In this week’s episode of SUGTalks, Craig is joined by three guests to discuss how SAP Project Delivery has evolved post-pandemic: Leighton Copp, Cloud Delivery Manager at SAP, Andy Steer, VP & CTO UK&I, NTT DATA and Shin Sawhney, SAP Centre of Excellence Lead (UK), Capgemini. 

Together they discuss how to successfully execute SAP projects, the challenges that hybrid and remote working represent, and how organisations can build strong relationships with their partners. 

In this week’s episode of SUGTalks, Craig is joined by three guests to discuss SAP Certifications: Paul Huston IT Delivery Manager – Commercial & Services, Princes Group, Milica Pekovic Senior Solution Architect, SAP Training and Adoption EMEA North, and Paul Tormey, Partner Delivery Manager, SAP Ireland.

The panel cover topics including why SAP Certifications are important, what resources are available to organisations looking to learn more and what a learning journey might look like.

You can access a list of available and valid SAP certifications here: https://training.sap.com/certification/validity
You can access SAP Learning journeys here: https://learning.sap.com/
You can access the SAP training hub here: https://training.sap.com/

In this week’s episode of SUGTalks is hosted by Gerren Mayne, from the  SAPCHAT podcast.. Gerren is joined by Craig Dale, CEO of UKISUG and Paul Cooper, UKISUG Chair to discuss UKISUG’s vision and focuses for 2023.

If you haven't listened to SAPCHAT before you may also want to check out the podcast here: https://anchor.fm/sapchat

Ahead of our Data and Analytics Symposium, Craig is joined on the SUGTalks podcast by Iver van de Zand, CTO & Vice President Business Technology Platform, EMEA North at SAP and John Turnbull, Business Intelligence Report Development Manager at National Grid and UKISUG Data and Analytics SIG Chair.

Together they discuss the future of data and analytics on SAP, the challenges currently faced by users and even the potential future impact of AI.

To register for the UKISUG Data & Analytics Symposium in London on the 18th April, please visit: https://www.sapusers.org/events/3639/data-analytics-symposium

To learn more about SAP's data and analytics roadmaps you can visit roadmaps.sap.com

This week’s podcast focuses on the SAP and the public sector.

Craig is joined by three guests to discuss the topic: Satpal Biant, Head of Public Sector at SAP UK & Ireland, Jim White, Regional Industry Leader, Public Services, EMEA North, SAP and Cheryl Millyard, One Programme Director at Gloucestershire County Council & UKISUG Board Member.

They cover the IT challenges currently faced by public sector organisations, addressing contract complexity and how to maximise the value from SAP implementations. 

You can read our public sector whitepaper here: https://www.sapusers.org/public-sector-landing

In this week’s mental health focused episode, Craig is once again joined by Simon Nichols, Founder and Wellbeing Director at Thrive, to discuss wellbeing apps. Together they examine both the positives that wellbeing apps can bring to the workplace but also why organisations shouldn’t entirely rely on them. 

To see upcoming UKISUG mental health session click here: https://www.sapusers.org/events/all?type=544

You can learn more about Thrive here: https://itstime2thrive.co.uk/

Our latest senior IT leader interview sees Craig joined by Paul Cooper, Head of Information Systems and member of the Senior Leadership Team at Burton's Biscuit Company. Together they discuss Paul’s career, including how he moved from ‘head of the cherry team’ to the world of SAP, as well as his journey with UKISUG itself and role as Chair.

This week Craig is joined by Rainer Zinow, Senior Vice President, SME Product Management at SAP, to take an in-depth look at Business ByDesign and Business One and how these products sit within the wider SAP ecosystem. 

Our latest senior IT leader interview sees Craig joined by Philip Adams, Head of Group IT at Mercury Engineering, UKISUG Board Member and Ireland SIG Chair. Philip shares and overview of Mercury Engineering’s implementation of SAP as well as his journey to the company. He also discusses how he initially joined UKISUG, and his experiences as overall chairman and current role as Ireland chair.

This week, Craig is joined by Dr. Uwe Grigoleit, Senior Vice President SAP Customer Evolution, to talk about SAP’s Customer Evolution Program, from what it is to how customers can make use of it. Together they also discuss how it brings all the existing ‘move’ programs under one roof and what the benefits for customers are.