Inside DENSO and Oracle's Strategic Partnership
DENSO has announced a strategic partnership with Oracle to automate finance, HR and supply chain operations in the cloud.
Under the partnership, DENSO will be deploying a new global core system based on Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications to incorporate new AI capabilities – helping the leading automotive technology manufacturer build an advanced digital foundation for its supply chain operations.
This extension of the Oracle-DENSO partnership will help the company further optimise its procurement, manufacturing and logistics processes to increase efficiency and enhance the overall employee experience.
Steve Miranda, Executive Vice President of Applications Development at Oracle, says of the partnership: “DENSO’s continued growth and the increased speed and complexity of its supply chain operations required a new AI-centric and integrated approach.
“With Oracle Fusion Applications, DENSO can adopt an AI-powered system of outcomes that can work across the business to automate end-to-end workflows, boost supply chain performance and drive efficient global growth.”
Redefining the way work gets done
As part of the strategic partnership between Oracle and DENSO, DENSO says it plans to adopt AI agents and Fusion Agentic Applications to further automate operations.
Oracle first launched its Fusion Agentic Applications in March 2026 as a “new class” of enterprise applications that are powered by teams of specialised AI agents.
According to Oracle, these applications are built to make and execute decisions within business processes by securely accessing workflow policies, approval hierarchies, permissions and transactional context.
Discussing the development of Oracle’s Fusion Agentic Applications Steve says: “The way work gets done no longer matches the speed, complexity or expectations of modern business as too much time is spent managing processes instead of driving outcomes.
“With Fusion Agentic Applications, we are moving enterprise software beyond passive systems of record and providing our customers with applications that can reason, decide and act in pursuit of defined business objectives.
“This is a huge step forward for the industry and will help our customers achieve faster outcomes, focus their valuable time on strategic activities and redefine how work works.”
DENSO is using Oracle Fusion Applications to replace multiple supply chain systems with a single, AI-powered solution integrated with finance and HR. The company says that tools such as Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital management have already helped it increase productivity and improve financial controls.
Simplifying supply chain workflows
DENSO has said it will begin to test this new core system with an overseas pilot deployment programme, before rolling it out globally in stages. This, the company believes, will help improve operational efficiency, while helping its overall supply chain network become more adaptable to change.
Hirotsugu Takeuchi, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Digital Officer of DENSO, says of the partnership: “As supply chain operations continue to grow in complexity, advanced technologies such as AI, together with analytics and forecasting platforms based on integrated data, are no longer optional – they are prerequisites.
“This initiative goes beyond simple efficiency improvements; it represents a fundamental modernisation of our core systems to transform the quality and speed of decision-making on a global scale.
“By leveraging Oracle Fusion Applications to significantly enhance data accuracy and timeliness, and by embedding AI into day-to-day operations, we will implement a supply chain that is resilient to change.”