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Nov 02, 2026 · research
The AI-Optimized Steel Mill: Maximizing Yield, Accelerating Delivery, and Eliminating Inventory Spoilage through Enterprise Integration

An AI bolt-on for SAP and Oracle that rethinks slitting, head setups, and FIFO inventory in steel processing

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Oct 26, 2026 · proof of concept
Build the Demo Without Breaking the Roadmap

Why proof-of-concept work deserves its own dedicated team, and how our AI dev team inside Higgins does it

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Oct 12, 2026 · igaming
CTO Rescues Builds a White-Label iGaming Back Office: AXIGAMING on AXERP

One wallet, one ledger, every market. What we learned shipping a nine-vendor iGaming platform, built as a B2B product.

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Sep 29, 2026 · erp
Oracle, SAP, Dynamics, or Axerp? How to Choose

Licensed ERPs bill the software. Axerp bills the work. The decision should survive a decade.

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Sep 28, 2026 · cto
The Fractional CTO Model: When It Works and When It Doesn't

A fractional CTO is not a lower-cost alternative to a full-time hire.

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Sep 25, 2026 · ai
Shipping AI in Production: Seven Decisions That Separate a Demo from a Durable Product

Architecture, scaling, model routing, guardrails, and fixed-date delivery for a customer-facing AI feature

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Sep 18, 2026 · ai
Watergile: Plan Like Waterfall. Ship Like Agile.

AI moved the bottleneck from writing code to defining the work.

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Apr 22, 2026 · research
Dominican Republic Carbon Whitepaper: DURTEQ + AXERP Blueprint for Sovereign Climate Finance

Fractional CTO analysis of carbon market infrastructure, AI-MRV, and national registry strategy

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Apr 16, 2026 · research
Terrain to Token: The AGI Blueprint for Asset Finance

How AXERP structures unextracted in-ground gold and carbon credits into tokenized real-world assets

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Apr 07, 2026 · research
The End of Greenwashing: How AI and Blockchain Architect AAA-Rated, Fraud-Proof Climate Finance

AI-MRV, AXERP, and blockchain DLT permanently eliminate carbon market fraud at sovereign scale

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