SAP HCM Insights

Some companies aren't ready to migrate all HR functions to the cloud with SAP SuccessFactors - and for those, we have Core-Hybrid implementations. Core HR is on the SuccessFactors platform, and other functions such as Time and Payroll remain in the SAP on-premise system. Steve Bogner, Brandon Toombs, Becky Murray and Sven Ringling discuss the tools and methods from SAP SuccessFactors to get this done, why a company might want to go with a Core-Hybrid approach, tradeoffs, and advice for getting it done. More podcasts and details are at insightcp.com/insights

Let’s talk about People Analytics with Mike Hoekstra of GP Strategies and author of the SAP Press book “Introducing HR Reporting with SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics.” Steve Bogner, Luke Marson and Chris Wilpert join to talk with Mike about how customers can get started with SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics. What does an implementation look like? What’s new? What are some challenges and how can customers solve them?

No project is perfect - so what are some real steps and actions you can take to improve your SuccessFactors EC and EC Payroll projects? We have ideas for that! Join Steve Bogner, Amy Grubb, Sven Ringling, Brandon Toombs, Luke Marson, Mark Ingram, Martin Gillet and Becky Murray to learn more. And visit insightcp.com/insights for all the podcasts and to leave comments and suggestions for the team!

The SAP HCM Insights team (insightcp.com/insights) talks with Imran Sajid at SAP on how ideas and enhancements are evaluated and integrated into the SAP SuccessFactors products. It's a bit more complicated - and thorough - than one might assume. Join Steve Bogner, Amy Grubb, Sven Ringling and Martin Gillet for this look behind the scenes to learn how ideas and changes are considered for the products.

SAP SuccessFactors is releasing a new cloud-based Time Management product, over and above what is standard with Time Off in the EC product. It’s an exciting release, so we got together with Todd Asevedo and Paul Meredith - the Time gurus at SAP SuccessFactors - to dig into more details and better understand what this means for customers. See the main podcast site insightcp.com/insights for some informative slides that show the scope and roadmap for SAP’s Time Management solutions, and other helpful links.

We review some of our favorite new features in the 2H2020 release of SuccessFactors on the SAP HCM Insights podcast at insightcp.com/insights. Join Steve Bogner, Brandon Toombs, Mark Ingram and Sven Ringling as they share information, viewpoints and opinions on this and more. Listen here or subscribe via your favorite podcast platform.

In this podcast at insightcp.com/insights we welcome Chris Paine to talk with us about SAP's Identity Authentication System (IAS). Chris, Brandon Toombs, Mark Ingram and Steve Bogner talk about what it does, why it's needed and how customers can benefit from it. It's growing in importance and we think most SAP SuccessFactors customers will want to adopt it eventually. Be sure to check out Chris Paine's blog www.wombling.com for great information about the more technical aspects of the SAP SuccessFactors environment and other entertaining topics. The SAP HCM Insights podcast can be found on all the major podcasting platforms.

Welcome to the SAP HCM Insights podcast! To see more episodes and subscribe to our podcast see insightcp.com/insights . Since Employee Central Payroll (ECP) is built on the same platform as SAP's on-premise payroll, there are a number of tools that will lift your configuration and data from on-prem and shift it to ECP. That saves time, but is it better than reimplementing payroll? It's most often a false choice because the best decision is usually somewhere between the two extremes. Join Steve Bogner, Luke Marson and Jarret Pazahanick as they discuss how to approach this, tips and advice for getting the most value, and obstacles to avoid.

We had a great discussion with Meg Bear (head of product at SAP SuccessFactors) about a variety of things - new features in the H1 2020 release, how new feature requests are evaluated, what's in store for SuccessConnect this year and more! Meg is leading a lot of great work there and we are glad we finally got most all of the team together for this one - Steve Bogner, Amy Grubb, Luke Marson, Martin Gillet, Becky Murray, Jarret Pazahanick and Brandon Toombs. For more information on the podcast team and other podcast episodes go to insightcp.com/insights

Kim Lessley from SAP SuccessFactors talks with the podcast team - Steve Bogner, Mark Ingram, Luke Marson and Martin Gillet - about the SAP App Center. What is in it? How does it work? How can Partners get involved? We also talk about the impact COVID-19 is having on customers and consultancies. See insightcp.com/insights for more links to the App Center. The audio was choppy in some places - sorry about that, I think the internet was tired when we recorded this.

Join Steve Bogner, Luke Marson, Becky Murray, Sven Ringling, Martin Gillet and Mark Ingram to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 they are seeing on the SAP SuccessFactors community. There are free extensions availabel to help companies track information and report on the impact of COVID-19 on employees - Luke describes iXerv's free extension and we mention a few others too. Sven, Luke and Martin talk about how Qualtrics is offering free surveys to monitor the impact. The team also talks about the impact remote work is having on how we work, how we build culture and its impact on people. Steve mentions his resource for Time & Payroll impacts, which also references SAP's official Legal Change announcements blog. And finally - the delay of the production H1 release for SuccessFactors - good for some people and not so good for others but overall a welcomed change. For more information on the podcast team and other podcast episodes go to insightcp.com/insights

We talk about the latest research and thoughts on SAP SuccessFactors with AJ Whalen, Senior Research Analyst at SAP Insider. Join Steve Bogner, Becky Murray and Martin Gillet to learn more about SAP Insider and their research. More details and links mentioned in the show at insightcp.com/insights

Steve Bogner, Becky Murray and Brandon Toombs review their experience at SAP SuccessFactors SuccessConnect 2019 Las Vegas, We talk about payroll, analytics, the new HXM replacing HCM, on-boarding and more. This one was recorded live, in-person - we hope you enjoy it! For more information on the podcast team and other podcast episodes go to insightcp.com/insights

Join Steve Bogner, Luke Marson, Becky Murray and Brandon Toombs to learn what they are looking forward to at SuccessConnect 2019 in Las Vegas. We talk about Benefits, Onboarding, Picklist migration, People Analytics, S/4HANA integration, XML to MDF migration, details on Qualtrix and Payroll. How much will we hear about these things at SuccessConnect? We are always eager for details! For more information on the podcast and all the team members see us at insightcp.com/insights

How can you find the right implementation partner for your SAP SuccessFactors HCM project? What are some good ways to manage your partners through an implementation project? Well, we have some advice and tips on that! Join Steve Bogner, Martin Gillet, Amy Grubb and Sven Ringling as they discuss these topics and more. And be sure to check out all the implementation partners and reviews at Raven Intel (ravenintel.com). Find more on the podcast team and leave us feedback at insightcp.com/insights

What can you do to have a more successful SAP SuccessFactors implementation? Our podcast team has some great advice! Join Steve Bogner, Martin Gillet, Luke Marson, Jarret Pazahanick and Brandon Toombs to learn about tips and methods to make your project more successful. See us at insightcp.com/insights for more info on other podcasts and the entire podcast team.

SuccessConnect London 2019, changes in Analytics, EC Time and tweaks to the conference format are all covered in this podcast from Steve Bogner, Luke Marson, Sven Ringling and special guest Kim Lessley of SAP Successfactors. Subscribe on Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher or at the main podcast site insightcp.com/insights

Earlier this year SAP acquired Qualtrics, a firm that specializes in experience management (XM) software. The hope is that combining the experience management expertise in Qualtrics with all the operational data generated by customers’ SAP system produces valuable insights into employees and customers. In this podcast, Steve Bogner, Luke Marson and Sven Ringling touch a bit on SAPPHIRE in general and then talk about what Qualtrics is and how it fits into HCM. We also briefly comment on David Bann’s insightful analysis on SAP’s Customer Influence program.

In this podcast (lost in the editing room for a while) we review the new HR Innovations conference presented by SAP Insider, focused for the most part on SAP HCM on-premise customers. Steve Bogner, Martin Gillet, Danielle Larocca, Jeremy Masters, Becky Murray and Mike Timm talk about the conference, the 2025/2030 maintenance deadlines, the S/4HANA sidecar option, Employee Central Payroll, Fiori and more. Subscribe on Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher or at the main podcast site insightcp.com/insights

We share our tips and practices for staying up to date with all the changes in the industry, as well as the upcoming HR Innovations conference and Raven Intel's new report on HCM Implementation Myth and Facts. And cat yoga, and goat yoga. Join Steve Bogner, Becky Murray, Brandon Toombs and Sven Ringling to hear about all this and more. Subscribe on Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher or at the main podcast site insightcp.com/insights

We explain the new SAP-Kronos partnership and what it means for customers, and we discuss our favorite SAP SuccessFactors topics for 2019. Join Steve Bogner, Martin Gillet, Amy Grubb, Luke Marson, Jarret Pazahanick and Brandon Toombs to hear about all this and more. Subscribe here or at iTunes, Google Play or at the main podcast site insightcp.com/insights

This is our SAP SuccessFactors HCM Four Way* - SAP CoPilot (Luke Marson), Diversity (Sven Ringling), Project Duration (Brandon Toombs), and Employee Central Payroll (Steve Bogner). Feel free to share your thoughts on the podcast at insightcp.com/insights or at our SAP HCM Insights LinkedIn group.

Raven Intel aims to help businesses find the Cloud HCM implementation partner that is right for them, that will do a good job. Sort of like Yelp for Cloud HCM implementation firms. Steve Bogner and Amy Grubb interview the founders: Bonnie Tinder and Michelle Davies. We talk about their mission, how they are getting it done, and how this benefits customers, partners and the industry as a whole. They have a great white paper available at their site: ravenintel.com - well worth the time. Find more podcast episodes here on SoundCloud or go to www.insightcp.com/insights to leave comments and learn more about the team.

Steve Bogner, Luke Marson, Jarret Pazahanick and Brandon Toombs recap SuccessConnect in this latest SAP HCM Insights podcast. We talk about a number of different things – the lack of a payroll announcement, is support getting better or worse, SAP Analytics Cloud, Personal Digital Assistant, the keynotes and more. Feel free to share your thoughts on the podcast at our SAP HCM Insights LinkedIn group.

We review the 2018 SAP SuccessFactors analyst conference. We talk about SuccessFactors leadership, guardrails, the march to the common SAP technology stack, and what's in this for SAP HCM on-premise customers - among other things. Discover more about the podcast and the team at www.insightcp.com/insights

Join us as we discuss the latest in SAP SuccessFactors support with Jodi Hayes-Roth, VP of Global Cloud HCM Support. We discuss support methods and practices, how they are changing and growing in response to and in support of the growth in the SAP SuccessFactors customer base, the challenges and payoffs that come from all that and more. Becky Murray joins us on this podcast as our newest regular team member, along with Brandon Toombs, Amy Grubb and Sven Ringling.  All of our podcasts are available at www.insightcp.com/insights as well as SoundCloud, iTunes and Google Play

In our year-end podcast we reflect on what stood out for us in 2017 and how we want to see that change or improve in 2018. Joining me were Amy Grubb, Brandon Toombs, Luke Marson and Jarret Pazahanick. It turned out to be a lengthy discussion so we present it here in two parts: Part 1 is all about payroll, and part 2 is about the rest: EC, on-boarding, recruitment, GDPR and more. Amy mentioned her recent book on Recruiting and Onboarding - which is great - you can check it out at SAP Press.

In our year-end podcast we reflect on what stood out for us in 2017 and how we want to see that change or improve in 2018. Joining me were Amy Grubb, Brandon Toombs, Luke Marson and Jarret Pazahanick. It turned out to be a lengthy discussion so we present it here in two parts: Part 1 is all about payroll, and part 2 is about the rest: EC, on-boarding, recruitment, GDPR and more. I mentioned my blog series on Future Payroll in this part 1 - you can read those blogs at www.insightcp.com. And shortly after we recorded this, SAP SuccessFactors announced a new option for on-premise HCM customers to extend their software usage on to the S/4HANA platform - sounds interesting and the details will matter a lot on this.

GDPR is the General Data Protection Regulation, defining data protection requirements for the Europen Union. Going into force n May 25, 2018, it will generally impact HR for any company in the EU or that has information on EU citizens. So this is a pretty big deal for many companies using SAP or SuccessFactors HCM. Joining Steve Bogner for this podcast are Luke Marson, Mark Ingram, and Kim Lessley of SAP SuccessFactors. We describe the overall impact of GDPR on customers, including concepts such as an employee's Right to Erasure and Right to Access, and actions they might want to consider as they move forward towards implementation of the regulation. SAP SuccessFactors has some useful information on all this at the SAP Cloud Trust Center, with more HR-specific information at SuccessFactors' Cloud Security and Data Privacy center. Of course you can contact SAP SuccessFactors for more detail or contact any of us for questions too. You can always see the full list of SAP HCM Insights podcasts at insightcp.com/insights or subscribe via iTunes.

Let's talk about SAP SF Recruiting - what's new, what's improved, what are the trends? Steve Bogner is joined by Amy Grubb, Sven Ringling and Mark Ingram for this one - we hope you find it a useful, exciting and rewarding use of your time. Well, useful at least. Check out more SAP HCM Insights podcasts and learn more about the podcast team at insightcp.com/insights - and buy Amy's book (co-authored with Kim Lessley) on SAP SF Recruiting. We hear that the chapter on Reporting is the best.

Here is our recap of the SAP SuccessFactors 2017 Las Vegas conference. Steve Bogner, Brandon Toombs, Amy Grubb and Jarret Pazahanick talk about the conference and what it means for customers and consultants: what were customers saying? Is the move to EC accelerating? What about the new leadership at SAP SuccessFactors, new features, support issues and more. Feel free to leave us feedback, comments and ideas at the site: insightcp.com/insights or on our SAP HCM Insights LinkedIn group.

We’re back! After taking a short break Steve Bogner and the SAP HCM Insights podcast team are back to talk about SAP and SuccessFactors HCM. In this episode Steve is joined by Luke Marson, Amy Grubb and Brandon Toombs to talk about common challenges in Employee Central projects and how to handle them. More information about the team can be found at the SAP HCM Insights podcast page insightcp.com/insights

In this podcast the team talk about how support models differ for SuccessFactors and cloud compared to on-premise. Is there an ideal support model? How do roles and responsibilities change for HR, IT and Finance? How does a company’s relationship with consulting partners and outsourcing firms change? Join Steve Bogner, Amy Grubb, Sharon Newton, Sven Ringling, Martin Gillet and Luke Marson as we discuss this and more - including our new listener feedback contest! Visit us at insightcp.com/insights to leave feedback and learn more about our podcast team.

Governance and change management are as important as ever with SAP SuccessFactors HCM. Just because it's cloud software doesn't mean you can dial back on these things - in fact, we feel they might be more important than in the on-premise days (quarterly releases!). Join Steve Bogner, Brandon Toombs, Amy Grubb, Mark Ingram, Sven Ringling and Martin Gillet as they dive into these topics and more. For comments and more info on these podcasts see us at insightcp.com/insights

Jon Reed of Diginomica joins us for this discussion on the myth of the talent shortage. We hear it all the time - there is a talent shortage. But is there really? Or is it that employers are not creative enough in their search for talent? Maybe there are other factors at work - listen in an let us (Steve Bogner, Sharon Newton, Amy Grubb, Martin Gillet and Mark Ingram) know what you think about this. Myth, or not?

This one is all about payroll in SAP and SuccessFactors - on-premise payroll, Employee Central Payroll and Managed Payroll. We also talk about Payroll Control Center, Time Evaluation and the choices customer faces with all this. Joining Steve Bogner on this podcast is Robert Moeller, the Employee Central Payroll Product Manager for North America, Jarret Pazahanick and special guest Mike Timm of Integrated Consulting Group. For more information please visit us at www.insightcp.com/insights

In this podcast Amy Grubb, Luke Marson and Jarret Pazahanick recap the recent SuccessConnect conference with Steve Bogner and Sven Ringling try to add some value to the discussion (since we were not there). The big theme of the conference was diverisyt and we spend a good deal of time on that, followed up with some musings on the new Managed Payroll service, the SuccessFactors App Center, and the increasingly global nature of Employee Central.

In our 50th podcast we look back 5 years to our very first one - which was about the future of SAP HCM! Did our predictions come true? Also, a brief recap of the HR 2016 conference in Vienna.

In this podcast Steve Bogner and Luke Marson join our special guest Sherryanne Meyer from ASUG to reflect on the 2016 Sapphirenow and ASUG annual conference.

In this podcast Steve Bogner, Luke Marson, Mark Ingram and Jarret Pazahanick talk about good practices for implementing SuccessFactors HCM. The discussion was recorded in two parts - first with Steve, Luke and Mark and then with Steve and Jarret (at minute 26:00 or so). It turns out that many good practices for SuccessFactors are the same as for any other HCM project... but there are some differences. For commments on this and more information about Insight Consulting Partners and all of our regular podcast team members go to www.insightcp.com/insights

The podcast team - Steve Bogner, Jarret Pazahanick, Brandon Toombs and Martin Gillet - join our guest Sherry Meyer of ASUG to talk about the Annual Conference (and pre-conference), SuccesFactors Influencer Summit and other information of interest to SAP and SuccessFactors HCM customers. www.insightcp.com/insights

In this podcast Steve Bogner talks with Sven Ringling about the Concur Fusion conference and the integration of Concur with SAP SuccessFactors, followed up with a short preview of the HR 2016 conference in Vienna June 20-22. Concur and SAP on-premise are becoming more integrated, with SuccessFactors Employee Central integration to follow. Podcast team members Sven Ringling and Martin Gillet are presenting at HR 2016 in Vienna - as well as friends of the podcast Jeremy Masters and Amy Grubb. Expect a mix of presentations for on-premise SAP HCM and SuccessFactors, reflecting the reality of where many customers are today: in transition.

In this edition of the SAP HCM Insights podcast Steve Bogner, Martin Gillet, Sharon Newton and Brandon Toombs give their previews of the SAP Insider HR 2016 conference and then discuss news in SuccessFactors certtification.

Our year-end podcast features Steve Bogner, Luke Marson, Sven Ringling, Martin Gillet and Brandon Toombs. Join us as we look back on 2015 for SAP HCM and Successfactors, and then look ahead to what we want for 2016. We touch on - once again - roadmaps and getting value from these HCM initiatives.