Episode 155:

Bringing Innovation to Enterprise Resource Planning with Emilie Schario of Turbine

September 13, 2023

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas welcome back Emilie Schario, the Founder & CEO at Turbine, to the show. During the episode, Emilie discusses her background in data and her new company, Turbine, which focuses on the accounting and inventory side of the data stack. The conversation delves into the challenges and opportunities in the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) space, with Emilie highlighting the need for streamlined operational workflows and the importance of understanding customer pain points, creating a customer-centric software, the future of the ERP space, and more.

Notes:

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • Emilie’s background and journey in data (3:42)
  • The problem of three-way match (8:56)
  • Operational workflows and how data stacks solve them (13:16)
  • Turbine’s solution as a lightweight ERP (14:05)
  • Workflows and analytics (14:59)
  • Consolidating information into helpful application (27:41)
  • Challenges in operational workflows (32:19)
  • Friction and hurdles in ERP usage (39:28)
  • A solution for purchase order management (40:47)
  • Turbine’s focus and limitations (45:26)
  • Building a software that gets out of the way (52:51)
  • Final thoughts and takeaways (54:25)

 

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