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Turn your HR into a strategic success factor
Skills shortages, increasing demands, and complex processes – HR is under enormous pressure today. Many HR departments are still struggling with outdated systems and isolated solutions, while the expectations of employees and management are constantly growing. This is exactly where our SuccessFactors consulting comes in.
We support companies in digitizing, optimizing, and future-proofing their HR processes. Whether core or talent management, we accompany you holistically from strategy to successful implementation.
SuccessFactors offers you a cost-effective and future-proof alternative to on-premises HR processes.
Standardized and proven processes (best practices) enable rapid rollout. The advantages of a cloud solution are therefore omnipresent: high hardware investments are a thing of the past, and freed-up capital can be used where it creates the greatest added value.
SAP consulting and solutions for human resources management
Modern human resources management is much more than administration – it is a strategic success factor. HR retains talent, promotes motivation, and provides the data that counts for business decisions.
With SAP SuccessFactors, you can successfully wage the "war for talent" thanks to integrated, cloud-based processes that make your HR digital, efficient, and scalable. In times of skills shortages, demographic change, and new expectations in the world of work, this is a decisive competitive advantage.
But HR is not just about people. It's also about governance, compliance, and development. With SuccessFactors, you can keep track of everything: legal requirements, training strategies, and data-driven decisions. Intelligent analytics show you trends in turnover, skills, and potential so you can act early instead of just reacting. Simple, clear, and effective – that's what HR that really makes a difference looks like.
The cloud platform for your entire HR ecosystem
SuccessFactors has a modular structure and covers the entire employee lifecycle – from recruiting and onboarding to succession planning. The solution grows with your company and can be flexibly adapted to international and local requirements. The following graphic shows the key advantages of SAP SuccessFactors: cloud, flexibility, central control, security, and optimized processes. It illustrates how the solution promotes efficiency and transparency throughout HR management.
Future-proof HR innovation with SAP SuccessFactors
Following digitalization, the focus is now shifting to the intelligent advancement of HR processes – with data, automation, and new competency models. The working world of 2025 will be shaped by artificial intelligence and competency-based talent management. SAP SuccessFactors integrates intelligent automation into HR processes with Joule, SAP's AI assistant. From automated reporting to predictive turnover analysis, AI makes HR teams more productive.
At the same time, skills-based management is becoming the new standard. Instead of rigidly assigning employees to positions, SuccessFactors focuses on actual skills. The integrated skills engine enables targeted talent development and internal transfers.
However, turning technology into real added value requires experience, tact, and the right partner at your side. abat combines strategic HR expertise with in-depth SAP know-how to deliver solutions that not only work, but also deliver results.
How we make your SuccessFactors project a success
Our consultants combine technical SAP expertise with a deep understanding of HR. From numerous national and international projects, we know what is important for a successful SuccessFactors implementation: practical relevance, clean processes, and solutions that are tailored to your people and your strategy.
We rely on proven best practices, predefined reports, and clear project structures, combined with the knowledge of when individual adjustments are necessary. This results in solutions that work globally and are convincing locally, and are of course GDPR-compliant.
Individual consulting
Every company is unique. That's why we develop tailor-made solutions that fit your HR strategy perfectly. We usually start with SAP best practices and adapt them specifically through fit-gap analyses.
End-to-end support
From process analysis and system configuration to change management, we accompany you every step of the way and, if required, also take care of application management services.
Future-proof & scalable
We take SuccessFactors one step further with integrations, enhancements, and updates that keep your company competitive in the long term.
Our range of services
- Strategy consulting & roadmap development: Support in the transformation from traditional HR processes to cloud-based, digital workflows.
- System implementation & customization for the modules: Employee Central, Compensation, Variable Pay, Employee Central Payroll, Performance and Goal Management, Onboarding, Career Development Planning and Mentoring, Recruiting, etc.
- Change management: Support for organizational change and ensuring acceptance among employees and managers, including hands-on support.
- Training for HR teams, administrators, and end users: Hands-on training on how to use and maintain the SuccessFactors modules.
- HR process optimization: Analysis and redesign of existing HR processes in the context of SuccessFactors functionalities.
- Data migration: Transfer of legacy data from legacy systems to SuccessFactors.
- Interface management: Setting up and maintaining interfaces to payroll, time recording, SAP IAS, AD, etc.
- GDPR-compliant use: Consulting on secure data processing in the cloud.
- System operation: Support and continuous optimization of your SuccessFactors landscape.
Start your HR transformation with abat now.
Contact us for a no-obligation initial consultation on SAP SuccessFactors. We would also be happy to give you a system demo so you can get a first impression of the system.
FAQs
1. What is the difference between SAP HCM and SAP SuccessFactors?
SAP HCM is the classic on-premise solution for administrative HR processes. SuccessFactors is a modern cloud solution that focuses on talent management, employee experience, and mobile use. It offers regular updates, modern features, and flexible integration via APIs.
2. How long does an SAP SuccessFactors implementation take?
3. How much does an SAP SuccessFactors implementation cost?
4. What size companies is SAP SuccessFactors suitable for?
5. Is SAP SuccessFactors GDPR-compliant?
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Boehringer Ingelheim
SAP EWM successfully implemented
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HIL GmbH
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BOOSTER
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PFERD
Effective communication is often the key to project success. As a family business with more than 200 years of tradition, the PFERD brand has made communication and trust an important part of its core values. This success story of an S/4HANA migration at the Mexican site describes the challenge and the successful cooperation between abat and PFERD during the project phase and beyond.
Steinbeis
Recycled paper specialist relies on SAP Brownfield for migration
Since the beginning of the 2000s, Steinbeis has been mapping its business processes with a very sophisticated SAP ERP system that is tailored in detail to its own requirements. Due to the announced end of maintenance, the system will have to be replaced in the medium term. A key objective is to map more processes than before using…
Josera
SAP Solution Manager takes charge of IT at animal feed and food manufacturer
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DESMA
Digitalization and automation for the footwear industry through S/4HANA transformation
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Salzgitter AG
Steel giant optimizes and automates raw material procurement by switching to S/4HANA
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Imperial Logistics
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