Journey to SAP S/4HANA
Welcome to Journey to S/4HANA, the podcast that covers everything related to SAP implementations. This podcast is not affiliated with SAP and covers the realistic truth behind S/4HANA, Ariba, and SuccessFactors ERP implementation success. Whether you are new to the world of SAP, an existing ECC or R/3 customer, a multinational team or a mid-size organization, this podcast is for you. Hosted by Eric Kimberling, CEO of Third Stage Consulting Group.
Episodes
In this week's episode, I interview Martin Bleyenberg, who has an extensive and wide-ranging background with SAP. Martin shares valuable strategies for successful S/4HANA implementations, offering essential advice to help organizations maximize their investments and navigate the complexities of digital transformation.
Additionally, we’ll also touch on the recent wave of exec...
In our final Season 1 episode, I speak with Timo Elliott, who is the VP of Innovation at SAP in France. We discuss the company's latest advancements in AI and innovation, as well as their future roadmap and what lies ahead.
Additionally, we’ll touch on some news from the SAP Concur conference.
In this week's episode, I speak with Mike Stone who is the Head of IT at ATS Automation. Mike shares invaluable lessons and insights from his most recent S/4HANA implementation, and also draws from his extensive experience. He truly is an SAP expert.
Additionally, we’ll discuss some new developments in the partnership between SAP and NVIDIA.
In this week's episode, I speak with Jocelyn Hayes from Alliance Point Advisors. Jocelyn shares valuable insights on trends and lessons learned from SAP customers.
Additionally, we’ll touch on SAP’s integration to Microsoft Teams.
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In this week’s episode I speak with Geoff Scott, who is the CEO of ASUG (America’s SAP Users Group), who shares valuable lessons and concerns from his experience with the SAP customer community. We also delve into benchmarks and metrics related to SAP adoption. Then later on we touch on how SAP is improving its workforce.
In this week’s episode I speak with Adam Cheatham, with Third Stage Consulting, and we talk about the importance of implementation planning for S/4HANA projects, which we refer to as Phase 0 Planning. In addition, we touch on SAP’s AI advancements in Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing.
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In this week’s episode, I speak with Jonathan Whipple, an SAP recruiter, and we talk about how to assemble an SAP S/4HANA project dream team and what he and his customers look for in the recruitment process. Jonathan also tells us about his fascinating career history and background. In addition, we touch on best practices for S/4HANA implementations.
In this week's episode, I speak with Wayne Holtam with Third Stage Consulting Group in Asia Pacific, and we discuss some lessons he’s learned with S/4HANA implementations and why some of these implementations fail. In addition, we touch on recent trends in SAP S/4HANA.
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In this week's episode, I speak with Julie Joyce and Sarah Stanley-Smith with the Third Stage Consulting Group in Europe, and we discuss organizational change management lessons in S/4HANA implementations, more of the human side of S/4HANA implementations than normally discussed.
In addition, we briefly discuss data innovations in S/4HANA.
In this week's episode, I speak with Marcus Harris, Partner at Taft Law, and he gives us his perspective on S/4HANA implementations, subscription licenses and other legal and contractual issues. In addition, we briefly discuss a recent article regarding the security, performance and stability of S/4HANA environments.
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In this week's episode, I speak with Mitch Ottoson from Third Stage Consulting Group, to discuss a client that has recently canceled their S/4HANA implementation. We unpack the reasons leading up to the decision, the failure points and some of the lessons learned.
We will also touch on Joule AI in the public cloud edition of S/4HANA.
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In this week's episode, I interview Jon Reed with Diginomica and we discuss SAP’s recent AI and innovation initiatives and what that means to S/4HANA customers and what it could mean to your organizations S/4HANA implementation.
In addition, we discuss the question: What are the most common myths/misconceptions about S/4HANA?
In this week's episode, I interview Len Riley with UpperEdge LLC and we discuss SAP’s RISE and GROW programs. Len sheds a lot of insight on this topic and relays what it could mean for your organization’s SAP project.
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Journey to S/4HANA Ep3: Manufacturer's S/4HANA Implementation & Lessons, Hershey's SAP Failure
In this week's episode, I interview Karm Saliba with Baltimore Aircoil Company, a Manufacturing organization and we discuss his company’s experience with their SAP S/4HANA implementation. We get into his take on what went well, what didn’t go well...
In this week's episode, I interview Dave Beldyk, a Senior Manager at Third Stage Consulting Group, to discuss tips and recommendations from recent SAP implementations. In addition, we dive into lessons from the US Navy's recent SAP failure, including the things that you should avoid during your deployment.
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In this debut episode of my new podcast, David Essex of TechTarget and I dive into some of the important trends happening in the SAP and S/4HANA space. We discuss how SAP customers are handling the move to S/4HANA, the 2027 deadline, S/4HANA cloud adoption, SAP user survey results, and more.
Co-hosted with Darian Chwialkowski of Major Tom Productions. Sponsored by Third Stage Consulting Group and Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP...
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