NetSuite’s annual conference, SuiteWorld, was held October 6 through 9 in Las Vegas. Several from the Meridian team attended SuiteWorld, and we wanted to provide some highlights from SuiteWorld related to AI, Finance, Operations, SuiteWorld on Air options (online options still available), and NetSuite recognizing Meridian’s work.
The Meridian team was very surprised and very honored to be recognized by NetSuite as the NetSuite Breakthrough Solution Provider Partner of the Year. This award honors a partner that has achieved exceptional growth, innovation, and customer impact within the past year. It recognizes those who have demonstrated rapid business momentum, delivered innovative NetSuite solutions, and driven outstanding customer success. This award highlights a partner who acts as a trusted advisor, contributes meaningfully to the NetSuite ecosystem, and helps customers expand and thrive using NetSuite.
AI was the overwhelming theme at SuiteWorld 2025. NetSuite currently has embedded AI features including Text enhance for content creation, bill capture for automated invoice processing, NetSuite Narrative Reporting to use AI powered narratives, explanations, and visuals from financial and transactional data. However, at SuiteWorld this year, NetSuite introduced NetSuite Next which is the future of NetSuite. NetSuite Next will be building on powerful and practical AI capabilities by including embedded conversational intelligence, natural language search capabilities, and agentic workflows. Agentic workflows can be used for sequences of tasks where AI agents can operate independently, making their own decisions to complete complex goals with minimal human intervention. NetSuite Next is currently anticipated to be available within the next 12 months, and it is anticipated to include:
- AI Canvas – Enable users and teams to analyze problems, brainstorm solutions, and trigger agentic workflows from a visual workspace.
- Narrative summaries and insights – Proactively surfaces correlations and trends from NetSuite’s unified data model to identify opportunities and risks.
- Agentic workflows – Help automate complex tasks such as payment proposals, vendor selection, reconciliations, and supply chain operations.
- Document and knowledge Integration – Large language models extract and validate information from a wide range of sources, including invoices, contracts, receipts, PDFs, policy manuals, training guides, customer testimonials, and purchase orders. This reduces manual work and improves the accuracy of insights by enabling NetSuite to read, interpret, and act on that knowledge, turning isolated documents into actionable workflows.
SuiteWorld included the announcement that users will need to utilize the Redwood user interface (UI) to take advantage of NetSuite Next. If you are not utilizing that UI, we would recommend making the transition so you can focus on the AI changes when available.
One of the Finance highlights from SuiteWorld included Bill payment automation which is powered by Bill.com and Autonomous Close. Autonomous Close will use AI throughout the month and reduce the time required to close out the month. NetSuite Intelligent Payment Automation is available and can be purchased. NetSuite Intelligent Payment Automation includes:
- Ability to make ACH and check payments with the same process.
- Pre-built approval routing.
- Cash/Credit Card dashboard.
- AI-driven payment proposals to optimize payment strategy.
- Support for all US banks.
On the operations side, NetSuite Next was featured related to inventory, sales order transactions and enhanced AI built into NetSuite Next will significantly enhance existing inventory planning features by accounting for fluctuations and other factors across the business and provide intelligent vendor selection recommendations. NetSuite Next should also provide enhancements to sales transaction entry, with the AI’s ability to create records for review based on files received from customers and customer conversations. NetSuite Next will implement enhanced analytics to explain your company’s performance based on recent buying and selling decisions.
Additional highlights and sessions can be viewed by registering for SuiteWorld on Air. To register, go to the “New Release” portal in your NetSuite instance and select “Register now” link next to the SuiteWorld on Air. The link should take you to the SuiteWorld on Air page. This option will be available until November 7.
2025 SuiteWorld was very informative with how NetSuite continues to develop and incorporate AI technology. If you would like more information, reach out to your Meridian Business contact or email Meridian at mpower@meridianbusiness.com.
