Full Retreat Agenda
Builder TrackTuesday, Sept 15 · 1:00 – 2:20 PM

Old ERP, New Tricks: Let AI Upgrade Your Line-of-Business Software

Your ERP is ancient, paid for, and full of answers nobody can get out — AI talks to it so you don't have to.

About This Session

Don't replace the twenty-year-old ERP — put AI in front of it. Plain-English questions, automated exports, and the reports the vendor would charge five figures for.

What We'll Cover

  • Plain-English answers out of a crusty demo ERP, live
  • Automated exports without vendor involvement
  • The recipe: putting an AI layer in front of any legacy system

You Leave With

An ask-your-ERP recipe

Who Should Attend

The people who run the twenty-year-old ERP or line-of-business system every day — and the managers tired of hearing a report 'isn't possible' without a five-figure vendor quote. Especially relevant for manufacturing, distribution, and field-service companies.

Part of a Full Day of Hands-On AI Training

This workshop is one of 20 at the AI Business Retreat — a one-day, hands-on AI training for business at The Island in Spooner, Wisconsin, within driving distance of Minneapolis–St. Paul, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Duluth, and Hudson. Can't make the drive? Every session, including this one, streams live for remote attendees.

Presenters and final session materials are being finalized and will be announced closer to the retreat.

Session Details

When
Tuesday, Sept 15, 2026 · 1:00 – 2:20 PM
Track
Builder Track
Where
The Island · Spooner, WI (or attend live remote)
Who it's for
Built for the person stuck running the old system

One registration covers the full retreat — every session, every track.

For Employees & Builders

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Old ERP, New Tricks — Questions & Answers

Yes — and usually without touching the ERP itself. AI sits in front of the system: it reads the data the ERP already exports, answers plain-English questions, automates the exports on a schedule, and assembles the reports the vendor would charge five figures to build. The workshop demonstrates this live against a deliberately crusty demo ERP.
No — that's the whole premise of this session. Your ERP is ancient, paid for, and full of answers; replacing it is a multi-year project with real risk. Putting an AI layer in front of it takes hours, keeps the system of record untouched, and delivers most of what a replacement promises: answers, automation, and reporting.
This workshop is part of the AI Business Retreat on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at The Island in Spooner, Wisconsin. One registration covers the full day — all 20 sessions across the Leadership, Sales & Marketing, and Builder tracks, including this one. In person is $495 (working lunch included); attending live online is $250. Seats are limited.

This session is one of twenty.

One registration covers the whole day — every track, every workshop, the working lunch, and your written 90-day roadmap. Sept 15, 2026 · The Island, Spooner WI.