SUGTalks

In this week’s episode of SUGTalks, Craig is joined by Rob Geddes, Head of Customer Engagement Success, Cloud Success Services UK&I at SAP. They discuss how organisations can successfully make the move from SAP on-premise to the cloud. Rob shares his top tips, as well highlighting what support and educational resources are available to help. Please find below a list of resources referenced by...

In our latest senior IT leader interview Craig is joined by Kathryn Davidson, Director of SAP Solutions at TT Electronics. Together they discuss how Kathryn ended up working in the world of SAP, how to get more people working within the industry and much more. 

In this week’s mental health focused episode, Craig is once again joined by Simon Nichols, Founder and Wellbeing Director at Thrive, to discuss how organisations can support different generations in the workplace.  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/

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 rep...

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...

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...

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...

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/al...

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. 

In an episode recorded at UKISUG CONNECT 2022, Craig is joined by Conor Riordan, EMEA Customer Service Director at Pfizer and newly appointed Vice Chair of UKISUG.  Conor shares his thoughts on the themes discussed at the UKISUG Executive Forum during CONNECT, as well as his hopes and aims for the User Group.

In this week’s mental health focused episode, Craig is once again joined by Simon Nichols, Founder and Wellbeing Director at Thrive. Together they discuss stress management and how to create a positive work environment.  You can learn more about Thrive at: https://itstime2thrive.co.uk/

In an episode recorded prior to the CONNECT conference this year, Craig is joined by  UKISUG board members Ian Mallinson, IT Director at Warburtons and Costa Petrosellini, SAP Technical Services Manager at Dunelm to discuss how members can get the most from UKISUG. Ian and Costa talk about what lead them to joining the User Group, and how it has helped them, as well as giving their top tips for ge...

This week Craig is joined by Wassilios Lolas, Global VP, Head of Center of Excellence, SAP Signavio, for a deep dive on what Signavio is and how to get the most from it. Wassilios shares his tips on how organisations can use SAP Signavio as part of their wider digital transformation efforts, alongside how to deal with some of the most common business process challenges. 

This week Craig is joined by Sudeep Shetty, Chief Information & Transformation Officer at Britvic, for our latest senior IT leader interview. They discuss how Sudeep entered the world of SAP, and the skills required to deliver large-scale SAP business transformation projects. Sudeep also shares Britvic’s experience of being one of the biggest users of SAP Analytics Cloud. 

This week Craig is joined by Ian Stubbings, Platform Engineering Lead at BP and UKISUG Developer SIG chair, as well as Kevin Raja, Senior Director, Global Centre of Excellence at SAP to discuss Low Code / No Code. Together they discuss what Low Code / No Code means, how organisations can make use of it and the wider benefits vs traditional coding.   

In this week’s mental health focused episode, Craig is once again joined by Simon Nichols, Founder and Wellbeing Director at Thrive. Together they discuss Seasonal Affective Disorder – also known as SAD – and Simon shares his tips on how to cope with it. 

In this week's episode of SUGTalks we focus on our Business One Special Interest Group. Craig is joined by John Wager, Head of Technology and People at Saddleback, who is also our Business One SIG Chair and a UKISUG Board Member. John shares his experiences both as an SAP Business One user and as the driving force behind our Business One UKISUG community.  Together Craig and John discuss ever...

In this week’s episode of SUGTalks, Craig discusses all things payroll with Adam Frank, SAP HR Functional Lead at KCA Deutag and Natasha Robinson, Local Product Expert at SAP UK&I. Together they cover the challenges faced by organisations when it comes to payroll, such as COVID and furlough or even adding an additional bank holiday. They also delve into the importance of patching and keeping s...

In this week’s episode of SUGTalks, Craig is joined by  Chezzy Kennedy, Neurodiversity Director at Thrive to discuss neurodiversity in the workplace. Chezzy explains the most common forms of neurodiversity, including Autism, ADHD and dyslexia, as well as how businesses can ensure that offices are positive environments for neurodiverse employees.  You can access previous and upcoming mental health...

This week Craig is joined by Ian Mallinson, IT Director at Warburtons and UKISUG Board Member. Ian shares his journey, from starting out in the supply chain sector to now being in the world of IT. Craig and Ian also discuss the challenges of managing IT systems for a high volume / high velocity manufacturer, and why digital twins could be the next big thing. 

This week Craig is joined by Stephen Clark, SAP Centre of Expertise Director at Walgreens Boots Alliance. Steve shares how his journey  from the Air Force to accounting  led him into the world of ERP systems and SAP. He also discusses his experiences of working on SAP implementations and his learnings and tips that he has picked up along the way.