What’s New in NetSuite 2026.1: AI-Powered Insights, Smarter Automation & Stronger ERP Control

As businesses continue to prioritize agility, automation, and data intelligence, the NetSuite 2026.1 Release brings a suite of powerful enhancements that make the ERP experience more intelligent, secure, and scalable than ever before. Whether you’re a NetSuite end user or a partner supporting ERP rollouts, this update is worth your attention.

Let’s walk through the key highlights from NetSuite 2026.1 and what they could mean for your business.

AI That Works With You, Not Around You

The spotlight in this release is clearly on AI-powered enhancements, designed to bring clarity, speed, and smarter decision-making across processes. One of the major additions is the Close Manager Dashboard Portlet, which helps finance teams monitor key closing activities with real-time KPIs such as:

• Largest Outstanding Task

• Exceptions and Potential Variances

• Net Income Insights

Users can filter by period or subsidiary to focus their view, resolve missing transactions, and gain better control over financial closures. It’s an intuitive upgrade that moves AI from a buzzword to a real working tool.

Smarter Order & Inventory Management

NetSuite continues to invest in operational efficiency. The 2026.1 update refines Order Management and Inventory capabilities, improving synchronization across procurement, fulfillment, and inventory tracking. Although the full list of updates is extensive, here are a few standout changes:

• Improved Inventory visibility and reconciliation processes

• New filters and fields to enhance order tracking and fulfillment timelines

• Tighter integration between inventory statuses and accounting automation

For businesses managing complex warehouse or fulfillment networks, these updates can help reduce lag, eliminate manual errors, and boost responsiveness.Finance teams now have a new ally: the Close Manager Dashboard Portlet. This tool helps you stay on top of closing activities with real-time updates. You can monitor the largest outstanding tasks, spot potential issues, and see net income changes at a glance. By filtering data by period or subsidiary, you can focus precisely where needed. This feature offers straightforward control, turning complex financial management into a simpler task.

Analytics That Drive Action

SuiteAnalytics also gets a performance lift in this release. From easier dashboard customizations to faster report generation, users will find it simpler to turn ERP data into decision-ready insights.

Whether you’re a CFO tracking cash flow or a sales leader watching pipeline conversion, the latest tools are designed to get the right information to the right person, faster.

Improved Security & Authentication

Security sees meaningful enhancements too. NetSuite 2026.1 introduces:

• Login notifications for compliance purposes

• Enhanced OAuth 2.0 support

• More control over certificates and redirect URIs

• Upcoming deprecation of Token-Based Authentication by 2027.1

These changes push users toward more robust and secure authentication practices, especially valuable for businesses scaling their cloud ecosystem.

Suitefy Can Help You Get the Most From 2026.1

At Suitefy, we don’t just implement ERP, we optimize it. Our team specializes in:

✅ AI-powered workflow enhancements
✅ SuiteAnalytics customization
✅ Order and inventory automation
✅ Security and account management setup
✅ Tailored implementation and support for NetSuite partners and businesses

If you’re ready to make the most of what NetSuite 2026.1 offers, we’re here to help. From setup to optimization, we turn new features into real business impact.

Let’s connect: www.suitefy.com