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SuccessFactors, great tool to implement HCM module
December 12, 2022

SuccessFactors, great tool to implement HCM module

Shreyash Panchal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Employee Central
  • Employee Central Payroll
  • Time Tracking
  • Performance Management
  • SAP Analytics Cloud
  • Workforce Analytics

Overall Satisfaction with SAP SuccessFactors

SuccessFactors was bought by SAP to Replace the HR module is SAP Business Warehouse. We use SuccessFactors to do all tasks possible for HCM and the best feature of SuccessFactors is its integration with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and Ember Analytics where we can immediately get a detailed and impressive visualization of different prospects of HCM for any company.
  • Its a SAAS model. The licensing cost of Success Factors is very reasonable compared to the on-premise SAP systems. So any customer who wants to come out of Success Factors can easily do it. This attracts customer to easily go for the new implementation.
  • The web portal of Success Factors applications is very user friendly.
  • It has seamless integration with all the mobile/PDA devises. This gives easy access to the business applications of it.
  • The JAM feature allows easy collaboration internally. Also it has seamless integration with Social networking sites.
  • It can be used by multiple tenants (customers).
  • Best part of using SuccessFactors is its connection to SAP Analytics Cloud (SAP) for detailed visualizations of all modules used using Ember Analytics.
  • Like many SAAS solutions, SuccessFactors sometimes loads very slowly, crashes, hangs
  • Sometimes it Takes Long Time to Create Forms/Records ('Forms' could be anything you are creating)
  • Although we can connect SuccessFactors to SAP Analytics Cloud, the standard content from SAP is very basic and not much useful, we have to develop more useful custom Dashboards that visualize the true essence of Analytics.
  • As my project was using SAP ECC system for ERP, SuccessFactors was well integrated with the overall project as a whole due to its compatibility being a SAP product.
  • As I have have highlighted multiple time, using SAP Analytics Cloud, we built multiple reports with help of the analytics team that presented detailed visualizations of the available HCM data
Being a SAP product, SuccessFactors is great to integrate with SAP ECC/S4 ERP system, SAP Business Warehouse and SAP Analytics Coud where we have great compatibility over the entire ecosystem.
SAP SuccessFactors helps one to achieve greater targets and creating a higher valued organization. With the support of digital tools of SAP SuccessFactors, we achieved grasp over local business which are mostly customers and brands oriented and their main is saving commercial environments and maintaining regulatory. With ours team experts, we link up their business to term of global organization and scale their partnership to scale of global level. SAP SuccessFactors connected people with crucial information where as in other suites clients has to lag over various unnecessary tasks which affect their business goals. The tools at SAP SuccessFactors are so calibrated in that they can empower their existing business model with present one effectively. The site of SAP SuccessFactors is backed by powerful SAP in-memory status which makes it efficient to be relied upon as it to enforce organization to build stronger. Its integration to SAP Business Warehouse and SAP Analytics Cloud helps us harness the data to another level with detailed and complex custom reports and visualizations.
SAP is slowly removing standard content available in SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) and moving its major HCM modules and reports to SuccessFactors natively. In a new GreenField implentation, SAP recommends clients to implement HCM using SuccessFactors and then connect it to SAP BW and SAP Analytics Clouds for complex analytics.

Do you think SAP SuccessFactors delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP SuccessFactors's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP SuccessFactors live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SAP SuccessFactors go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP SuccessFactors again?

Yes

While taking my project implementation as an example: It is necessary to compare the compatibility with the existing solution and to make sure that the integration comply with Organization. Companies should introduce big picture changes well in advance of a new implementation. The organization should also define key performance indicators that will help measure performance. How will we know if the new model is providing a good ROI? Are there metrics that can help us compare performance ratings against merit increases? All of these need to be considered in the very beginning of defining the strategy. SuccessFactors is a comprehensive HCM solution – it offers both core HCM functionality and talent management functionality. Organizations can opt to only use the talent management functionality and connect SuccessFactors to their core HCM system, or manage all of their HCM system needs in SuccessFactors Employee Central. Thus, the first step is to define how the organization will use the available functionality, or we can say define the functional scope of the implementation. For those companies ready for talent management functionality, it is recommended scoping the project into phases, pairing a couple of talent management modules together for the implementation.

SAP SuccessFactors Feature Ratings

10.0
Employee demographic data
10
Employment history
10
Job profiles and administration
10
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
10
Organizational charting
10
Organization and location management
10
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
10
10.0
Pay calculation
10
Support for external payroll vendors
10
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
10
Benefit plan administration
10
Direct deposit files
10
Salary revision and increment management
10
Reimbursement management
10
10.0
Approval workflow
10
Balance details
10
Annual carry-forward and encashment
10
8.6
View and generate pay and benefit information
8
Update personal information
8
View job history
10
View company policy documentation
8
Employee recognition
9
Asset Management ()
Not Rated
8.7
Report builder
10
Pre-built reports
6
Ability to combine HR data with external data
10
Integration with other HR capabilities ()
Not Rated
9.0
Performance plans
7
Performance improvement plans
8
Review status tracking
10
Review reminders
10
Multiple review frequency
10
8.0
Create succession plans/pools
8
Candidate ranking
8
Candidate search
8
Candidate development
8
9.0
New hire portal
9
Manager tracking tools
9
9.0
Corporate goal setting
9
Individual goal setting
9
Line-of sight-visibility
9
Performance tracking
9
9.7
Job Requisition Management
9
Company Website Posting
9
Publish to Social Media
10
Job Search Site Posting
10
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
10
Applicant Tracking
10
Notifications and Alerts
10