NetSuite 2025 Release 2 introduces enhancements designed to help businesses operate more intelligently and efficiently. Whether you’re a long-time user or exploring enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms, this release delivers meaningful improvements that address common business challenges and leverage modern technology like artificial intelligence (AI).
NetSuite delivers two major releases each year, referred to as the “.1” and “.2” releases:
- The spring release (.1) usually rolls out around March or April.
- The fall release (.2) typically occurs in September or October 1.
These updates are automatically deployed to all NetSuite customers in phases over a few months.
AI-Powered Enhancements
The most prominent theme of the NetSuite 2025.2 release is the widespread integration of AI.
- AI for Analytics & Insights: One standout is the new Contextual Insights feature in NetSuite Analytics Warehouse. Instead of manually building reports, users now can receive automatically generated visual comparisons and data summaries. This can help teams spot trends, find key correlations, identify anomalies, and act quickly. The feature helps make data analysis accessible to a wider range of users.
- AI for Financial Close & Compliance: In financial operations, Job Analytics Insights can simplify the financial close process by translating complex log data into clear, actionable summaries. Meanwhile, the Compliance 360 AI Assistant can help teams in regulated industries by generating audit summaries and highlighting potential risks.
- AI for Productivity: For global teams, the expanded Text Enhance feature now supports translation in 22 languages, helping to bridge communication barriers and improve collaboration across regions.
Solutions Tailored for Specific Industries
NetSuite continues to evolve beyond a one-size-fits-all ERP. This release introduces tailored capabilities for industries like software as a service (SaaS), healthcare, manufacturing, and more.
- SaaS & High-Tech: Software and high-tech companies may benefit from the new SaaS 360 Dashboard, which brings together key metrics like monthly recurring revenue (MRR), annual recurring revenue (ARR), churn, and customer acquisition cost (CAC) into a single, real-time view.
- Healthcare & Regulated Sectors: For healthcare and other regulated sectors, the Compliance 360 tool is enhanced with AI-assisted audit reporting and automated alerts, helping teams stay on top of regulations and evolving requirements.
- Manufacturing & Supply Chain: Manufacturers and project-based businesses may appreciate new role-specific access for project managers and site operators designed to improve efficiency while managing licensing needs.
Operational & Financial Workflow Improvements
Beyond the AI and industry-specific features, NetSuite 2025.2 introduces a range of practical updates that can enhance daily operations.
Supply chain teams now have access to enhanced planning tools, including new expedite flags for VIP orders, automated email alerts for failed supply plans, and improved filters in the Planning Workbench to help streamline order management. Warehouse operations can benefit from mobile-friendly updates, improved bin tracking, and Smart Count integration.
Finance teams may see faster and more accurate results with updates like direct revenue posting for advanced revenue management (ARM) workflows, easier bank reconciliation, and support for using NetSuite on more than one device at the same time. ARM is a tool in NetSuite that helps companies follow accounting rules and track revenue from complex contracts more easily and clearly. The new session feature is helpful for multitasking, but it’s important for organizations to use strong security settings, like timeouts and multi-factor login, to help keep data safe.
Customer relationship management (CRM) tools also have been refined, offering deeper insights into customer behavior and engagement. For businesses using Square, a new NetSuite Connector helps streamline data syncing between systems, reducing manual entry and helping to improve accuracy.
Why It Matters
NetSuite 2025 Release 2 brings powerful enhancements across the ERP platform. With AI now deeply embedded across modules from financial close and planning to compliance and analytics, the updates in this release can help organizations:
- Make faster, more informed decisions
- Strengthen compliance and reduce risk
- Improve operational efficiency
- Scale with confidence using tools tailored to their needs
Modern ERP platforms like NetSuite can unlock agility and control for growing organizations.
How Forvis Mazars Can Help
Whether you’re looking to enhance your current NetSuite environment or exploring ERP tools for the first time, we’re here to help you take advantage of what’s new.
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