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Why SAP® SuccessFactors® Solutions? We help redefine experiences to keep your employees connected and your business growing.
03 Why SAP SuccessFactors solutions? Today, we are facing a dramatically 06 What makes SAP so different? changing workforce and an unprecedented 12 Why you need SAP SuccessFactors battle for talent. Organizations that truly solutions care about – and focus on – maximizing the experience of every employee will win 18 SAP’s approach to innovation and lead in the future.
28 Industry use cases
34 Customer success stories Greg Tomb 40 SAP App Center President, SAP SuccessFactors (SAP)
44 Implementation partners Employee experience is a topic at the center more steps in HR processes; making HR tools and of conversations with HR and business leaders systems more accessible and user friendly; and alike because it drives engagement, retention, and tracking key metrics to stay on top of what’s bottom-line business impact. When employees are happening in the workforce. engaged, top-quartile business units outperform bottom-quartile units, realizing:1 Despite this focus, we’re falling short of employees’ expectations. Consider these facts:2 10% more customer loyalty and engagement 77% of employees who quit in the last year “The old days of HR are over. We need to 21% higher profitability revolutionize. We need to create and deliver could have been retained. 20% greater productivity great people experiences at the moments By 2023, 35% of employees will leave their that matter. Let’s disrupt, let’s innovate, let’s jobs each year to work someplace else. Knowing this, HR has devoted considerable time to challenge the status quo. The best people to improving the employee experience by surrounding lead this change are us: HR professionals.” employees with powerful programs; automating
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1. “The Relationship Between Engagement at Work and Organizational Outcomes: 2016 Q12® Meta-Analysis: Ninth Edition,” Gallup, April 2016. 2. “2019 Retention Report: Trends, Reasons, and a Call to Action,” Work Institute, 2019.
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Perhaps even more concerning, even though orga- We developed SAP SuccessFactors solutions WHY I LOVE THE SAP SUCCESSFACTORS HXM SUITE nizations are placing a greater focus on employee to help meet these needs – for our own 94,900 People always ask me why I’m so excited to talk about SAP SuccessFactors experience, they don’t feel equipped to address it. employees in more than 130 countries and for our solutions. There are five main reasons for my enthusiasm. In Deloitte’s 2019 report on human capital trends, 413,000 customers around the world. Using these 84% of leaders point to employee experience as a solutions helps us have the right talent in the right We help you understand the “what” and the “why.” top priority. But only 9% believe they’re ready to positions. It helps us create meaningful employee With SAP’s acquisition of Qualtrics, the global pioneer of experience management (XM) software, our integrated solutions enable you to close address the issue.3 experiences and build a highly motivated workforce in sync with our corporate objectives. And SAP experience gaps by combining rich transactional HR data (O-data) with Employee experience matters. And when the SuccessFactors solutions put the power of data- powerful experience data (X-data). Our solutions enable you to learn job market is as competitive as it is now, it’s more based insight into our HR department, our managers, not only what’s happening with your workforce but also why those important than ever. Employee experience drives and, most important, our employees. What’s more, things are happening by understanding employee beliefs, emotions, not only satisfaction but also business performance. analysts consistently recognize SAP SuccessFactors and intentions. This capability enables you to listen, understand, and, However, traditional approaches to employee solutions as the leading products in our industry. most importantly, act on the insights to create a great employee experience are falling short. experience, anytime and anywhere. But a top-line executive summary of our offering We’re simplifying data privacy and compliance. INTRODUCING HUMAN EXPERIENCE isn’t enough. That’s where this guide comes in. The The world is getting smaller, with many companies supporting MANAGEMENT Gold Guide not only offers the big picture of what operations around the world. But managing people, regulatory Human experience management (HXM) is the next we do but also helps you think about how you might requirements, and data privacy is getting harder. We believe it is evolution of human capital management (HCM). It’s use our tools – and our partnership – to redefine our responsibility to help you remain compliant and build trusted a new way of delivering software to the workforce employee experiences from every angle. relationships with customers. SAP SuccessFactors solutions fully that’s designed completely around what people support data privacy regulations such as the General Data Protection need, how they work, and what motivates them. Here you’ll find thoughts and insights on turning Regulation, as well as many local, country-specific mandates. HXM shifts the focus from supporting traditional innovation into best practice as well as the why and HR processes to delivering experiences that serve how of SAP SuccessFactors solutions – and what Our solutions support total workforce management. employees first and, as a result, serve the business they mean for you. All this plus industry use cases, Every person in the extended workforce is an agent of your company. They better. SAP is leading this transformation – delivering customer case studies, and a directory of our represent your brand, your ideals, and your offerings to your customers. To the first-ever HXM suite to the market. applications in one regularly updated go-to guide. succeed, you need to enable this workforce just as you do your own employees. With integration between SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Fieldglass® SAP® SuccessFactors® Human Experience We hope this guide inspires you to learn more about solutions and SAP S/4HANA®, you can centrally manage your entire workforce. Management Suite provides powerful solutions for the opportunities available thanks to the power of Powerful analytics help you make better decisions, improving business core HR and payroll, talent management, employee SAP SuccessFactors solutions combined with a outcomes. experience management, and people analytics to vibrant partner ecosystem and a comprehensive The SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics solution combines the power of the support employees throughout their careers and set of technologies. We’re ready to help you be the SAP HANA® platform with the flexibility offered by SAP Cloud Platform. It supports enable HR leaders to accelerate business growth. best company you can be by attracting, developing, not only workforce analytics but also operational reporting, planning, and predictive SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite is unique in that it and retaining the best people. n modeling capabilities – all on a single business technology platform. builds on the best of HCM and extends it to create truly dynamic, engaging, and employee-centered Our partner ecosystem expands the ROI of your SAP SuccessFactors solutions. experiences. We can’t be the best of the best on our own. That’s why we partner with the top Greg Tomb implementation and innovation partners in the business and why they, in turn, build and innovate with SAP Cloud Platform. Offering extensions and innovative technologies, our ecosystem helps you realize quick value. n 3. “2019 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends,” Deloitte Development LLC, 2019.
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SAP SuccessFactors solutions and SAP Cloud Platform WHAT MAKES SAP offer a vital combination of agility, innovation, and trust, SO DIFFERENT? essential to meet the changing needs of your workforce.
SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite and developing a collaborative and employee-centric These solutions must extend around the world to 100 countries around the world have already put SAP Cloud Platform empower you to intelligent portal that spans your entire enterprise deliver consistent, cohesive employee experiences legislation in place to protect data privacy – and and offers personalized capabilities and services or across markets while meeting unique regulatory more laws are in the works. While there are similarities accelerate agile innovation and extend using prebuilt mobile cards in a secure mobile wallet requirements in each market. Data security is one of to these laws, there is also a multitude of different the capabilities of your investment in available for any device, it has never been easier to the top issues facing business leaders and CIOs, and requirements, penalties, and interpretations, making SAP SuccessFactors solutions so you improve employee experience through innovation the cloud is no exception. The stakes are high in data protection and privacy both a highly complex can flexibly and effectively address with SAP technology. Administrators can create today’s environment of global connectivity, with and critically important topic for organizations in custom mobile cards in a few hours, with no need steep penalties for noncompliance as well as the all industries and geographies. unique business requirements. for development resources, on any data set using potential for lost customer trust. More than OData or REST protocols. With this flexibility, you PERSONALIZED EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCES can build on your mobile strategy and give users The SAP® SuccessFactors® HXM Suite Perhaps no other IT solutions touch as many quick, real-time insight to information as easily as members of the workforce as HR applications. With you would access a plane ticket or rewards card such an expansive scope, these solutions must from your phone. Changing support seamless, personalized interactions that Developing deliver integrated and dynamic experiences for SAP SuccessFactors solutions offer role-based individuals, teams, and your organization. Everything experiences that make work more enjoyable. Our Paying from core HR to recruiting, onboarding, learning, design approach extends across all devices for all development, succession planning, workforce analyt- users. Through partnerships with Apple and Google, Rewarding ics, employee experience management, performance we have redesigned our iOS and Android mobile and goals, and payroll should be linked in continuous apps to enable intuitive, transformative experiences Onboarding and easy experiences that are beneficial to employ- with quick access to the most relevant data workers ees. They should also offer interfaces that are need to do their jobs. Additionally, these partnerships Teams | O simple to use and navigate while positively impacting help you quickly build streamlined mobile apps using | rg ls an productivity. The result is a motivated, engaged a iz SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS and SAP Cloud u a d t workforce that directly contributes to your targeted i i Platform SDK for Android. Whether you choose iOS, iv o Conversational d n Advice & Feedback business outcomes. s Android, SAP Fiori®, or SAP Web IDE, our tools make n I it simple to build a beautiful, engaging, and consistent RPA & Monitoring Content & Collaboration SAP Cloud Platform and SAP Jam Collaboration customer, user, or employee experience. SAP Cloud offer core employee engagement and mobile capa- Platform integrates back-end processes and delivers ML Nudges & Predictions Communities & Connections bilities to drive a streamlined, modern employee a high-quality mobile experience consistent with experience. These services are critical to help you your other channels. Intelligent Enterprise build capabilities for your workforce. Whether
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SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite with SAP Cloud exceptional experiences that engage employees Platform helps deliver the kind of unexpectedly and, as a result, improve performance.
Since SAP’s inception in 1972, our customers have a set of powerful tools, such as a gender-based that directly impact business results. We are operations. And to win in this experience economy, benefited from our unmatched investment in global- language checker that identifies and removes redefining human capital analytics for the Intelligent intelligent enterprises are turning insight into action. ization and localization. Our commitment to providing unconscious bias in job descriptions. Another tool Enterprise – putting data, insights, and guidance in HCM systems are great at giving you operational a holistic approach to information security includes offers intelligent salary-range suggestions based on the right context for leaders across the business, metrics like offer-to-acceptance rates, time to 120 local product managers and 200 engineers in the difficulty involved in filling a role. This guidance including finance, HR, procurement, and operations. productivity, and turnover – the data that shows seven development locations around the globe. We helps recruiters make decisions to attract the best Now, analytics can be directly in the hands of the you what is happening. Now, the SAP SuccessFactors stay ahead of the latest compliance requirements talent while ensuring a diverse candidate pool. chief human resources officer (CHRO) and business HXM Suite helps ensure you understand why by and security threats, building data protection into leaders as well as HR professionals, managers, and continually listening to your employees’ voices and every layer of our offerings. We adapt to the latest People analytics traditionally resides outside the HR employees, when and where they need it, to drive collecting experience data (X-data) about employees’ compliance standards, with an average of 1,700 legal domain. It can be challenging to access data about better business outcomes. Our people analytics beliefs, emotions, intentions, and perspectives on updates annually. Our solutions respect and protect people from multiple sources and gain a consolidated solution provides you with a single platform in the an ongoing basis and at every meaningful touch the rights of individuals during the processing and view of the workforce. Additionally, many companies cloud for all of your reporting, business intelligence, point. You can understand not only what to do but use of information, and they address your data pro- are drowning in Big Data, with too much information, and planning needs. By pulling data from across the also the impact that action will have on individual tection and privacy, transparency, and audit control not enough insight, and no clear, intelligent guidance. entire solution suite, people analytics offers dynamic employees, teams, and the organization. Then, requirements. We see a huge opportunity for HR, finance, and IT to insights to help you make key decisions. most importantly, you can act – focusing on the partner and deliver analytics tools that help leaders issues that strengthen employee engagement and SUPERCHARGED WITH INTELLIGENT gain powerful insights and ensure their people We believe that in the experience economy, drive business results. TECHNOLOGIES strategy supports the corporate strategy. intelligent enterprises connect experiences with We employ intelligent technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to offer The Intelligent Enterprise is our vision for your busi- prescriptive guidance on a wide range of strategic ness, the future of work for your employees, and the X HR Data areas. You can model and predict your talent flow best experience for your customers. For over 45 years, Customer Finance to best meet your organizational goals. Employees our customers have trusted SAP applications to be Customer Analytics Intelligent Technologies can be offered personalized learning recommenda- the custodian of their end-to-end business data, Manufacturi ng tions enabled by machine learning capabilities in which is the key asset for building intelligent Experience Intelligence Operations SAP Leonardo® technologies. People can help algorithms. At SAP, we understand that HR organi- Employee Supply Chain Database & Application Developmen t maximize relevance by indicating topics of interest, zations must do more with less while empowering Data Managemen t & Integration which enables the recommendation engine to deliver every employee to be more productive, more Product Procurement best-fit learning options that match people’s motivated and engaged, and, ultimately, more Brand O preferences. successful. Data
Additionally, we help you deliver on your commitment With SAP SuccessFactors solutions leveraging Qualtrics Business Technology Platform Intelligent Suite to diversity, inclusion, and gender equality. We offer the SAP Analytics Cloud solution built natively on a job analyzer that uses machine learning to deliver SAP Cloud Platform, you can gain powerful insights
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INNOVATION, INTEGRATION, AND Discover enterprise application extensions in our Upgrade2Success: Unique advantages for SAP ERP HCM Customers EXTENSIBILITY SAP App Center, a central marketplace that offers Tools, assets, and services to help SAP ERP HCM solution customers migrate or transition to Much is asked of today’s HR teams, and executives partner-developed HR and technology solutions, to SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite. must manage increasingly complex technology maximize your investment in SAP SuccessFactors landscapes. To maximize visibility and enhance solutions, such as finance, travel, and procurement. To learn more about Upgrade2Success, click here. workforce management, you need applications that are agile and flexible enough to connect and extend Application extensions built on SAP Cloud Platform wherever and whenever needed. are natively integrated to help you be more productive, increase connectivity within and across organiza- SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite and our Business tions, and, ultimately, help differentiate your HR Technology Platform help you connect to and make organization to gain competitive advantage. Addi- sense of this challenging landscape. Using our cloud tionally, through the SAP.iO and partner programs, integration technologies along with applications we have accelerated and nurtured more than 200 Reduced risk Reduced time Reduced cost offered by our extensive partner ecosystem, you partner applications – investing in innovators and • Migration versus “rip and • Data migration with our • Use of current skilled can connect HR to the broader business and help disruptors that are pushing the agenda on critical replace” infoporter technology resources on SAP solutions ensure that your company is laser focused on inno- people topics such as well-being, purpose, and • Better adoption as we show • Migration for standard and versus training new resources vation and agility. With SAP Cloud Platform, you leadership development. This rich portfolio of what on-premise HR becomes custom infotypes • Use of the integration factors can create innovative new applications, extend ecosystem applications complements our existing in SAP SuccessFactors • Preconfigured replication for and SAP Model Company SAP SuccessFactors solutions, or integrate with SAP applications, so you can spend less of your solutions payroll processing data for HR to reduce migration and across existing solutions, such as finance, budget on maintenance and more on innovation • Retention of existing down- • SAP Model Company service time travel, and procurement. and growth – without disruption. n stream integrations versus for HR, with leading-practice • Use of productized integra- rebuilding configuration, templates, tions and tools from SAP to • Organizational change and accelerators for fast lower integration cost and management guidance time to value maintenance • SAP Database Migration Factory tools for migrating from third-party databases to SAP databases
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Why You Need SAP SuccessFactors Core HR and Payroll
Solutions STREAMLINE MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE AND These features enable improved insight, strategic TRANSACTIONS decision-making, and better business performance. Discover how our innovative solutions help you reinvent human experiences Automated visa and permits management What Is It? helps you bring in the right people Our solutions help you manage global benefits and at the right time while remaining payroll, improve employee self-service, automate compliant with regulations. Our HR processes, and strengthen compliance. By defin- flexible, powerful and scalable ing and executing successful people strategies, you benefits solution enables can provide information and services that add value employees to enroll in country- for all stakeholders and the business. specific benefits and HR to manage plans, eligibility rules, and Why Do I Need It? enrollments worldwide. You can Managing the complexity of people and transactions also manage local payrolls and stan- in today’s highly diverse, global workforce can be dardize payroll processes for workers challenging. Flexible SAP SuccessFactors solutions around the world. And a combination of proven help you simplify HR processes, streamline benefits technology, embedded localization, and service administration, optimize HR service delivery, and delivery helps enable the next generation of payroll provide personalized experiences that improve process automation. every employee’s work life. How Does My Workforce Benefit? Businesses of all sizes are transforming their also from SAP SuccessFactors solutions Employees expect HR tools that work the way they People gain fast, intuitive access to important business in one way or another; and any transfor- the power help you unleash the full poten- live: intuitively, collaboratively, and in real time. They HR-related tasks across all devices, helping them mation is really a people transformation. The of SAP tial of your people while driving be more productive. Automated processes free competitive advantage lies in our people. The solutions also need information that is personalized, contextual, results across your business. workers from many rote, manual tasks, allowing creative power of our people; the energy and synergy and our and easily accessible. Our core HR solutions provide them to focus on value-added activities. that comes from our teams giving their best; being partner ecosystem. The result: rapidly turn your employees with immediate access to their informa- inspired, motivated and connected in meaningful organization’s purpose into strong performance. tion through the HR help desk functionality using ways is what provides the foundation to competitive their preferred communication channel. differentiation. We are finally at a point where SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite enables you to technology has the capability to deliver what our focus on the needs of your people and what inspires Smart automation and intelligent HR workflows people – our employee’s – expect; engagement, them to perform at their best. You can make con- help you manage processes, not just transactions. connection, and individualized experiences. tinuous improvements by combining experience data and operational data to make the decisions Technology is at an inflection point. Without and take the actions that lead to employees who unlocking human potential and moving beyond deliver more, build a positive culture, and advocate SAPCore CustomerHR and payroll Data Cloudsolutions helps from you… SAP help you: the transactional, the value and impact to the for your brand. You can leverage innovation not only organization will flounder. It’s time to move to a from SAP SuccessFactors solutions and intelligent human centered approach, and supercharge and technologies, but also from the power of solutions accelerate your impact. Tomorrow’s HXM is a people like SAP Cloud Platform. Only with SAP can you platform that benefits the organization by giving truly reinvent human experiences, helping you not the employee quick, flexible, dynamic tools that are only compete, but win in the experience economy. part of their everyday work life. SAP SuccessFactors Deliver live insights that enable Develop consistent, standardized Offer self-service features that HXM Suite enables you to focus on these human- Watch the video and hear from HR leaders on why workers to make data-driven HR processes focused on the support automation, improve data centered experiences. Not only can you leverage they chose SAP SuccessFactors solutions. decisions, thanks to a consumer- entire workforce, increasing their quality, and elevate HR service innovation in SAP SuccessFactors solutions but grade employee experience engagement delivery
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Time and Attendance Talent Management
IMPROVE WORKFORCE PERFORMANCE You can plan, record, and approve all types of MAKE PEOPLE YOUR STRONGEST ASSET You can create a true high-performance culture absence efficiently. Automated absence man- with our performance and compensation solutions. What Is It? agement features help managers gain What Is It? Performance management supports continuous Cloud-based time and attendance solu- real-time insights into workforce trends. Talent management solutions help you hire and coaching and feedback while helping you accurately tions integrate with a complete HCM People analytics offers information onboard the best candidates, develop and retain recognize top talent. Compensation solutions enable solution to help you transform the that can help you improve workforce top talent, continuously recognize workers, and smarter payment and reward strategies that motivate work experience. SAP SuccessFactors planning, predict flight risks, and strategically reward them. With SAP SuccessFactors employees to perform at their best. solutions enable you to streamline inform decisions. In addition, you solutions, you can deliver an engaging, consumer- everything from time tracking to can accurately forecast workforce grade experience throughout the entire employee How Does My Workforce Benefit? accruals and generate insights into demand to reduce overtime costs, lifecycle. Human capital management technology enhanced areas such as labor costs, time theft, schedule employees according to KPIs with machine learning and artificial intelligence and absence trends. or skills, and allow employees to manage Why Do I Need It? enables businesses to move beyond bias and provide their shifts from their mobile device. Our recruiting and onboarding solutions help you the foundation for an inclusive culture. An engaging Why Do I Need It? attract and nurture talent. Results-oriented recruiting onboarding portal connects new hires and internal Tracking and managing employee time can help you How Does My Workforce Benefit? practices embed engagement and automa- transfers with the right people and information improve employee productivity and engagement. Workers can use the intuitive, self-service interface tion technologies to secure the right at the right time. Employees can set learning With SAP SuccessFactors solutions, you can auto- to quickly record absences and attendance infor- people for each job. With personalized, goals, and training can be delivered mate labor, time, and attendance management using mation or gain instant insight into HR information. interactive onboarding, you set up according to employee roles. Intelligent embedded features that align with local, regional, Self-service capabilities can be used by all stake- new hires to be productive and suc- career-path development and mentor- and national laws and collective labor agreements. holders on any device, helping workers and managers cessful employees from the start. ing helps workers develop new skills, You can automatically evaluate and calculate time gain access to all information from anywhere. share ideas, and gain insights while information according to each employee’s profile, With our learning and development increasing their value to your organiza- supporting accurate payments. Employees can easily solutions, you can enable a culture of tion. By recognizing and rewarding record attendance and any type of absence and get learning with communities that support employee achievements and outstanding real-time insight into their balances, overtime, and social learning, compliance training, and performance, you can motivate and engage premiums. learning linked with development goals, career paths, employees. programs, and recommendations. Development and succession solutions help you fill critical positions by closing talent gaps and promoting leadership continuity.
Time and attendance management solutions from SAP help you: Talent management solutions from SAP help you:
Boost employee productivity by Increase employee engagement Support better workforce decision- Streamline your hiring activities Put your employees at the center Retain valuable employees by replacing manual time-tracking with self-service features that making by using historical patterns with automated, centrally of the learning experience with creating clear, compelling career with automated solutions deliver instant HR insight to and employee trends managed global processes highly personalized, customiz- paths workers, anytime and anywhere able, and collaborative training and education.
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People Analytics Solutions for Employee Experience Management
LEAD YOUR WORKFORCE CONFIDENTLY Executives and leaders that need real-time DRIVE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT X-data and O-data help you gain real-time insight contextual information and self-service can use into which behaviors are trending in your What Is It? SAP Digital Boardroom a next-generation enterprise What Is It? organization and the sentiment behind Gain data-driven insight into all HR processes with analytics offering that integrates data from SAP Managing employee experiences is not about them. You also can learn what’s hap- people analytics. SAP SuccessFactors solutions, SuccessFactors solutions, SAP S/4HANA, and pinpointing one event or a single moment. People pening within individual teams and combined with the SAP Analytics Cloud solution, other applications. You can monitor, simulate, and leaders need the ability to collect feedback at every what changes can help you use data and analytics to help you increase the support business change to meet the expectations moment that matters and take action to close expe- increase engagement, shape effectiveness and visibility of HR while improving of your customers, business partners, and employees. rience gaps. Employee Experience Management culture, drive development, and business decisions. solutions from SAP help you reduce unwanted create a motivated, productive How Does My Workforce Benefit? attrition, retain and develop top performers, drive workforce. You can use our Thrive Why Do I Need It? These solutions improve your ability to lead your employee engagement, and increase workforce XM Index, a framework that brings Having the right people with the right skills at the workforce, accelerate change, and drive results. productivity. together employee-reported X-data right time and cost is essential. People analytics Comprehensive analytics deliver fast and accurate and HR-reported performance-related helps you improve business decisions with trusted answers to key questions about Why Do I Need It? O-data, to connect the people experience directly intelligence. Using integrated data from multiple your workforce and influence Companies that deliver great employee experiences to your bottom line. business systems, you can investigate trends in talent decisions. A complete, deliver better business results – including higher hiring, diversity, turnover, and performance, and 360-degree view of cross- employee productivity, lower turnover, and greater How Does My Workforce Benefit? you can see how investments in people impact your departmental metrics and customer satisfaction. SAP SuccessFactors solutions By understanding employee experiences and senti- business results. You can share trends and insights insights helps foster trust offer transactional HR data as well as rich data ment, you can turn insights into action and improve with compelling visualizations and accelerate among business leaders about people, so you know everything about work- employee experiences at the moments that matter. change with simplified story-driven reporting. and employees. force trends. You can learn how many candidates The combination of solutions from SAP and Qualtrics are accepting or rejecting offers, which employees enables organizations to listen – by collecting expe- Plan for the workforce you need to achieve your are leaving the organization, and how quickly new rience data from employees at every meaningful business goals – now and in the future – with hires achieve full productivity. Combine this opera- touch point. You can understand what to do and the streamlined headcount planning, supply-demand tional data (O-data) with experience data (X-data) impact of your actions by knowing why things are gap analysis, and financial modeling and impact from Employee Experience Management solutions happening and by spotting hidden trends. Finally, assessments. Collaborative, real-time workforce from SAP, and you’ll understand the reasons behind the solutions enable you to focus on the things that planning helps you address resource gaps, execute what’s happening across your organization. close experience gaps and turn employees into successfully on your business strategy, and manage ambassadors – helping you drive great business the risk of talent shortages. results. n
People analytics from SAP helps you: Employee Experience Management solutions from SAP help you:
Accelerate your understanding of Reduce risk by getting early insights Improve institutional knowledge Understand the key drivers of Collect feedback from employees Identify the optimal benefits Big Data in HR and enhance your into trends disruptive to your and increase decision accuracy employee engagement, helping at key touch points so you can package based on employee ability to use workforce data stra- workforce strategies managers improve the employee act in real time to drive feedback and driver analysis tegically to drive business impact experience improvements
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Employees are an organization’s and unexpectedly exceptional experiences that in HR technology. Our innovation strategy is built on The integration with other SAP solutions your greatest asset, the drivers of suc- keep employees connected and your business three dimensions, as shown in the figure on page 21. employees use every day – from SAP Concur® solu- growing. At the base, we build products by using transforma- tions for travel and expenses to SAP Ariba® solutions cess, the ones that make or break tive technologies that impact the entire HR value for procurement and SAP S/4 HANA for use in core the future of a company. We help you infuse the “why” into everything you chain, such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, financial functions — helps improve virtually every do. By integrating your operational data with expe- chatbots, SAP Cloud Platform, and SAP HANA, and interaction your employees have with your business. For chief human resource officers and HR profes- rience data, you can collect, understand, and act on by engaging mobile technologies. From there, we sionals, attracting, keeping, and engaging all the insights to strengthen employee engagement and build best-of-breed solutions, such as employee PARTNER ECOSYSTEM people in your workforce is an urgent priority. You improve business results. We help you break down experience management, candidate relationship SAP Cloud Platform, an extensive, open, and need a dynamic, diverse global talent traditional data, system, and process management, and continuous performance man- connected platform, provides packaged integrations, pool, but face significant gaps silos so HR can run smoothly and agement, and integrate with other SAP solutions. tools, and technology that allow partners and cus- in skills, development, and integrate globally with the By adopting an open innovation approach and tomers to quickly build applications, seamlessly workforce experiences. rest of the business. We engaging leading partners, we push the boundaries integrate into and across business applications, also help you address of HR solutions and enable truly groundbreaking and easily extend new innovative applications. To harness all your toughest work- people solutions to blossom and grow. the best available place challenges In our SAP.iO program, we have nurtured and accel- talent – today like diversity, TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGIES erated numerous HCM startups that are pushing and tomorrow inclusion, well- We help you reimagine user experiences using next- the agenda on critical people topics like financial – you must being, and generation technologies, such as machine learning, well-being, purpose, and leadership development. deliver great people artificial intelligence, and chatbots, to change the SAP App Center enables you to take advantage of employee sustainability. way HR functions. Now, you can deliver a dynamic, hundreds of partner-developed apps that integrate experiences, intuitive experience that’s personalized for each directly with SAP SuccessFactors solutions, so you especially in At SAP, our employee so they feel supported and confident. can create new, engaging, and dynamic experiences the moments innovation for your employees and teams. that matter philosophy BEST-OF-BREED SOLUTIONS – at the inter- supports this We invest in delivering the latest HR solutions to Through our partnerships with companies such as section of life mission. We meet workforce requirements, such as employee Google and Apple, we are developing new solutions and work. Our build, buy, and experience management, continuous performance that accelerate innovation and empower the work- mission is to partner to deliver management, candidate relationship management, place of the future. redefine employee the best solutions and total workforce management, to handle the experiences from – enabling you to growing mix of workers you have supporting your every angle, so you can quickly maximize the business. deliver complete, engaging, value of every investment
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HUMANIZING THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE chatbots, for example, we can make machines O In the era of digitalization, the human component of smarter so they can learn to cater to humans. By business is more important than ever. Our innovation training machines to do repetitive tasks, we can free philosophy is focused on creating technologies and people for more interesting, creative, and satisfying solutions that feel as though they were made for work. each user and help address the most pressing people issues in your business. Perhaps most important, people get the experience they want – through their preferred channel, con- At SAP, we are developing offerings that match the nection, and device anytime and anywhere – which way people work, connect, and engage. Our research improves productivity and engagement. It may seem Push the boundaries with partners and development are focused on using new technol- counterintuitive, but machine-based technologies and leading technologies ogy to augment – not replace – human decisions. used in this way can make it easier for people to With artificial intelligence, machine learning, and connect and be more – not less – human at work.