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5 talent management strategies to overcome recruiting and onboarding challenges in a hybrid workforce
Recruitment and onboarding can be onerous with hybrid workforces in full swing. Many organisations are now promoting their hybrid workforce and one might...
Humanise your employee experience from Hire to Retire: Retention strategies for organisations
The one-size fits all approach to working environments is primitive and an unreliable one, especially now as the world moves towards newer working...
SAP HXM strategy: Your course of action
In the last part of our series, we present you with concrete options for actions to transform your HXM.
HXM Move, Rise with SAP & alternative ways to modernise your systems
In the first part of our three-part blog series, ‘SAP HXM strategy”, we dealt with the recent developments of SAP products. There, we...
SAP HXM: A road map to where it’s headed
The world of SAP HXM is currently undergoing major changes. The decades of dependence on these products cannot be continued, due to the...
1H 2022 SuccessFactors Release: Review eBook
The 1H 2022 SuccessFactors Release has over 330 items to consider across the SuccessFactors HXM suite. This is in addition to the published...
SuccessFactors 1H 2022 Release: Summary
That's a "wrap" for another SuccessFactors release covered by #teamZalaris. We believe the information in these articles will help you take advantage of...
SuccessFactors 1H 2022 Release: Part 5 of 5
Welcome to part 5 of our review of the 1H 2022 SAP SuccessFactors update including EC Cross Topics and EC Service Centre
SuccessFactors 1H 2022 Release: Part 4 of 5
Welcome to part 4 of our review of the 1H 2022 SAP SuccessFactors update including EC Time Management, EC Payroll and Compensation and Variable Pay
SuccessFactors 1H 2022 Release: Part 3 of 5
Welcome to part 3 of our review of the 1H 2022 SAP SuccessFactors update containing Performance & Goals Management, Opportunity Marketplace and Succession & Career Development
SuccessFactors 1H 2022 Release: Part 2 of 5
Welcome to part 2 of our review of the 1H 2022 SAP SuccessFactors update containing Learning, Onboarding and Recruiting
SuccessFactors 1H 2022 Release: Part 1 of 5
Welcome to part 1 of our review of the 1H 2022 SAP SuccessFactors update including EC Core, Analytics and Foundation
SuccessFactors 1H 2022 Release: Introduction
Welcome to #teamZalaris’ review of the first half release of SAP SuccessFactors HCM suite in 2022
Latest functional updates of SAP SuccessFactors Learning – Integration to Microsoft Teams
In November 2021 SuccessFactors released a new integration, Microsoft Teams was added as a tool to host virtual trainings!
SAP SuccessFactors Release Schedule 2022: Everything you need to know
The SAP SuccessFactors release for 2022 is almost here. Read on to learn what to expect from the 2022 release cycles and stay...
Moving Payroll to the Cloud – Using SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll in Practise
If you’re considering your journey to the cloud using Employee Central Payroll or are currently in the process of implementation, this blog will...
SuccessFactors New ‘Reimagined’ Home Page
Changes are coming to the SuccessFactors home page! From the first update release in 2022, a new ‘reimagined’ home page design will be...
Implementing SuccessFactors with Zalaris
In part one and two of the series I spoke about why you should move to the cloud and why you should choose...
Why should you choose to move your HR/HCM software to SAP Cloud?
Following on from my previous blog post on why you should move to the cloud, if you have thought “yes, I should”, then...
7 reasons why moving your HR system/HR platform to the cloud is your best option!
Firstly, let me explain what cloud is; it is not just something that floats around in the sky, it’s a little bit more...
2H 2021 SuccessFactors Release Review eBook
The 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Release has a bumper selection of updates from SAP and our team of skilled and dedicated consultants have, been examining the release documentation to identify...
Summary 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
Conclusion Tonight the 2H 2021 release will be applied to all the SuccessFactors production instances, so I hope you have found something, if not many things, in our series of posts this week that...
Onboarding 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
The 2H 2021 release for SuccessFactors brings with it a multitude of enhancements to the Onboarding module. This article highlights the enhancements that...
Recruiting 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
While the 2H 2021 release in Recruiting does not contain any major new functionality, it delivers on several really interesting and useful improvements,...
Learning 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
This fall brings quite a few changes to SAP SuccessFactors Learning. The main areas covered by these changes are courses, learning assessments, and...
Performance & Goals 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
This post describes some of the major enhancements selected from those introduced in the 2H 2021 release for SuccessFactors Performance and Goals Management (PMGM).
Succession and Career Development Planning 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
Every SAP SuccessFactors release is about innovation and improvements to make HR processes smoother and daily activities even better. In the 2H 2021 release, for those working with...
Compensation & Variable Pay 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
The 2H 2021 update for Compensation and Variable Pay includes 26 changes, with 18 of them being universal (i.e. there is no configuration...
Employee Central Payroll 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
The second of the biannual release for 2021 has introduced a varied mix of changes in Employee Central Payroll, including settings, replication and...
Time Management 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
SAP has again made some helpful adjustments, enhancements, and innovations in this release, both for end-users and administrators.
Employee Central Service Centre 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
With the seasons changing again, it is time to take another look at the developments in SAP SuccessFactors. In this post, I am...
EC Cross Topics 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
The 2H 2021 release of SuccessFactors brings some new functionality in Employee Central Payroll integration, some time-saving tools added to time Integration, and improvements to data import.
Foundation 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
There are many updates in the 2H 2021 release for the Foundation/Platform elements of SAP SuccessFactors. Many of these cross into the territory of other modules, so you should learn...
Analytics 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
SAP is introducing several exciting innovations to its core Analytics module with the 2H 2021 release. Most of them are related to story reports and Workforce Analytics.
Employee Central Core 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
As usual, SAP brings many innovations for its core module Employee Central (EC), with the new release 2H 2021.
Introduction 2H 2021 SuccessFactors Review
It is a bumper selection of updates from SAP again as part of the 2H 2021 SuccessFactors release. This time around, there are...
SAP SuccessFactors Job Profile Builder – How to set it up?
This article provides details into how to set up your Job Profile Builder, or rather the different elements that make up the JPB...
Job Profile Builder for SuccessFactors
Answering the 5 W’s to give you an insight into the benefits and considerations of using Job Profile Builder.
SuccessFactors H1 2021 Release eBook
The H1 2021 release has seen plenty of updates made to SuccessFactors, with 72% of them being Universal updates that will reach end-users...
SuccessFactors H1 2021 Release Summary
That is a “wrap” on another SuccessFactors release covered by #teamZalaris – I hope you found plenty of information that helps you take...
SuccessFactors H1 2021 Release: Part 5 of 5
Welcome to part five of our review of the H1 2021 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors H1 2021 Release: Part 4 of 5
Welcome to part four of our review of the H1 2021 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors H1 2021 Release: Part 3 of 5
Welcome to part three of our review of the H1 2021 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors H1 2021 Release: Part 2 of 5
Welcome to part two of our review of the H1 2021 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors H1 2021 Release: Part 1 of 5
Welcome to part one of our review of the H1 2021 SAP SuccessFactors update.
Introduction to the SuccessFactors H1 2021 Release
Having previously said the H2 2020 was the biggest SuccessFactors release to date, this one isn’t far short!
Addressing Accessibility and Usability within SuccessFactors – Part 2
Welcome Back!
Re-allocation of Employer ‘On-Costs’ in SAP Payroll – An Overview of XDEC Payroll Function
Many of the manufacturing and retail companies would like to compute their production unit costs using absorption costing techniques, where each cost centre...
Zalaris and the Intelligent (Recruit to Retire) Enterprise
First things first; the intelligent enterprise is not a product, there is no one software product or solution that SAP can sell you...
What it means to be an SAP gold partner
SAP service partners are consultants or systems integrators (SIs) who provide strategic business consulting, system design, solution integration, and project implementation of SAP...
SAP On-Premise Payroll to the Cloud with Employee Central Payroll – Demisting the Fog
Clouds are extraordinary, complex, and beautiful. They come in a myriad of different shapes and sizes, drift at different levels and signify various...
Addressing Accessibility and Usability within SAP SuccessFactors
Accessibility in systems is often treated as a ‘nice to have’, but it shouldn’t be.
Interaction with the job plan
SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) - From the rough to the detail: job plan with interaction.
Planning with a value driver tree
SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) - From personnel requirements planning to contribution margin accounting.
Rolling Forecast with SAP Analytics Cloud
Due to the volatile environment in which almost all companies find themselves in, due to the existing COVID-19 pandemic, it is all the...
SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) – Smart Predict (machine learning)
Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are important areas of competence that every industry and company should develop.
What exactly is SAP Analytics Cloud and how does it help you?
In the course of digitalisation and the "internet of things", data volumes are rapidly increasing and becoming more and more complex.
SuccessFactors H2 2020 Release eBook
This H2 2020 release has seen plenty of updates made to SuccessFactors. This is the largest release seen in some time, with over 300 changes!
SuccessFactors H2 2020 Release Summary
Hopefully, by now, you have found the articles relating to the areas that interest you.
SuccessFactors H2 2020 Release: Part 5 of 5
Welcome to part five of our review of the H2 2020 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors H2 2020 Release: Part 4 of 5
Welcome to part four of our review of the H2 2020 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors H2 2020 Release: Part 3 of 5
Welcome to part three of our review of the H2 2020 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors H2 2020 Release: Part 2 of 5
Welcome to part two of our review of the H2 2020 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors H2 2020 Release: Part 1 of 5
Welcome to part one of our review of the H2 2020 SAP SuccessFactors update.
Introduction to the SuccessFactors H2 2020 Release
This release is the biggest single release I have ever seen from SAP SuccessFactors with over 300 changes.
Q3 2020 Release: Employee Central Service Centre
Stephen Millard, our expert consultant, is back again to share his insights from the Employee Central Service Centre updates for Q3 2020.
SuccessFactors H1 2020 Release eBook
Here's your quick guide to all the updates in SAP SuccessFactors Cloud HXM suite of applications for H1 2020.
SuccessFactors H1 2020 Release Summary
Hopefully, by now, you’ve found the articles relating to the areas that interest you. In my summary, I’ve tried to pick out some high-level information about the release as well as my observations.
SuccessFactors H1 2020 Release: Part 5 of 5
Welcome to part five of our review of the H1 2020 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors H1 2020 Release: Part 4 of 5
Welcome to part four of our review of the H1 2020 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors H1 2020 Release: Part 3 of 5
Welcome to part three of our review of the H1 2020 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors H1 2020 Release: Part 2 of 5
Welcome to part two of our review of the H1 2020 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors H1 2020 Release: Part 1 of 5
Welcome to part one of our review of the H1 2020 SAP SuccessFactors update.
Introduction to the SuccessFactors H1 2020 Release
Here we are with the first “half-yearly” release of SuccessFactors!
Preparing for SuccessFactors Learning in 2020
SuccessFactors release of 2020 is just around the corner, & with it will come the release of the new SuccessFactors Learning administrator user interface.
COVID-19: Back to Basics. It’s all about Feeling Safe
With majority of people not leaving their homes it is important to remind employees that they are still a part of a team.
Q1 2020 Release: Employee Central Service Centre
We are firmly into 2020 now and while SAP SuccessFactors may have switched to a bi-annual release, the first of which is due...
SAP SuccessFactors Q4 2019: The Zalaris Review
TeamZalaris is back with their quarterly SAP SuccessFactors Release Review. As always each module in the SAP HCM Cloud suite has been reviewed by subject...
SuccessFactors Q4 2019 Review Summary
I hope you’ve found our Q4 2019 series of articles both useful and informative.
SuccessFactors Q4 2019 Release: Part 5 of 5
Welcome to part five of our review of the Q4 2019 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors Q4 2019 Release: Part 4 of 5
Welcome to part four of our review of the Q4 2019 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors Q4 2019 Release: Part 3 of 5
Welcome to part three of our review of the Q4 2019 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors Q4 2019 Release: Part 2 of 5
Welcome to part two of our review of the Q4 2019 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors Q4 2019 Release: Part 1 of 5
Welcome to part one of our review of the Q4 2019 SAP SuccessFactors update.
Introduction to the SuccessFactors Q4 2019 Release
Welcome to our last ever set of articles about SuccessFactors Quarterly Releases … not because we have plans to stop reviewing the product updates but because SAP...
Tear Down the Walls – and Advance HR Business Data Transparency
There is a better way. Spreadsheet chaos continues to plague HR in numerous industries across the world. However, most enterprise leaders – including...
SAP SuccessFactors Q3 2019: The Zalaris Review
TeamZalaris is back with their quarterly SAP SuccessFactors Release Review. As always each module from the SAP HCM Cloud suite has been reviewed...
SuccessFactors Q3 2019 Review Summary
I hope you’ve found our Q3 2019 series of articles both useful and informative.
SuccessFactors Q3 2019 Release: Part 5 of 5
Welcome to part five of our review of the Q3 2019 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors Q3 2019 Release: Part 4 of 5
Welcome to part four of our review of the Q3 2019 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors Q3 2019 Release: Part 3 of 5
Welcome to part three of our review of the Q3 2019 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors Q3 2019 Release: Part 2 of 5
Welcome to part two of our review of the Q3 2019 SAP SuccessFactors update.
SuccessFactors Q3 2019 Release: Part 1 of 5
Welcome to part one of our review of the Q3 2019 SAP SuccessFactors update.
Introduction to the SuccessFactors Q3 2019 Release
Well it is summer season, which is particularly noticeable in Zalaris as many of my Scandinavian colleagues have their extended holidays in July. But the...
SAP SuccessFactors Q2 2019: The Zalaris Review
SAP SuccessFactors Q2 release updates are now available in Preview environments. As always #TeamZalaris have reviewed each module in the SAP HCM Cloud...
SAP SuccessFactors Q1 2019: The Zalaris Review
Reveal and leverage the full potential of SAP SuccessFactors suite of cloud applications for HR with Zalaris' quarterly SuccessFactors release review.
SAP SuccessFactors Q4 2018: The Zalaris Review
SAP SuccessFactors Q4 updates are now available in your Preview environment and as always #teamZalaris has reviewed each module in the SAP HCM...
Here’s What You Need to Know About the SAP SuccessFactors Q3 Updates
The gig economy. Analytics. Design thinking. At Zalaris, we understand better than anyone that navigating the digital transformation journey is the key to...
HR Analytics: Let’s See How Far We’ve Come
If we’re being honest, the way HR used to do analytics was kind of a mess.