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Autonomous Enterprise

SAP SE 15 Folgen Okt 19, 2026

Autonomous Enterprise is SAP's podcast focused on Business AI and its impact on enterprise operations. The show features direct conversations with industry leaders, customers, and experts. Listeners learn how organizations use AI to transform data into decisions, drive automation, and achieve measurable business results.

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Autonomous Enterprise in Latin America | Adriana Aroulho, SAP Okt 19, 2026 00:26:06 Why 80% accuracy is not enough in enterprise AI. SAP Latin America President Adriana Aroulho on complexity, talent, and partners.Latin America is one of the fastest-growing technology markets in the world, and the autonomous enterprise is not a distant vision for the region. It is the next stage of business transformation. But making AI work at enterprise scale requires more than deploying a capab

What does it take to bridge OT and IT in a live refinery? HMEL's Kushagra Verma explains. Okt 12, 2026 00:23:25 What does it actually take to bridge operational technology and IT inside a running refinery - where the machines that keep crude flowing cannot be touched by a network intrusion? Kushagra Verma, who leads corporate AI transformation at HMEL and has spent 16 years at the company moving from coder to finance to the digital team, brings a practitioner's answer. HMEL runs a 9 MMTPA refinery in Bh

APAC AI adoption isn't one journey. Yee-Ching Wang on trust, governance, and what it takes to reach the autonomous enterprise. Okt 5, 2026 00:36:22 Across 26 markets in Asia-Pacific, SAP's Customer Engagement and Adoption team is navigating one of the most complex AI transformation landscapes in the world. In this episode, Yee-Ching Wang, SAP Senior Vice President and Head of Customer Engagement and Adoption for Asia-Pacific, joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger to address the question that every executive in the region is sitting with

AI agents already negotiate bids, suggest awards and buy in production. The hard line: humans still hold every strategic decision. Sep 28, 2026 00:20:10 What does it take for procurement to become genuinely autonomous? In this episode, Fang Chang, General Manager and Chief Product and Technology Officer, describes how AI agents already negotiate bids, suggest awards and navigate catalogs in production, not in demos. He explains where the hard line sits: customers are not ready to let agents make major strategic decisions on an organization's behal

AI Partner Strategy: From Implementation to Outcomes | Mark Wheeler, NTT DATA Sep 21, 2026 00:25:59 Is your SAP partner truly ready to deliver the autonomous enterprise, or are they repackaging traditional implementation work with an AI label? Mark Wheeler, Global Head of Product Engineering and AI Customer Success Delivery Operations at NTT DATA Business Solutions, gives a candid answer. He describes a three-strand delivery framework, called Cloud ERP Elevated, that separates partners who are g

AI Without Business Context Is Just Noise | Alexander Kläger, SAP Sep 14, 2026 00:12:57 Why do most enterprise AI initiatives stay stuck? SAP's MEE president on closing the knowing-doing gap.Most companies say they are already doing AI. But when you look closer, what you find is a patchwork: several tools running in parallel, rising technical complexity, and integration dead ends that stall real progress. Alexander Kläger, President of Middle and Eastern Europe at SAP SE, has sat

AI, Sustainability and the Autonomous Enterprise | Sophia Mendelsohn, SAP SE Sep 7, 2026 00:29:14 Does AI make us more sustainable, or does it simply accelerate the status quo? In Episode 15, Sophia Mendelsohn, Chief Sustainability and Commercial Officer at SAP SE, brings two decades of sustainability leadership to bear on the question every supply chain executive is quietly asking. Her answer is direct: AI is a mirror. It will only reflect the prompts and training data we give it. If we chang

Enterprise AI Competitive Edge: Growth Mindset | Eric van Rossum, SAP Aug 31, 2026 00:32:06 Enterprise AI competitive advantage isn't about model access. Eric van Rossum (SAP) explains why growth mindset is what wins.When every company can access the same foundational AI models, where does competitive advantage actually come from? Eric van Rossum, CMO Autonomous Suite, Product Marketing and Learning at SAP, has a clear answer: the organisations that win will be those grounded in deep

Autonomous Enterprise for the Install Base: Clean Core, Hybrid AI, and the Change Management You Can't Skip | Autonomous Enterprise Aug 24, 2026 00:26:03 Uma Rani, President and Chief Product Officer for SAP Cloud ERP Private, sits down with Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger to make the autonomous enterprise tangible for the companies that run the world's most complex SAP landscapes. Her starting point is direct: autonomous enterprise is not a future vision - it is available today for customers on the 2025 and 2023 releases, and SAP is acti

Scaling AI Transformation: People, Trust and Business Value | Autonomous Enterprise Aug 17, 2026 00:28:33 Sanjay Kulkarni, SVP and Global Head of SAP's Global Delivery Hub, explains how a 12,500-strong services organization translates AI ambition into measurable business value - and why people, not technology, remain the decisive factor in every successful enterprise AI transformation.What does it actually take to move from AI ambition to measurable enterprise value? In this episode, Sanjay Kulkar

From Frankfurt to Fukuoka: AI and the Autonomous Enterprise Across the World Aug 10, 2026 00:31:00 Manos Raptopoulos, SAP’s Global President Customer Success Europe, APAC, Middle East & Africa, joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger on what turns AI adoption into real transformation, how regions differ, and what the autonomous enterprise takes across the world.Manos Raptopoulos, Global President Customer Success Europe, APAC, Middle East & Africa at SAP, joins Julia Kloppenburg and

Inside Essity: On the Path to the Autonomous Enterprise with Daniele Tedesco Aug 3, 2026 00:22:13 A look inside Essity: Daniele Tedesco, Global Process Owner (eCom & CX), joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger on running global digital commerce, and how customer experience, reliability and trusted AI shape the path to the autonomous enterprise.Daniele Tedesco, Global Process Owner (eCom & CX) at Essity, joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger to discuss how the global hygiene

India & the Autonomous Enterprise: Perspectives from Sindhu Gangadharan Jul 27, 2026 00:26:57 Interview with Sindhu Gangadharan, MD of SAP Labs India and Head of Customer Industry Solutions at SAP, on how Indian enterprises are adopting business AI and autonomous enterprise capabilities.In this episode, Julia Kloppenburg welcomes Sindhu Gangadharan, Managing Director of SAP Labs India and Head of Customer Industry Solutions at SAP, to explore how Indian enterprises are embracing the Autono

SAP Autonomous Enterprise: Perspectives from the CEO and Chief Community Champion of ASUG Jul 20, 2026 00:30:11 Insights from the CEO and Chief Community Champion of ASUG, the Americas’ SAP User Group, on how SAP customers are adopting the Autonomous Enterprise, trust in AI agents and closing the skill gap. This is a special episode as for the first time we recorded in video format, in the podcast studio in Walldorf, with Geoff Scott, CEO and Chief Community Champion of ASUG, the largest independent SAP use

Inside Uniper: On the Path to the Autonomous Enterprise with Achim Löbke Jul 13, 2026 00:28:08 A look inside Uniper: Achim Löbke, Head of Digital Enablement & Automation, joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger on enablement as the foundation for the autonomous enterprise and the shift toward AI agents.Achim Löbke, Head of Digital Enablement & Automation at Uniper, joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger to discuss together how the energy company is approaching the autonomou

Autonomous Domain Blueprints Jul 6, 2026 00:22:33 Stephan Klein talks about what it takes to move from AI enablement to real transformation in the enterprise, and what autonomous domain blueprints mean in practice.In this episode, Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger talk with Stephan Klein, Chief Business and Delivery Officer for Customer Engagement and Adoption at SAP.Stephan supports the Agentic AI Zone initiative. In this conversation, they

Agent-Led Transformation on the Path to the Autonomous Enterprise with Augusta Spinelli Jun 29, 2026 00:35:33 Augusta Spinelli, SAP's President for Europe, Middle East and Africa, joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger on the two paths to the autonomous enterprise: RISE with SAP and SAP Grow, agent-led transformation, and moving from ambition to execution.Augusta Spinelli joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger to unpack the two paths to the autonomous enterprise: RISE with SAP for establishe

Inside the Business AI Platform with Michael Ameling Jun 22, 2026 00:32:55 Michael Ameling, President of the SAP Business AI Platform, joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger on why enterprise AI just changed: one unified platform to build, run, and govern agents at scale, grounded in 50 years of SAP process expertise.Michael Ameling joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger to unpack the new SAP Business AI Platform: SAP's shift from single AI features to one

Building the Autonomous Suite from the Inside Out with Manoj Swaminathan Jun 15, 2026 00:36:03 Manoj Swaminathan joins Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger to break down SAP's Autonomous Suite, what it is, how it works, and why it changes everything for enterprise AI.What does it actually mean for an enterprise to run autonomously? In Episode 3 of the Autonomes Enterprise Podcast, Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger sit down with Manoj Swaminathan, one of SAP's leading voices on

Understanding Autonomous Enterprise from the Ground Up with Ferose V R Jun 8, 2026 00:30:51 Ferose V R, breaks down the Autonomous Enterprise concept from its foundations—explaining how AI agents transform work, what it means for people, and why humanity must stay at the center.In this foundational episode, Julia and Benedikt welcome Ferose V R to break down the Autonomous Enterprise concept from the ground up. With so many years at SAP and teaching experience at Columbia University, Fer

From the Boardroom to the Customers: An introduction from Peter Maier Jun 1, 2026 00:18:25 At SAPPHIRE, Christian Klein presented the Autonomous Enterprise as a central part of SAP’s strategy. In this episode, Peter Maier explains how governed Business AI turns enterprise data into decisions, automation, and verifiable business results.In this kickoff episode of the “Autonomous Enterprise” podcast, hosts Julia Kloppenburg and Benedikt Gieger speak with Peter Maier, who leads Strategic C