SAP SuccessFactors HCM

A cloud-based SuccessFactors solution that integrates with SAP ERP HCM to form the information space of the HR department and integrate it with the organization's corporate information system. The solution allows you to use mobile technologies in the work of HR services, achieving high speed, flexibility and speed of decision making.

The solution is SuccessFactors used in companies such as BP, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Craft and several others. The experience of world leaders allows us to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of the solution. So, the staff of these companies, thanks to the use of SuccessFactors, devotes 5.5% more time to solving strategically important tasks, and companies optimize costs, reducing to 15.2%. On average, productivity increased by 3% in companies using the solution, and employees spend 14% less time completing projects.

The Success Factors solution helps organizations solve 3 important tasks - to establish the correspondence between the company's goals and the goals of all employees, to increase the efficiency of staff and improve the business results of the company by providing the manager with the information necessary for making management decisions.

The Success Factors cloud solution covers all business processes of human resources management, including core human resources processes, personnel selection, training and development, efficiency and evaluation, workforce planning, etc. The modular solution principle allows you to further expand the functions covered.

Of interest to customers is, first of all, that Success Factors is multifunctional, but at the same time has simple intuitive interfaces. As for the possible intersection with the classic SAP ERP HCM solution of similar functionality, which is being implemented On-Premises, the "cloud" solution of Success Factors is intended for companies that want to get a solution faster and cheaper and minimize non-core tasks.

The issue of data storage and security is the most problematic issue for prospects when moving to the cloud. Most often, the problem is associated with lack of awareness or conservativeness of traditional views. From the point of view of cloud service providers, ensuring information security is a primary and complex task. With Success Factors, it has been successfully addressed through the use of highly secure, certified cryptographic mechanisms and data storage and processing in a single, secure Success Factors data center.

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting

• Built-in candidate information management - to create an automated digital community of talented applicants, transition pages, data collection forms and candidate profile, marketing e-mails and SMS mailings, e-mail and analytics.
• A career designer on the site for intuitively convenient pointing cursors and transferring information during the search for personnel, easy creation and support of external and internal career sites, transition pages and templates in email.
• A vacancy analyzer that helps managers and recruiters identify and eliminate gender and bias in job descriptions to find the most qualified candidates for each vacancy. The Job Analyzer also provides salary recommendations regarding the employer's location, using machine learning functions and calculating the average salary based on analysis of the company's public and internal data, as well as on the complexity of the described functionality.

2021: Introduction to the Russian market of a box solution for automation of HR services

Accenture March 19, 2021 announced the launch on the Russian market of an automation solution for HR services - a boxed version of the SAP SuccessFactors system (SAP SF). More details here.

2020: Product Security Issues

In early May 2020, the largest European manufacturer software SAP admitted that some of its cloud products did not meet cyber security the company's standards, and said that it would take measures to eliminate this problem as soon as possible.

Although vulnerabilities in the software can be found in 9% of the 440,000 SAP customers, they have not yet led to any incidents, and the company believes that customer data has not been compromised. SAP plans to fix the problems in the second quarter of 2020 and promises that by mid-year all products will comply with contractual or legislative safety standards. Note that these issues also affect the products of companies purchased by SAP, including SuccessFactors, Concur Technologies and Callidus Software. What kind of holes in product security are we talking about, SAP does not talk.

SAP: Many of our customers use security hole software

Analysts note that such news may weaken the enthusiasm of the SAP customer base, which previously supported the digital transformation of the company. SAP is committed to moving enterprise and marketing applications to remote data centers, eliminating the traditional model of hosting servers in customer locations.

Such events negatively affect SAP's reputation. Now both existing and new SAP customers are likely to spend more time studying the security of the company's products, "said Jefferies analyst Julian Serafini.

SAP has promised to inform all customers affected and to provide full support. It is expected that the cost of software development will be covered as part of SAP's current financial projections for 2020. SAP has also completely replaced the managers responsible for the company's product security.^[1]

2018: FSTEC certification

On December 19, 2018, it became known that the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTECRossia) certified a number of SAP cloud products . More details here.

2017

Enhancements for SAP SuccessFactors

On September 4, 2017, SAP SE announced an increase in the number of cloud applications for SAP SuccessFactors built on the SAP Cloud Platform. You can now connect to more than 100 applications that complement SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite.

Within SAP SuccessConnect, SAP and its partners have presented the following enhancements for SAP SuccessFactors:

• EnterpriseAlumni by EnterpriseJungle - to help university graduates adapt to the company and expand their capabilities. The use of the application promotes active hiring, business development and corporate evangelism.
• Organ.manager by Ingentis - HR planning, organizational modeling and charts based on SAP SuccessFactors to support M & A transactions. It is useful to use different organizational structures in the visualization area to move data from one chart to another.
• Employee Engagement Suite by Semos is an approach to engaging employees in the field of personnel management.
• Labor Management by Sodales is a solution for managing employee relationships in the field of complaint handling, certification, seniority, including with the participation of trade unions. The management of the company can investigate each complaint online, manage the costs of their consideration, conduct disciplinary measures and record all actions in one place.

We have a wide partner ecosystem for developing innovative applications for SAP SuccessFactors on our cloud platform, "said Greg Tomb, President of SAP SuccessFactors. - Enhancements help customers solve business problems, as well as differentiate them and accelerate the process of digital transformation of HR-functions. Together with our ecosystem, we enable customers to leverage cutting-edge technologies that help them implement strategies and attract the best people to manage their business.

SAP Cloud platform - the main cloud platform for the SAP Leonardo system - enables organizations to bring together people, processes, and objects that are not part of the SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite functionality.

SAP Cloud Platform for Customers includes:

• Reduce ROI time to build and deploy applications and add-ons.
• Provide intuitive, consistent, and consistent user experience through SAP SuccessFactors applications and platform enhancements.
• Use data from SAP SuccessFactors or any other source to create progressive business solutions that drive people's strategies.

SAP SuccessFactors Mobile Update for iOS

In June 2017, SAP SE announced the update of the SAP SuccessFactors Mobile application for iOS. The application will help modernize current HR processes, increase employee engagement, and improve overall efficiency of all SAP SuccessFactors human capital management (HCM) solutions for more than 47 million users worldwide.

The SAP SuccessFactors Mobile application will improve the responsiveness of business processes by providing instant access to HR services in the SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite and eliminating delays due to lack of specialists in the office. Human resources services can now take a whole new approach to working with employees, constantly maintaining and developing a lively and effective interaction. As a result, the digital transformation of the workspace will lead to greater engagement and productivity of the entire team.

The new version of SAP SuccessFactors Mobile has combined SAP Fiori Apple iOS with and includes:

• Performance Management and Overview
• Training certificates, history, task list, catalogued search
• Time & Attendance
• Pending Requests and Negotiations
• Updated search engine and organizational chart
• A single workspace on the iPhone and iPad
• User enhancements (simplified work field, updated manager and user profiles)

2016

Addition to SAP Cloud Solution SuccessFactors

On September 7, 2016, SAP SE announced the release of a supplement to the SAP SuccessFactors cloud solution for employee payroll management.

The SAP SuccessFactors solution will save customers time to migrate already implemented payroll applications to clouds, and SAP's partnership with managed service providers EPI-USE and NGA HR will make the transition easier and more convenient. On behalf of the company, they will manage customer functionality in the SAP ERP Human Capital Management solution.

The addition is designed to provide customers with new capabilities - eliminate HR and IT infrastructures, thereby moving away from capital expenditure on operating. The end result is a cloud-based payroll solution that does not require re-implementation.

Number of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central customers exceeded 1,000

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central is part of a comprehensive set of HR applications. Its capabilities are not limited to basic automation and include analytical tools for the highest priority areas of business. The next generation basic HR system (HRIS) is designed to manage the personnel of international companies. It is delivered within the SAP Cloud portfolio for more than 40 million SAP SuccessFactors users. Today's news marks a new milestone in SAP's thirty-year history of technology leadership in human capital management (HCM).

The SAP SuccessFactors customer approach is consistent with SAP's desire to provide easy and fast access to a wide range of cutting-edge technologies in the workplace, covering the entire workforce. SAP recently introduced SuccessFactors Intelligent Services to consolidate employee-related activities. New services will help end users independently perform standard personnel processes and reduce the dependence on and costs of corporate services. Another innovation is the integration of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and SAP Fieldglass, which will enable companies to better manage not only permanent but also temporary workers. In the near future, it is planned to add internship management functions as part of the expansion of staffing.

2013: updating HCM SuccessFactors

On December 3, 2013, Success Factors announced that in 2013, the integrated SuccessFactors HCM package was expanded to include the SuccessFactors Onboarding solution.

SAP SuccessFactors onboarding allows you to fully automate the adaptation process and related activities for hiring managers, new employees, and all involved teams (HR, IT, facilities, etc.)

In June 2013, the regional office of SAP Labs in Izhevsk began to operate in Russia. They are developing part of the Success Factors Talent Management Suite. In particular, SAP specialists in Izhevsk are developing the Onboarding module for this set of applications. The application will solve the problems associated with the adaptation of new employees, quickly involve them in business processes and provide comfortable working conditions in a new place.

2012: SAP Introduced Localized Cloud Solution SuccessFactors HCM in Russia

SAP CIS officially introduced the localized cloud solution SuccessFactors HCM in Russia. On November 28, 2012, within the framework of the round table, the Director General of SAP CIS Igor Bogachev told reporters .

According to Bogachev, the solution is intended for the widest range of enterprises that take care of their personnel. "In the world, more than 1.5 million companies use the solution, and in Russia only 70, and that is, Russian divisions of transnational organizations. We believe that we need to interest the domestic market in innovative technologies, "he said.

Now in Russia, the first implementation of the solution in the Russian company-in the personnel center of the Skolkovo technology park is in the works. It is planned that the solution will be launched in February 2013.

The cost of ownership per user will average 300-400 rubles per month. Such data was cited by Bogachev. At the same time, according to Vitaly Gershanovich, manager of personnel development in Eastern Europe at Kimberly-Clark, the system pays off if the organization hires more than 4 qualified specialists annually with a salary of 50 thousand rubles and higher.

"According to IDC, the cloud services market in Russia will reach $161.5 million in 2014. According to our estimates, 80% of new software products will be available in the form of cloud services in the near future, "Bogachev continued.

What share does SAP CIS expect from this amount, he will answer difficult, noting that the company sets itself the task of developing the market for cloud corporate services in Russia.

For the Russian market, the solutions of SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll and SuccessFactors Employee Central are localized, which can now also be integrated with the classic SAP ERP HCM (Human Capital Management) solution, which will simplify payroll calculation.