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The Q1 release for SAP SuccessFactors was again a packed release with huge value to our customers. In this post, I will provide some context and visuals around the 1802 innovations in HR Core.

Workflow

In the area of workflow, we have an enhancement that came in via our customer community. We now made it possible to define and trigger alerts and e-mail notifications for all MDF objects, including the custom objects.

When is this useful? Let me give an example: We have customers who have configured home office contracts as a custom object. Nice if you want to track who and when to work from home. Based on this information we can now fire an alert before the home office contract expires. This helps to pro-actively inform people (e.g. the manager) and makes sure the work is done in time.

This applies to every custom object which is defined. Here is an example for such a rule which can be defined to fire the alert:

This adds great flexibility and usability to our application. Based on the community feedback this is functionality many customers have been waiting for!

Localization

Our local product managers have updated the application so that you can benefit from predefined fields, business rules and reports to be compliant when running operations in those countries. Beyond a whole range of country specific updates to already supported countries, in this release we continued our expansion with 2 new country versions for Kuwait and Namibia.

And to run payroll in line with country regulations our local product managers now released EC Payroll functionality to support Hungary.

Time Management

A few enhancements in this area as well. For example:

We have enabled it to add custom fields for allowance time types in the Time Sheet. Here is an example of what can be achieved now:

The mileage and the amount have been added as custom fields in this time sheet. This allows the employee to record the extra allowance, next to the time spend, so that they can get properly expensed for it.

Secondly, we have made it possible that recorded breaks in the time sheet do not need to overlap anymore with working time. Before this enhancement breaks were only allowed to be overlapping with an attendance time: Working time 08:00 – 16:30; Break 12:00 – 12:45. Now it is possible to record: Working time 08:00 – 12:00; Break: 12:00 – 12:45; Working time 12:45 – 16:30
And thirdly we have made it possible to for the time administrator make changes to the Time Account Payout. See the following screenshot:

And when clicking on Edit:

As you can see the defaulted values can now be adjusted to make the payout in line with earlier discussions and/or agreements.

And the last item for Time Management allows more role based permission flexibility for time objects. Managers can now have a permission role that only allows to view employee time sheets, but not to edit them. in this case it will also only display the specific time accounts and their details in the Time Administration Workbench, but does not allow users to edit or create records. Very powerful improvement!

For more detailed information on the time management functionality delivered in Q1, please check this post.

Employee Central Payroll

For Employee Central Payroll we have enhanced capabilities to view and execute off-cycle payrolls directly from the Payroll Control Center. We have added a new central overview page provides full transparency in all off-cycle payroll processing:

And we have added functionality to capture and work with notifications via a Notifications Pane. This provides a list of employees that have record changes that might require off-cycle payroll run. And the payroll process manager can create off-cycle requests directly from the Notifications panel. See the following screenshot:

The Notifications Pane is kind of a work list for the payroll administrator. As you can see this provides a work list which highlights employees with off-cycle relevant record changes, and it provides the ability to immediately run an off-cycle. This is particularly useful when employee have requested to provide vacation pay in advance.

New mash-up configurator

As part of our overall payroll offering we provide tooling to embed infotypes into Employee Central by means of so called: mash-ups. Basically, a mash-up is a web version of an infotype framed into Employee Central to avoid payroll staff and managers from flip flopping between applications and to provide one seamless process for them.

In this release, we provide a new user-friendly UI for configuring these mash-ups. Based on the customer’s payroll installation we provide the flexibility to configure custom sets of mash-ups, which can be presented to support the payroll administrators in their end-to-end processing.

In the below screenshot, you see how for example for a pay statement you can select which object will be called for the visualization of the portlet:

Next to the portlet visualization we can also visualize and embed task related information. In the following screenshot, you see how the task and task sequence can easily be configured in Employee Central.

This adds nicely to the end-to-end experience we provide across Employee Central and Employee Central Payroll. both in terms of UX as well as from a process perspective. Personally, I think that this is the main driver why our Employee Central Payroll installed based doubled in the previous year.

Job Profile Builder

We have delivered an enhancement to our Competency Framework. A new attribute has been added to the competency content type: competency type. Competency types are customer-defined labels that can be assigned to a competency. Some examples of competency types could be “Functional”, “Technical”, “Industry”, etc.

End-to-end processing between EC and SAP HCM

Many of our customers run EC on top of their on-premise SAP HCM payroll. The data between these two applications is being kept in synch via the powerful Data Replication. When data records are purged in EC this also means that they must be purged in SAP HCM. To enable this, we are now using Data Retention Management in SAP SuccessFactors to trigger a purge of the corresponding entries in the Employee Central Data Replication Monitor. This will trigger the purge in SAP HCM as well.

This functionality also includes purging the associated notifications, confirmations, and error messages. And to ensure the records remain completely in sync we have provided functionality which allows that if the employee’s data is purged completely all the records related to employee master data, employee organizational assignments, or employee time data are purged for the corresponding employee.

However, if only one of the employee’s employments is purged, only records related to employee time data are purged. In this case records related to employee master data or employee organizational assignments are not purged.

Secondly, we released important functionality to support cases where customers use a combination of EC with on-premise SAP HCM time management. We now provide functionality to keep work schedules in synch between EC and SAP HCM. This new program allows to migrate and synchronize work schedules from SAP HCM to Employee Central. For these employees, the work schedules can be transferred from SAP HCM into the Job Information section in Employee Central.

This means that these work schedules can be used when employee time data is replicated back to ERP. This unique in our approach to enable end-to-end processing beyond just our cloud applications, and saves customers a lot of valuable time.

Employee Central Service Center

One enhancement where many customers have been waiting for is direct access to the ‘Ask HR’ page from external applications. Before the employee had to jump from the SuccessFactors landing page into the HR helpdesk to find relevant policy information or to create a ticket. This link to the ‘Ask HR’ page can now be embedded in any other (portal) application. This provides huge access and usability improvements for our customers.

Secondly, we now allow to bookmark or save the applied filters based on Status and Service Category of the tickets. Based on the employee preferences the tickets are now displayed appropriately.

And thirdly we have released the Ask HR page in three more languages: Greek, Czech, and Turkish.

Check out other new features across our HCM suite

Learn about other new features and enhancements across the full SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite by reading our Q1 2018 Release Highlights document, checking the Q4 blog, or by viewing our Q1 2018 release video on YouTube.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Best regards,

Frans

Frans.smolders@sap.com

Berlin, 29.06.2017 – Business transformation and HR management consulting firm Promerit concludes an exclusive partnership with software provider SmartRecruiters.

Within just a short space of time, SmartRecruiters has been able to establish itself in the US as an innovative HR software solution for recruiting and talent acquisition. Now the DACH market will also be able to benefit from the cutting-edge digital talent acquisition platform. To this end, SmartRecruiters is entering into a strategic partnership with HR and business transformation consulting firm Promerit for talent acquisition in the German-speaking region of Europe.

The economic forecast for Germany was raised just last week. The economy is thriving. At the same time, competition for talented individuals is becoming increasingly fierce. To be successful, companies need to master numerous new skills that they are unable to develop entirely with their existing workforce. External access to target groups and hence an effective recruiting toolbox are increasingly becoming mission-critical, meaning that the demand for efficient, transparent and scalable recruiting management is also increasing. This is precisely the focus of the new partnership between the US HR-tech company and the German transformation consulting firm. Together they are helping companies to digitise and professionalise their talent acquisition processes.

Both companies share a holistic approach to talent acquisition: in Promerit’s case this applies to its consulting services, which range from the translation of the corporate strategy to the right personnel recruitment strategy, processes and concepts, as well as system introduction and use. With respect to SmartRecruiters, the same can be said of its software, which combines all steps in the talent acquisition and selection process in a user-friendly platform.

For its market entry, SmartRecruiters is not only launching a German-language platform specifically optimised for the local market but is also meeting the strictest security standards according to EU data protection guidelines by moving its servers to Frankfurt am Main.

“In Promerit, we have gained a partner that has been helping to shape the new world of work for more than 15 years and has substantial expertise in the areas of system implementation and integration as well as in the development of effective talent acquisition and talent and leadership approaches. We are looking forward to bringing our solution to Germany together with Promerit’s great team of experts," says Michael Lazik, General Manager (DACH) at SmartRecruiters. Andreas Schultejans, partner at Promerit, adds: “We are monitoring the market for HCM solutions very intensively and are looking for systems that will help advance HR and companies. We consider SmartRecruiters to be a collaborative and intuitive tool that combines the reach of a global platform with the comprehensibility of a German-language, local software solution. The team has consistently implemented new approaches in recruiting. This is demonstrated not least by functionalities, which create transparency and support collaborative work, and by effective integration scenarios that are easy to implement. We were also impressed by the Field Recruiting app, which allows recruiters to upload profiles directly to the system from anywhere, for example at trade fairs or similar events.”

About Promerit AG

Promerit is a highly regarded consultancy specialising in company transformation and HR Management. We make organisations and people more agile, enable their development and unlock their potential. Mastering change demands new competencies, the right management and a matching corporate culture. At Promerit we support clients’ HR Management and company leadership in leveraging these successfully. Through Business Transformation Consulting we support our clients in the effective and timely implementation of their strategies. We enable HR Transformation through fresh approaches to HR strategy, innovative perspectives and concepts for core HR services, as well as effective HR processes. In the HR Digitalisation business area we are helping to shape the new world of work with our user-friendly Cloud-based systems. Our unique combination of strategic consultancy and deep implementation competence creates successful solutions that transform. We are passionate about what we do for our clients – and enjoy how we do it.

Media contacts:

Carolin Englert
Promerit AG, Arnulfstraße 56, D-80335 Munich
Phone +49 151 151 004 02
E-mail carolin.englert@promerit.com

Robin Erin Haak
SmartRecruiters
r.haak@smartrecruiters.com

About SmartRecruiters

SmartRecruiters’ Talent Acquisition Suite is used by high-performance organizations for making the best hires. It has full functionality for recruitment marketing and collaborative hiring built on a modern cloud platform with an open marketplace for 3rd party recruitment services. Unlike the first generation applicant tracking systems it replaces, SmartRecruiters provides an amazing candidate experience, hiring managers actually want to use the product, and recruiters love us because we make their jobs easier. Companies like Visa, Skechers, Atlassian, Equinox, and Alcoa use SmartRecruiters to make recruiting a competitive advantage. For more information, follow us at @SmartRecruiters, on LinkedIn or on https://www.smartrecruiters.com.

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A LEGJOBB MUNKAERŐT SZERETNÉD MEGTALÁLNI?
Gyorsan és hatékonyan?
Konkrét megoldásokat keresel, hogy mi van az employer brandingen túl?

Szakmai beszélgetésre invitáljuk a HR vezetőket, ahol egy hazai gyártócég is megosztja tapasztalatait.

“Korábban több, mint tíz különböző rendszerben kezeltük a toborzással kapcsolatos adatokat és folyamatokat, melyek karbantartásához rengeteg adminisztrációra és időre volt szükségünk. El tudtuk érni, hogy egy új rendszer bevezetéssel kevesebb idő alatt és nagyobb hatékonysággal tudjuk megcélozni és felvenni a piacon található munkatársak közül a legjobbakat.
Jelentősen egyszerűbbé vált a munkaerő igénylés kezelése, a nagy tömegben érkezett önéletrajzok feldolgozása és előszűrése. A hirdetések megjelenése és levétele a toborzási csatornákon teljesen automatizált, sablonok segítik a hirdetések kiírását.” – mondja Pintér Henrietta, a TDK EPCOS HR projekt vezetője.

Így többek közt szó lesz arról, miként;
• egyszerűsíthető a hirdetésfeladás?
• csökkenthető a toborzásra fordított idő?
• tehető gyorsabbá a jóváhagyási folyamat?
• csökkenthető az interjúzásra fordított idő?

Ha HR vezető vagy, és szeretnél részt venni, regisztrálj itt:
valeria.godo@sap.com

A részvétel ingyenes, korlátozott számban előzetes regisztrációhoz kötött.

Promerit receives the award “SAP® Recognized Expertise in SuccessFactors® Recruiting & Onboarding” and “SAP® Recognized Expertise in SuccessFactors® Talent Solutions” in Germany. SAP honors the successful work of the 25 SAP SuccessFactors experts from Promerit AG for numerous projects related to SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting, Onboarding and Talent Solutions. In addition to the special industry expertise, the extensive system know-how and an extremely high level of customer satisfaction, this seal of quality confirms the successful joint implementation of our customers’ cloud strategies.

Marcus Reidenbach and Simon Schwarzhaupt are responsible for the SuccessFactors team of Promerit AG. “The recruiting, onboarding and talent management processes are part of Promerit DNA. Our team has been combining system and process expertise with HR management know-how for many years. We work closely with Promerit’s transformation, integration and UX experts – working together to provide you with a unique combination of expertise, methodology, implementation experience and symphytic professionalism, “said Simon Schwarzhaupt.

Here are some of our cases for SuccessFactor projects:

The expertise continually reviewed by SAP ensures that the certified partners have a high degree of understanding of the customer and product know-how. Customers can select qualified partners at: http://www.saprecognizedexpertise.com, and thereby reducing the risk of failed projects.

Find out more about our services around SuccessFactors:

http://promerit.de/hr-digitalisation/#success-factors-sap