ASUG Talks

This week on ASUG Talks, we learn how HP leveraged RISE with SAP to implement a single global SAP S/4HANA instance. Ramesh Gopinath, Senior Director of ERP and Workflow Platforms, joins the podcast to walk listeners throughout how the organization prioritized cross-organizational collaboration and managed critical systems downtime for maintenance during this digital transformation. 
Key Insights 
HP's experience using RISE with SAP
How the company approached testing
Communicating with end users
Related Insights 
Read how Heartland Dental used SAP Build Work Zone to enable 6,000 business assistants supporting patients and doctors
Join ASUG on March 5 for a community conversation focused on beginning to use SAP AI

This week on ASUG Talks, we talk with PepsiCo, as the organization is set to begin leveraging SAP Business Data Cloud. Prasad Suram and Venkat Nalabothu, two of the organization's IT leaders who are involved with the implementation, join the podcast to discuss their learnings, advice, and insights. 
Key Insights
The importance of SAP BDC to PepsiCo's IT goals 
How the organization is working to leverage the solution alongside its large SAP HANA database instance 
Advice for enterprises about to begin leveraging SAP BDC
Related Insights
Read ASUG's conversation with Hagen Heubach, CMO of Supply Chain at SAP, about how SAP solutions can help enterprises overcome disruptions like tariffs
Register for an ASUG Community Conversation on Feb. 24 featuring customer perspectives on ERP transformation

This week on ASUG Talks, Geoff Scott, ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion, sits down with the new SAP North America President, David Robinson. During their conversation, the two dive into David's background, responsibilities, and thoughts about IT innovation within the North American customer base. 
Key Highlights
How David is working to help customer obtain--and maintain--a "persistent innovation state" 
The ways AI is reshaping ERP software
How software evaluation and purchasing are moving beyond RFP-driven processes
From the ASUG Community
Read ASUG editorial's FAQ on compatibility packs and the upcoming May expiration date
Dive into new ASUG research focused on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) adoption

The ASUG Research team joins the podcast to break down its recent research project focused on change management. We dive into how members of the ASUG community are approaching change management, and the hurdles they are reporting when rolling these strategies out along side large scale digital transformation projects. 
Key Insights
The large volume of change management projects in the ASUG community
The importance of executive buy-in and organizational communication to change management success
Overcoming resistance to change
Related Insights
Read our conversation with Weyerhaeuser CIO Rebecca Straka about the organizations transition from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA
Join the ASUG BTP Community on Feb. 17 for a community conversation focused on the SAP Build portfolio

SAP announced its Q4 and full year 2025 financial results last week. Analysts Joshua Greenbaum and Jon Reed, along with ASUG Senior Editor Isaac Feldberg, join ASUG Talks to discuss their key takeaways and highlights from the financial results call. 
Key Insights
Why these reports matter to SAP customers
More about the stock price drop triggered by missed cloud growth goals 
How SAP's business AI play factored into the financial results 
Related Insights
Read ASUG's full breakdown of the financial results
Gain insights from Yaad Oren, Managing Director of SAP Labs U.S. and Global Head of Research and Innovation at SAP SE, about disruptions in the ERP market