Full credit to Phil Fersht and the entire team at HFS Research for putting real language to a seismic shift already underway in enterprise technology.
Their latest POV—The Agentic AI Era Has Arrived—doesn’t just capture a trend. It marks a turning point. We’re moving beyond layers of dashboards, rule engines, and bolt-on’s. The new model? Agentic orchestration.
At INDUSTRY 5, this is not a future roadmap. It’s what we’ve been building from day one.
Legacy Tools Were Built to See, Not Decide
Enterprises today still rely on systems designed for a different era:
- ERP built for financial control
- SCM built for linear flows
- Planning tools built for static assumptions
These systems are great at observing and reporting on complexity. They are not built to coordinate action across it.
What we need now are systems that think in motion—systems that simulate before they execute, negotiate trade-offs, and learn with every scenario.
Agentic AI: It’s Not a Feature. It’s a Foundation.
At i5, we’ve architected a full System of Agents—each one purpose-built to handle a business function with autonomy and explainability.
- A Procurement Agent doesn’t wait for direction—it simulates outcomes, negotiates terms, and aligns with strategy in real time.
- A Demand Agent doesn’t just forecast—it reconciles scenarios and proposes adjustments before problems arise.
- A Transportation Agent doesn’t just track shipments—it re-routes based on cost, time, carbon, and customer impact.
These agents don’t live in silos. They collaborate, escalate intelligently, and simulate the ripple effects of every action—before anything hits the real world.
From Interoperability to Orchestration
Yes, integration matters. But what the enterprise truly needs is coordination.
Most vendors are focused on connecting systems. At i5, we’re focused on orchestrating decisions. That means:
- Simulating outcomes in real time.
- Negotiating trade-offs across agents.
- Driving execution with full visibility and trust.
This is not just a better interface. It’s a new enterprise operating model.
i5: A System Built for a World in Motion
INDUSTRY 5 isn’t another tool. It’s designed for how business will run in the next 30 years—real-time, resilient, and relentlessly adaptive.
We didn’t bolt AI onto old systems. We didn’t simply replicate the past constructs, either. We started fresh—with simulation, agent logic, and orchestration at the core.
The result? A system that not only thinks, but collaborates, explains, and evolves—with your team still at the center.
So yes—the agentic era has arrived. But it’s not something to wait for.
At i5, we’re already there – and it keeps getting better.