What ERP Vendor Roadmaps Reveal About AI in 2026, How Customers Are Taking Back Control of Their Technology Roadmap, Why Some ECC Customers Are Being Told to Spend Over $100M on S/4HANA

The Transformation Ground Control podcast covers a number of topics important to digital and business transformation. This episode covers the following topics and interviews:

What ERP Vendor Roadmaps Reveal About AI in 2026, Q&A (Darian Chwialkowski, Third Stage Consulting)
How Customers Are Taking Back Control of Their Technology Roadmap (Eric Helmer, Rimini Street)
Why Some ECC Customers Are Being Told to Spend Over $100M on S/4HANA

We also cover a number of other relevant topics related to digital and business transformation throughout the show.

🔗 Resources Discussed in this Episode:

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Contact Marcus Harris at Taft Law: https://taftlaw.com/people/marcus-s-harris

🔗 More Digital Transformation Resources:

2026 AI Report: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/ai-that-works-in-2026/

2026 Digital Transformation Report: https://resource.thirdstage-consulting.com/2026-digital-transformation-report

2025 Digital Transformation Report: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/2025-digital-transformation-report/

ERP Project Recovery Guide: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/erp-project-recovery-guide/
20 Lessons from 1,000 Digital Transformations: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/ebook-20-lessons-from-1000-erp-implementations/

2025 Guide to AI Strategy & Implementation: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/guide-to-ai-strategy/

Executive Guide to Digital Strategy and Implementation: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/executives-guide-to-digital-transformation/

Business Transformation Playbook: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/transformation-playbook/

Software Buyer's Guide: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/independentsoftwareselection/

Guide to Organizational Change Management: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/change-management-success/

Supply Chain Management Playbook: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/supply-chain-management/

2025 Manufacturing & Distribution Digital Transformation Report: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/manufacturing-distribution-digital-transformation-report-2025/

Government Digital Transformation Report: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/the-government-digital-transformation-report-2025/

Free Transformation Assessments: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/free-transformation-assessments/

Private Equity Playbook: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/erpduediligenceprivateequity/

TSC Resource Center: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/thought-leadership/

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📩 Got Questions?

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