Learn from the past

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central people data is the core of operational workforce planning.  It's everything you know about your people, from organizational structure, to location and even skills. With the power of SAP Analytics Cloud, you can see where your organizaiton and your people currently stand.

Create models for what you can plan for

Since your people data is readily available, you can easy and collaboratively create what-if scenario models with stakeholders from across your organization - Finance, Sales, Operations, even Facilities play key roles in planning.

Prepare options for the uncertain future

As we all know, the future is uncertain, the best we can do is prepare for various situations that are out of our control.  However, with operational workforce planning models created, your organization can make swift modifications during times of change and respond to market conditions fast.

Improve business agility

When the market or your business environment changes, so must your organization. Operational workforce planning gives you the tools and knowledge to respond quickly.

Reduce risk of workforce shortage and overage

Effective operational workforce planning is about having the right people, the right number of people, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time. Without proper plans, you risk having too many or too few people.  If you have an under or improperly skilled workfroce, you have the wrong people to meet your needs.

Reduce inefficiency and errors from spreadsheet-based planning

The enemy of intelligent enterprises is ineffiency.  Planning via spreadsheets is what was done in the past before intelligent, AI-driven planning solutions such as SAP Analytics Cloud were created.  With its collaborative planning abilities, everything you need is in one place, where all the stakeholders can have access to the same plans and contribute based on the same single source of truth.

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central is our core HR solution. It's where your people data lives.

SAP Analytics Cloud is our solution for analytics and planning for your entire organization.

SAP Integration Suite, part of SAP Business Technology Platform, enables incorporation of data from SAP applications as well as data from third party solutions, including third-party core HR and talent management providers.