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SAP Workforce Analytics

Score10 out of 10

49 Reviews and Ratings

What is SAP Workforce Analytics?

Categories & Use Cases

Top Performing Features

  • Automated data collection

    Automated collection of key talent data.

    Category average: 8.6

  • Data analysis

    Reports and dashboards presenting data with drill-down capabilities

    Category average: 8.5

  • Benchmarking

    Built-in industry data allowing firms to benchmark their HR performance and compare to peer organizations

    Category average: 7.8

Areas for Improvement

  • Predictive analytics

    Machine learning capabilities provide accurate predictions for hire times, staff turnover, etc. Also allows for "what-if"scenario planning

    Category average: 7

  • Report designer

    Report designer allowing analysts to design their own reports and dashboards

    Category average: 8

  • Data integration

    Integration with a wide range of HRMS, ATS and other systems to provide comprehensive data for insight and decision making

    Category average: 8

Very useful software. Highly recommend it to other companies.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It helps manage work solutions. It really helps the company micro-manage issues. This is a really useful software to use and doesn't seem to crash like most software. I as well as my colleagues find this software very useful and would recommend it to any other company based on the performance that it provides.

Pros

  • Runs smoothly.
  • Haven't had any issues with it.
  • Has not ever crashed.

Cons

  • I can't really think of any areas for improvement.
  • I and my company love this software.
  • I would recommend to other companies.

Return on Investment

  • Provides more work structure.
  • Manages company better.
  • Provides ease of use.

Alternatives Considered

AskNicely, Apptimized Workspace and Paylocity

Other Software Used

NICE Adaptive WFO, Apptimized Workspace, Paylocity

SAP Workforce Analytics Is an Easy to Implement Tool

Pros

  • Performance analysis
  • Provides data-driven insights
  • Enables [us] to learn about our employees' improvements.

Cons

  • SAP Workforce Analytics works perfectly. It is a complete tool.

Return on Investment

  • This tool enables us to create predictive models for future behaviors because it offers accurate insights.
  • The accurate insights allows us to learn the areas we can help our employees improve.

Alternatives Considered

Oracle Cloud HCM

Other Software Used

Oracle Cloud HCM, EverString, now part of ZoomInfo, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365)

One More Egg in the SAP Basket

Pros

  • Integrates with existing SAP products
  • Large suite of ways to visualize data
  • SAP learning tools allow you to use the solution effectively

Cons

  • Expensive compared to other analytics tools
  • Can be slow to access and refresh often
  • Big learning curve for new/junior HR specialists

Return on Investment

  • Positive effect on ROI as we were able to quickly retrieve useful data on expenses, etc.
  • Being able to use the tool across the organisation saved money compared to each department using their own tool
  • Little to no downtime improved ROI

Alternatives Considered

BISP Solutions Oracle EPM Consulting

Other Software Used

UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform, Blue Prism Intelligent RPA, Automation Anywhere

SAP Workforce Analytics is the way to go!

Pros

  • The way the data is cubed is extremely easy, via the drag-and-drop interfaces. It helps build and analyze dashboards effectively in a timely manner.
  • One of the best things In my personal opinion, is that SAP Workforce Analytics helps you as a leader, to create intelligent and targeted initiatives based on the data-informed reports you can generate.
  • As a new user myself (2 yrs of experience), I find it incredible that I can tap into a specialized community when I need to do something and do not know how. There have been times that I've thought of a report but didn't really know where to start, after a couple hours of talking to people in the community, I felt like an expert at something I had no idea could be accomplished.
  • WFA allows us to develop those strategic reports that will support the decision making process, increasing logic and confidence through the use of metrics and measures.

Cons

  • One of the key areas of improvement, is not in the software itself, but the implementation process into organizations. Sometimes the lack of knowledge of an organization's key driven factors, causes SAP products to not be customized properly for the organization, or the organization's lack of knowledge of all SAP products hinders a produced and effective implementation strategy.
  • Ad-hoc reporting lags sometimes, and whether it's server response times or the organization's slow connections, it tends to slow the processes at points.
  • The move to V12 for PM forms leaves the customer with limited configuration choices and the administration tools are not yet up to the functionality that customers get using SuccessFactory and the v11 forms.

Return on Investment

  • Having a single enterprise-wide HR system has proven to be more effective and more strategically focused than what we had offered to organizations before with a fragmented systems landscape. This allows the organizations to have lower staffing requirements, and to use higher level practices on our transactional environments.
  • One of the best ROI points for SAP WF is that you can measure and compare business processes against comparable processes in leading organizations and industry best practices to help identify and implement improvements.
  • Finally, some of the individual key factors that helps determine the ROI and TCO are: reduction in cost due to elimination of payroll outsourcing providers, fewer development and test staff needed for application customization and integration, lower annual maintenance and support fees for application software and databases, and reduction or elimination of support fees or mission-critical consulting and professional services.

Alternatives Considered

Oracle HCM Cloud (including Taleo)

Other Software Used

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform, SAP Business Warehouse, Oracle BI Foundation Suite