest in a separate financial analytics platform, or go without. Dragon Pack Financials is a third path — built natively inside Birst on your existing Infor license, with income statements and balance sheets that match to the penny and a full-service delivery model that gets finance teams live faster than any self-serve alternative. And increasingly, customers who have been running on-premises financial reporting solutions are finding that the cloud-native alternative they have been looking for has been inside their Infor environment all along.





In this session, Ching Cooper will walk through what financial reporting looks like when it lives inside your Birst environment — and share what a growing number of customers migrating from on-premises financial platforms are discovering when they make the switch, including:



  • GL History and Reconciliation — complete general ledger visibility with outputs that match what your accounting team and auditors expect
  • Income Statements and Balance Sheets — bank-ready financial reporting built on your CSD data, matched to the penny
  • On-Premises to Cloud Migration — how customers have moved their financial reporting out of on-premises tools and into Birst, what the transition looked like, and what they would do differently
  • Financial Platform Migration — what customers moving from other standalone financial reporting tools are experiencing, and why Dragon Pack Financials is becoming the destination of choice for CSD customers re-evaluating their analytics stack
  • Full-Service Delivery Model — provide your CSD credentials and ADG does the rest, getting your finance team live without requiring internal Birst development resources

This session is particularly relevant if your organization is currently running financial reporting in an on-premises tool and wondering what the path forward looks like. Come hear directly from the team building these solutions — and from the customers who have already made the move.



Try Dragon Pack Financials at TUG — Special Member Offer
  • Free 2-month trial in live production — exclusively for TUG members
  • Free while you are in-flight — no cost during your active CSD implementation
  • Monthly subscription, always month-to-month — no long-term commitment, cancel any time
Stop by the ADG booth to sign up or speak with a member of the team in the room.
Speakers
avatar for Ching Cooper

Ching Cooper

Financials and M3 Product Owner, Agile Dragon Group
In my 20+ years of professional experience, I'm always looking to bridge business and technology. Business users have trusted me to understand their processes, problems, and expectations for using information and implementing technology to meet their expectations. I've led over 100... Read More →
Wednesday May 20, 2026 1:15pm - 1:45pm CDT
Broadway A-B
 


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