December 14, 2011

The big news in SAP is their proposed $3.4 bn acquisition of SuccessFactors - a leading SaaS HCM company. Just as their earlier purchase of BusinessObjects had a dramatic impact on SAP’s product line and direction, SuccessFactors will impact the company, its software and clients for years to come. There are all sorts of questions on how the two companies will integrate and rationalize their software since there are some significant overlaps and differences. The way SAP works through this and communicates their plan is critical for clients as it will impact their software landscape for years to come. One thing is sure though, SAP is going SaaS in a big ($3.4 bn big) way. 

If you haven't yet found our SAP HCM Insights podcast, feel free to enjoy the 30-40 minute podcasts at www.insightcp.com/insights or on iTunes (use this link or simply search for SAP HCM Insights). We've talked about all sorts of SAP HCM topics, and next week we will have our latest podcast to share our holiday wish-list for SAP HCM.

About this time last year I wrote a blog titled Five New Year's Principle for SAP HR. It held up pretty well through 2011, and I will revisit it and get it refreshed for 2012. One thing that will remain is the principle of focusing on process quality. Process quality doesn't increase until we put some focus and effort on it, and when we are already short-staffed and busy it's hard to free up much time to do it. So - start small. Choose some small improvements that you can get done with a small amount of time, a small amount of risk, and a small amount of disruption. Learn from it, and show yourself and everyone else that yes, things can improve. Simply getting started makes all the difference.

Steve Bogner, Managing Partner
www.insightcp.com
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