The problem
Too many systems. One version of the truth nowhere to be found.
In most companies with more than fifty staff you will find Xero or MYOB for finance, something separate for payroll and expenses, a CRM that never quite matches the ledger, and Excel holding the rest together. Each tool works on its own. Together they waste time, hide margin, and make AI useless because nothing shares a single trustworthy record.
Full suite ERP exists, but for most mid-market firms the cost and timeline are uneconomical. The gap between accounting software and SAP is where businesses lose ground, and where better information could change how they compete.