DeepSeek, in an extraordinary feat, has become the first firm to prove its ability to train a top LLM at just a small fraction of the cost of the well-known Silicon Valley firms. This is the first time that a non-Western firm has achieved such a thing, and it indeed questions the value of old Western tech firms. The demonstration also serves as a regular reminder that the tech race is worldwide and other firms are catching up everywhere.

Above all, the launch of LAIDFU, an AI agent which can be configured, is another breakthrough since it assists users by frictionlessly uniting OpenAI and DeepSeek. The AI agent is distinct due to its exceptional multi-step task feature, thus it is the leader in the GenAI competition. The capacities of these AI developments are transforming the paradigm of artificial intelligence utilization and acceptance.

Singapore has launched aggressive measures to infuse AI into its economy by granting subsidies to worthy entities for the deployment of Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) and AI systems. Singaporean businesses can get these subsidies under the EDG program to improve their operational efficiency, and environmental sustainability. This is a paradigm affecting the spread of AI and ERP in the area creating an innovation platform.

The merging of ERP systems, which include the MRP systems, CRP, and MES, with AI solutions from suppliers, such as DeepSeek and OpenAI, cut short the competition for Singaporean businesses. ERP systems are basically the software programs that bring the functionalities together in enterprise resources planning. Thus, attaching AI to the MRP system can very efficiently plan the production schedule, control the stock, and manage the material resources significantly reducing wastage in plastic industries.

Likewise, the sectors embroiled in IQC and SDS would also gain substantially with the help of AI technology, which would ensure ISO standards adherence with accuracy and speed as well. AI technology also helps in managing by-products and moulds, which shows that it can be used in various ways, even in those aspects of the industry.

It goes without saying that the artificial intelligence industry on a global scale is advancing at a vertiginous rate and Singapore is implementing well-thought-out measures to flourish ahead of its competitors. On the one hand, there is DeepSeek with its affordable AI solutions, and on the other hand, there is OpenAI with its sustained progress, which are going to drive changes in the enterprise resources planning sector in the next few years.

As a result of these updates, the firms have to evaluate new integrations’ values and align them with the strategy of the firm.

The integration of AI technologies into ERP systems not only can save considerable costs but would also become an exemplar of operational excellence for various industries. While Singapore goes on with this tech transition, the future pots look encouraging. Furthermore, as the government is assisting throughout, this collaboration can result in many achievements, the limits of which are hard to predict.

About aiM18 ERP

A cloud-native ERP widely adopted by business in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and China. With over 6,000 customers in the region, aiM18 gains positive feedbacks from customer across different sectors, from manufacturers, distributors, retailers, service providers to NGOs. The renowned no-code approach saves customer a big sum of customization costs and countless hours of implementation man-days.

About LAIDFU (Let AI Do For You)

An AI builder for enterprise to build their own AI agents.
Proprietary EKP (Enterprise Knowledge Partitioning) technology eases CEO’s concern about trade secret leakage which often occurs in most AI agents / chatbots in the market. EKP removes the hurdle of AI adoption by most companies in using sensitive corporate data.
Powered by no-code approach, deployment of LAIDFU incurs far less developers (and development costs) in comparison with other AI studios.