SAP Cloud ERP vs. Workday Human Capital Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Cloud ERP
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) is a modular ERP that enables users to run mission-critical operations in real time from anywhere, introduce new business models in any industry, and expand globally. SAP Cloud ERP is a SaaS product and can also be deployed in a hybrid landscape for quicker time to value.​ ​​ SAP Cloud ERP is a foundational component of theN/A
Workday HCM
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Workday Human Capital Management is a cloud-native system offering a globally consistent user experience. Workday HCM is part of an intelligent, unified system with other Workday products.N/A
Pricing
SAP Cloud ERPWorkday Human Capital Management
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP Cloud ERPWorkday HCM
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPer user, per month
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
SAP Cloud ERPWorkday Human Capital Management
Considered Both Products
SAP Cloud ERP
Chose SAP Cloud ERP
Integrated processes out of the box, best practices, innovation and data integrity
Chose SAP Cloud ERP
Oracle Cloud ePm helps in financial planning and analysis, Faster closing, and accurate reporting. It provides comprehensive financial management. It also helps with strategic planning and economic insight. Workday Financial Management has helped us manage our financial …
Chose SAP Cloud ERP
SAP S/4HANA Cloud has more standard inbuilt capabilities compared to other competitors like NetSuite ERP
Chose SAP Cloud ERP
We were an Oracle shop before, and SAP was the clear (and only choice) that we considered. SAP was very open to our feedback and would consider making our needs part of the standard solution (where it made sense for their broader user community) for future releases. It offered …
Chose SAP Cloud ERP
The Central Finance module with embedded BPC and Disclosure Management suite integrated sounded like a winner. We still think Disclosure Management has room for improvement.
Workday HCM

No answer on this topic

Features
SAP Cloud ERPWorkday Human Capital Management
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.1
409 Ratings
10% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
8.9
81 Ratings
9% above category average
Pay calculation7.8359 Ratings8.569 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.9347 Ratings8.564 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.6346 Ratings8.770 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.757 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.819 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.167 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.244 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
7.7
628 Ratings
4% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
API for custom integration7.8602 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins7.6555 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.3
723 Ratings
1% below category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability8.4680 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.1712 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
7.7
730 Ratings
5% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Dashboards7.7675 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.8717 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports7.6662 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.3
752 Ratings
8% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Accounts payable8.2730 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.2695 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support7.9248 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.0261 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.0280 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.0256 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes8.3289 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.3
629 Ratings
5% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking8.3615 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering7.9533 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management7.9508 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.2
641 Ratings
5% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Pricing8.0611 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry8.0621 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold8.2586 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration7.9210 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.5
274 Ratings
13% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Billing Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management7.9247 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.5209 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close8.0268 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
9.3
1 Ratings
28% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.1
116 Ratings
9% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management8.1116 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
7.9
227 Ratings
12% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared7.8156 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring7.9160 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Repository7.7155 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.1203 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management8.0201 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
9.8
1 Ratings
39% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Risk Repository10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.0
183 Ratings
15% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization8.1161 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management7.9156 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management7.7144 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management8.2147 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management8.0148 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
8.2
178 Ratings
10% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Production Process Design8.2161 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management8.3163 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management8.2153 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution8.1158 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.1158 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
7.8
214 Ratings
9% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Forecasting7.7190 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.9205 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring7.7194 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
9.0
195 Ratings
22% above category average
Workday Human Capital Management
-
Ratings
Proposal Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management8.0195 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
98 Ratings
5% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.383 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.793 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.695 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.290 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings9.289 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.986 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings6.761 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.6
76 Ratings
5% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.475 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.475 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.861 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
96 Ratings
2% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.885 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.694 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.574 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.157 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.885 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
25 Ratings
4% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.425 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.3
80 Ratings
10% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.776 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings8.578 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.866 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.5
58 Ratings
6% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.453 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.754 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.4
62 Ratings
5% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.652 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.661 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.952 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.660 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.8
65 Ratings
11% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.964 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.856 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.760 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings9.059 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.852 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
7.9
42 Ratings
1% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.136 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.636 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.940 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings6.838 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
SAP Cloud ERP
-
Ratings
Workday Human Capital Management
8.2
50 Ratings
5% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.047 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.340 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.635 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.441 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.741 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.141 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.445 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP Cloud ERPWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(706 ratings)
9.0
(130 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(17 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(604 ratings)
7.9
(15 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(3 ratings)
6.6
(8 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(2 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
6.6
(78 ratings)
8.0
(27 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.6
(6 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.5
(9 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Configurability
8.3
(4 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
4.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(2 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(2 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
6.6
(3 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.1
(3 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Cloud ERPWorkday Human Capital Management
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
It is an appropriate ERP solution for all types of companies. It offers faster data processing, along with modern technologies such as built-in AI, machine learning, and real-time data analytics. It comes with built-in AI that helps reduce manual work by automating repetitive tasks, providing real-time insights, and offering proactive recommendations for important business decisions.
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Workday
I would say it's well suited in every environment because I think it does so much. It's like the holy grail of HRIS systems is what I like to call it because thinking about all parts of the employee lifecycle, it lives here in Workday Human Capital Management. So I love the fact that you can do the people data analytics, you can store employee records, the talent acquisition pieces there. I'm thinking I can't think of anything negative right now except for the fact that I can't drill down into the data for the people analytics side. Other than that, I think it's literally, yeah, the holy grail of HRIS systems, I love it and I would highly recommend it.
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Pros
SAP
  • The software helps in forecasting and identifying potential challenges that would affect our organisation in the near future. This enables us to prepare in advance and also adopt practical and viable measures.
  • It enables faster and accurate data processing, which enhances decision-making.
  • It's easily customizable according to specific organizational needs. This promotes overall efficiency and productivity of the organization.
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Workday
  • Groups employees in management hierarchies and creates Org Charts that are easy to navigate and allow for visualizing management chains regardless of employee locations
  • Intuitive and easy to use. The Workday search functionality works very much like Google; one can search for anything that they have access to in the database and drill down into the various details. All information is connected through hyperlinks and users can easily keep digging into the details for as far as their security access would take them.
  • Tasks such as to do, review or approve items are sent to the user's Workday Inbox, very much resembling email. Notifications about outstanding "to do" items are also sent to each the user's work email address on a daily basis.
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Cons
SAP
  • The beginner's user-friendly UI can help learners learn easily, and it feels a bit complex.
  • Implementation of AI bot on common tasks.
  • There are no offline functionality that users can use remotely.
  • As the scalability of the products grows, they become more expensive.
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Workday
  • Should have more option in time sheet like choose project code or something.
  • On The pay page, it should have options to view past salaries; it may be there already but not in the version that I use.
  • The employee information page does not have a back button to navigate to the previous page.
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
The cost of SAP as an ERP is quite high and the switching costs associated with ERP systems are even higher. That being said moving from one ERP to another only happens once in a great while for large organizations. Those switching costs include retraining, IT hardware requirements, outside consultants and more
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Workday
It is work to make one system the source of truth for our data, but now that it is done, there is less work involved in staying on this path. This means for us that maintaining and/or implementing new modules like performance, finance, talent, etc. is simple. It's a no-brainer
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Usability
SAP
Mostly great for building trust; however, the system could be more user-friendly. Sometimes the systems are slow. We also need to find a way to simplify user support. It can be very complex to support an SAP system. The confusion/deep expertise creates an ROI issue as professionals can be expensive to hire.
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Workday
Workday's on a great path in terms of user experience. Their goals is to deliver a use experience that doesn't require training or instruction, like Amazon on the consumer side for example. That's hard to do when you're talking about complex business processes and important and sensitive employee information, but they're doing it well
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Reliability and Availability
SAP
No answers on this topic
Workday
In 2014, Workday has changed the update process. There will be two updates a year; the updates will be delivered to customers typically in a 24 hour window during these two weekends a year. They also keep the Community up-to-date about any planned outages, etc. There is weekly scheduled downtime on Friday night.
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Performance
SAP
No answers on this topic
Workday
From my perspective, the system runs like a well oiled machine and I have not had any issues with customers complaining about speed. If a report is taking long to run, the report can run in the background and you can go about your business. For larger enterprises, there is additional space and machines to process the application in what Workday refers to it as Extended Configuration Tenant
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Support Rating
SAP
The support system I find great as whenever I run into problems they rectify them quickly as possible they never reacted late the support is just up to the mark for me. They provide many solutions to the problems I faced the [technical] team support is always amazing they [listen] to mean work accordingly.
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Workday
Workday is still learning about the needs of higher education. I have seen rapid improvement in support and knowledge over the last year so am confident this will continue to improve. Overall however, I have found the Support Team to be extremely responsive and Workday offers the advantage of having support across several timezones so that we never wait more than a few hours for a response.
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In-Person Training
SAP
More effective
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Workday
Some training is offered online. Cost is per-person. This also gets quite expensive. Training doesn’t follow a logical path A to B. Starts in middle. When you try to do it afterwards at your desk, difficult.
• Training scenarios are not very real
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Online Training
SAP
No answers on this topic
Workday
I have done for report writing and mass imports (EIBs). They give materials and you run through examples, i.e. you don’t just watch them do tasks, so that is helpful. Training is expensive – a single reporting writing class is $600 per person for virtual training
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Implementation Rating
SAP
SAP requires
a lot of internal and external resources to complete its successful
implementation. The cloud version requires a deeper understanding of the
different capabilities of the local systems (hardware) and the connection
towards your local IT team. We found several problems on our systems that we
couldn't foresee before the implementation and roll out.
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Workday
It was implemented before my joining the company. At my last company, we used Workday professional services.

Based upon my experience at my last company, I would rate the implementation experience an 8/10. There are different ways to set things up and we had different people telling us different things. It set us back a couple of times.

Regarding configuration advice, we could set things up where every manager has supervisory organizations, or have it financially based i.e. aligned to cost center/department. We chose the individual manager path and I think we should have chosen a department route. Going down the individual manager path, to maintain the information, we have to inactivate a supervisory org whenever a manager changes/leaves.
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
The platform utilizes advanced predictive analytics to anticipate operational bottlenecks and put them out of commission before the problems become larger. We can proactively develop effective strategies that help keep service quality in the face of unexpected changes in the market, or external disruptions, by continuously analyzing historical performance data as well as elements of the current market
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Workday
Workday is an incomplete product, by this I mean it must work alongside other products and does not work by itself. Trying to make several different products work smoothly together becomes very challenging. As compared to ADP products, when purchased all together work very well all together. Also, ADP has extensive Training programs and extensive Customer Support. So ADP's products are far superior to Workday's products in my opinion.
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Scalability
SAP
No answers on this topic
Workday
Workday has released Financials and is continuing to develop it's Human Capital Management footprint with the addition of Workday Recruiting. I think customers will find that is easy to add on additional functionality in the system. Workday does make it easy for customers to make changes without relying on IT resources. The Business Process framework is a visual tool that allows functional resources to make changes and see the flow of the transaction
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • Surpasses many well reputed applications in terms of performance and data insight when you are into SAP products
  • More reliable and secure as we are not going to create multiple copy of master data, one single shared master data and all will work like charm
  • For authentication we can also use Microsoft MFA or Google single sign-on , so less complexity
  • For customized business process, we can implement extension packages which are like templates
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Workday
  • Positive ROI, we were one of the first organizations that went with Workday HCM, and we received numerous discounts. Cloud systems are the way to go and we feel the system is stable for our growing work force.
  • The user conferences have been helpful to network and learn more deepness in the modules and functionality.
  • Right off the bat, our implementation costs were lower than budgeted and we had less 'billing' surprises.
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ScreenShots

SAP Cloud ERP Screenshots

Screenshot of the Order to Cash Dashboard - For the management of the order-to-cash process more efficiently across revenue streams and business models - including sales of physical and digital goods, services, subscriptions, projects, and bundles.Screenshot of a Sales Management Overview - Helps ensure sales reps meet their goals with an overview of orders and key sales performance metrics, with status tracking for each order in real time for the early detection of potential issues.Screenshot of the Purchasing Spend Dashboard - For weighing various aspects of purchasing spend through quick access to clear, complete, and real-time data, with less risk, and without opening different reports and transactions.Screenshot of Operational Supplier Evaluation - Provides a transparent overview of suppliers. Users can approve the most reliable vendors and get the right mix to serve business needs while reducing risk.Screenshot of Inventory Management - Provides visibility to manage supply chains, to mitigate risk, avoid unnecessary costs, maximize efficiency, and fulfill customer orders on time.Screenshot of Inventory Processing - Enables real-time supply chain visibility and provides meaningful metrics, with customizable dashboards and reports that display real-time inventory that track the status of inbound and outbound deliveries.

Workday HCM Screenshots

Screenshot of Workday Human Capital Management HomepageScreenshot of Workday Human Capital Management Manager Insights HubScreenshot of Workday Human Capital Management HR Partners HubScreenshot of Workday Human Capital Management Expense AnalysisScreenshot of Workday Human Capital Management Skills DashboardScreenshot of Workday Human Capital Management HR Operations and Compliance Dashboard