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Send us Fan Mail This week on ASUG Talks, we learn about how PepsiCo approached innovating its global enterprise asset management processes.  Key Insights How PepsiCo established its Global Template--consolidated business processes into one SAP ERP approachInside managing PepsiCo's global spare parts catalogueHow PepsiCo approached adoption and governanceThis week in the ASUG Community... Read the City of Charlottesville’s lessons learned in moving to SAP S/4HANA as a public services and utilities organization.Learn what the SAP for Utilities keynotes highlighted for attendees, including how clean data and human oversight enable AI.More from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail This week on ASUG Talks, I am joined by two of my fellow ASUG colleagues, Kelly Dowling and Elizabeth Tuckwell. The three of us were on the ground in Las Vegas for SAP Connect. We got together to discuss our biggest takeaways from the event.  Key Insights Breaking down the news and announcements from the eventThe importance of governance Examples of how SAP customers are different lines of business are leveraging SAP AIThis week in the ASUG community... Read our recap SAP for Utilities, Presented by ASUG, Day OneListen to my conversation with Balaji Balasubramanian, President, Chief Product Officer - SAP Customer Experience and Consumer Industries More from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail This week on ASUG Talks, Balaji Balasubramanian, President, Chief Product Officer - SAP Customer Experience and Consumer Industries, joins the podcast to talk about how the SAP solutions that enable customers to manage the "front door" of their businesses is changing.  Key Insights  How retail and utility industry changes are spurring SAP CX innovationThe place of AI in SAP CX solutions Upcoming SAP CX developments and innovationsThis week in the ASUG community.. Read about the groundbreaking solar and wireless charging infrastructure at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.Gain insight into how fellow SAP customers are using, measuring, and working with AI.More from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail In light of the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident and AI leaders' call to pace agentic AI development, ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion Geoff Scott joins the podcast to discuss what these developments mean for SAP customers' AI investments and journeys.  Key Insights  How the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident is a warning, not a prediction Future agentic AI risks for enterprises--and how to mitigate themPractical recommendations for SAP customers based on these developmentsThis week in the ASUG Community... Read Geoff's blog about the importance of harness to AI governanceLearn about the Tennessee Valley Authority's SAP ERP transformation Join the ASUG Utilities community for a webcast focused on how utility companies are leveraging AIMore from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail This week on ASUG Talks, we hear about the key themes in the utilities industry and how the upcoming SAP for Utilities conference addresses those topics.  Key Insights  S/4HANA adoption in utilities How utilities are leveraging AI The way agentic AI are helping utilities contend with modern challenges This week in the ASUG community... Learn from PG&E’s SAP S/4HANA digital transformation and change management journeyTune in for a Community Conversation focused on SAP Joule for Developers’s ABAP Ai capabilities and agentic features More from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail This week on ASUG Talks, as we get closer to the SAP ECC end of maintenance deadline, we dive into how organizations can prepare, and the lessons learned from previous SAP ERP transitions.  Key Insights How S/4HANA and AI adoption are now intertwined The importance of data quality Breaking down the "Palantir fallacy"This week in the ASUG community... Preview the road map for SAP Distributed Energy Resources, via SAP utilities product ownersJoin ASUG on Sept. 16 for a Community Conversation webcast focused on the City of Charolettesville's migration from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA CloudMore from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail This week on ASUG Talks, we dive into fresh ASUG research--focused on our members' SAP S/4HANA adoption. ASUG Associate Director of Research, Blake Baltazar, once again joins the podcast to discuss the research project's findings--and what factors are spurring S/4 adoption. Key Insights The conversation shift from S/4 migration to realizing ROI for the platformWhen ASUG members are reporting they are seeing S/4 value realizedHow enterprises AI strategies factor into their S/4 journeys--and usageThis week in the ASUG Community... Read about Olymel, a meat packing company, used SAP SuccessFactors and BTP to drive operational efficiency and employee engagementJoin ASUG for a community conversation focused on the impact AI is having on teams, roles, and daily workMore from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail Recorded live at the recent ASUG Carolinas Chapter meeting, this episode of the podcast focuses on how manufacturer Corning leveraged a litany of SAP solutions--including BTP, WorkZone, and SuccessFactor--to drive improved HR processes.  Key Insights  How BTP was leveraged to extend SuccessFactorsHow Corning eliminated spreadsheet-based compensation processThe ways WorkZone helped create Corning's "one stop shop" for its employees' HR needs This week at ASUG... Read about Hikma Pharmaceutical’s SAP-enabled serialization capabilities that have been supporting the organization in providing committed supplies to healthcare providersRegister for a Sept. 3 ASUG Community Conversation with SAP and Leprino Foods focused on designing AI for the autonomous enterprises More from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail This week on ASUG Talks, we dive into SAP's R&D efforts with Yaad Oren, Managing Director of SAP Labs U.S., Global Head of Research & Innovation, and an upcoming keynote speaker at ASUG Tech Connect. He walks us through how is team identifies cutting-edge technology and works to incorporate them into SAP's offerings and, ultimately, drive customer value.  Key Insights  How Yaad's team finds new, innovative techology The tech disruptions that are (or will) impacting SAP customers AI and robotics development This week in the ASUG Community  Read about the City of Tacoma's SAP S/4HANA & CX journeyAttend an ASUG Community Conversation webcast focused on PG&E's SAP transformationMore from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail This week on ASUG Talks, we learn how Illumina, a biotech company focused on develop RNA and DNA sequencing solutions, implemented SAP IBP, resulting in improved supply chain processes and a drop in waste.  Key Insights  Common supply chain hurdles--and how SAP IBP can address them The steps in Illumnia's implementation projectHow Illumnia is using AI in its supply chain operations This week in the ASUG Community... Read about the knowledge-sharing and education opportunities at the SAP for Utilities Conference later this fallRegister for ASUG's Aug. 20 Community Conversation, Drive Enterprise-Grade AI Governance with SAP LeanIX and SAP AI Agent HubMore from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail This week on ASUG Talks, we dive into Komatsu's SAP AI journey, including how its leverage Joule for Developers and Joule for Business to drive increased efficiencies.  Key Insights  How Komatsu approached its AI governance strategy SAP AI use casesHow the manufacturer kicked off its AI journey and set a foundation for successThis week at ASUG... Read about SAP's updates to its on-premise maintenance and support commitments--and what they mean for SAP customersLearn how Puget Sound Energy facilitated its SAP Sales and Service Cloud Platform migration--including a seamless cutoverMore from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by Microsoft and Intel  This week on ASUG Talks, we break down the key themes from the ASUG research project, conducted in collaboration with Microsoft and Intel, "Clos­ing the Data Trans­for­ma­tion Gap: How SAP Cus­tomers Are Advanc­ing Data Strat­e­gy, AI Readi­ness, and Execution".  Key Insights  The different AI adoption mindsets ASUG research identified in the community Common AI adoption challenges The ASUG community's AI adoption progressionThis week at ASUG... Read about Victrola's SAP ECC to Cloud ERP trasnformationTune into a webcast where Lakeside Foods charts how its using Claude Code along­side SAP devel­op­ment work­flows More from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail This week on ASUG Talks, we dive into our analysis stemming from the SAP Q2 2026 financial results call.  Key Insights CEO Christian Klein's comments on SAP's AI and data strategy Inside the customer examples featured on the call Geopolitical risks and pricing modelsRelated Insights Read ASUG's further financial results coverage and analysisRegister for the ASUG Oil, Gas, and Energy Community webcast where we'll hear how ConocoPhillips is leveraging AIMore from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail This week on ASUG Talks, we learn about an AI framework developed by the software company to drive sales order processing improvements for a major agriculture company.  Key Insights How SAP built the AI framework Business benefits driven by the frameworkHow other enterprises can embrace the framework. Related Insights Read Mukesh's recent ASUG articleRegister for the July 28 Community Conversation webcast, "ABAP Platform in SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition 2025 – Overview & Highlights"Read OG&E's RISE with SAP projectMore from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect

Send us Fan Mail This week on ASUG Talks, tune in to hear how Sun Chemical used two of SAP's business transformation tools--SAP Signavio and LeanIX--to help ease the complexity of its SAP S/4HANA migration. Join us to learn how, among other insights, how the organization made use of Signavio’s process automation functions. More from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech ConnectRelated Content  Listen to lessons learned South Florida Water Management District's S/4 journey Read about Pfizer's implementation of SAP Service Cloud V2More from ASUG  Subscribe the weekly First Five newsletterFind your local ASUG Chapter Register for ASUG Tech Connect