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A new world of work is emerging. Instant access to information and processes empower an organization’s people and talent to better execute on business goals and develop themselves for the future. A new generation of people and talent requires a next-generation work environment. Consumer technologies are making people more mobile, networked, and empowered. Enabling this new style of work gives companies the opportunity to become more nimble, productive, and innovative.

HR leaders are being called upon to support the right people strategies to help retain, engage, and motivate talent, develop leaders, support organizational readiness, and

always with the expectation to do it more efficiently and effectively. HR solutions more and more are mission critical.

It’s an exciting time to be in Human Capital Management area across SAP and SuccessFactors. We are providing new innovations across our product portfolios to help HR leaders meet the increasing demands of their respective organizations. And, we can also offer you multiple options to deploy your HR processes and services to your organizations.

To learn how SAP and SuccessFactors solutions can help you deliver the best HR services to your organizations, I invite you to join me at HR 2014. HR leaders, SAP and SuccessFactors solution experts, and customers who have successfully gone down this path will all be on hand to provide insights, instruction, and ideas. This event delivers unparalleled education to help both beginners and advanced teams optimize the value and effectiveness of critical HR processes. Please join me in Orlando, March 11-14.

Sincerely,

David LudlowGroup Vice President, SAP HCM SolutionsSAP

Pre-conference Workshops Main Conference

Monday, March 10

7:30 am Registration opens

9:00 am Pre-conference workshop sessions

12:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Pre-conference workshop sessions

5:00 pm Registration closes

Tuesday, March 11

7:00 am Registration opens and Continental breakfast

8:30 am General session

10:00 am Refreshment break

10:30 am Breakout sessions

11:45 am Lunch

1:15 pm Breakout sessions

2:30 pm Refreshment break




6:00 pm Welcome reception

6:15 pm Ask-the-Experts

7:00 pm Day concludes

Wednesday, March 12





11:30 am Lunch


2:15 pm Meet-the-exhibitors

2:30 pm Ask-the-Experts





Thursday, March 13





11:30 am Lunch


2:15 pm Meet-the-exhibitors





Friday, March 14







12:45 pm Conference concludes

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OverviewPre-conference Workshops • Monday, March 10

Main Conference, March 11-14 • More than 120 sessions spanning 10 tracks

Track 1 Strategies for HR leadership and process improvement Page 8

Track 2 Talent management: On-premise and cloudPerformance and compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Recruiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Track 3 On-premise and cloud integration Page 17

Track 4 HR service delivery ESS/MSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19HR Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Mobile HR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Track 5 Core HR Payroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23OM and PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Time management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Employee Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Travel Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Track 6 Data management, security, and system administration Page 31

Track 7 HR reporting and analytics: On-premise and cloud Page 33

Track 8 Implementations, migrations, and upgrades Page 35

Track 9 Managing HR globally Page 38

Track 10 SuccessFactorsStrategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Talent Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Core. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Workforce Planning & Analytics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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Special three-hour, pre-conference sessions hosted on this day offer you the opportunity to fortify your understanding of key SAP concepts and technologies, explore new trends and strategies, and enhance your learning experience at the main conference. Advance sign-up is required.

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More than 120 educational sessions and forumsExpand your skills and knowledge by learning from the top experts at SAP, independent consultants, and your industry counterparts.

Pre-conference WorkshopsSpecial three-hour, pre-conference sessions hosted on this day offer you the opportunity to fortify your understanding of key SAP concepts and technologies, explore new trends and strategies, and enhance your learning experience at the main conference. Advance sign-up is required.

Ask-the-ExpertsPull up a chair in the Ask-the-Experts area of the Exhibit Hall during our Tuesday and Wednesday evening receptions and spend one-on-one time with the top experts. Learn from their real-world expertise and get specific insights on topics and questions that matter to you most.

Live HR solution demonstrationsSee demonstrations and hear directly from SAP and leading vendors about HR innovations and their impact on SAP applications you want to extend, develop, or introduce to your employees and customers.

Customer-led case studiesTake away best practices and methodologies taught by the companies that practice them. Learn from highly experienced SAP customers to solidify your own strategies and tactics.

Conference mentor programFor the first time ever those attending HR 2014 have the opportunity to participate as a mentor or protégé during the conference.

Interactive discussion forumsThese forums are informal, interactive get-togethers where SAP customers with similar interests, projects, and challenges can gather to talk about specific topics. Each topic will be facilitated by a subject-matter expert. You do not need to sign up in advance to attend, and there is no formal agenda. Just have a great discussion with people who share your concerns and interests.

Exhibit Hall receptionsInteract with the best and the brightest minds working with SAP software. Build a lasting network of peers and meet with leading product and service vendors.

Social networking loungeLocated in the exhibit hall, the lounge will provide you with a space to mingle with other HR attendees, blog or tweet about the event, and relax in a comfortable environment.

Luncheon roundtablesSit with your colleagues by topic area, industry, or job function and discuss solutions to your most difficult problems. Learn about the projects your colleagues are tackling, what strategies they’re using, and why.

Speed networkingYou’ve heard of speed dating, now try speed networking! Participants will have 5 minutes to make their initial introductions and converse before moving on to meet another contact. An emcee will provide instructions and keep things moving. Forge new relationships and build a lasting network of peers you can call on for years to come.

Distinguished expertsSpeakers at this conference are the world’s foremost HR experts. Cutting-edge technologists, university professors, industry executives, and product experts will be on hand to provide the very best instruction.

Educational and networking opportunities


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Pre-conference Workshop SessionsMorning session • 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

The 2014 guide to SAP ERP HCM: Functionality, updates, and future roadmap page 5

Lunch • 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Afternoon sessions • 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

A beginner’s guide to SuccessFactors solutions for HR and their integration with SAP ERP HCM page 6

Expert guidelines on the best ways to leverage ESS and MSS capabilities in your organization page 6

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Pre-conference Workshops are in-depth, three-hour sessions designed to help build a solid foundation of knowledge in critical topics. Through a combination of demos, lecture, discussions, and Q&A, you’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of important topics quickly.

Our expert instructors have vast experience in their respective fields. The tips, insights, and best practices that they’ll share with you come from practical, in-the-trenches experiences, not just books and theory. They are also accessible and open to answering questions about your most pressing challenges.

Your Pre-conference Workshop registration fee gives you access to an information-packed session in the morning and in the afternoon. You’ll leave both sessions with all the presentation materials, demos, handouts, and any other resources that are prepared by the instructor.

You’ll also leave with greater knowledge and confidence, and you’ll be ready to go further in-depth on these topics throughout the rest of the event.

Join us for Pre-conference Workshops Monday, March 10

Pre-conference Workshops

Morning session • 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

The 2014 guide to SAP ERP HCM: Functionality, updates, and future roadmap Parvathy Sankar and Ralf Wagner, SAP

In this detailed three-hour session, SAP experts walk you through the full offering of SAP ERP HCM functionality, the processes it sup-ports, and the future roadmap. Attendees will explore the latest HR innovations around SAP HANA®, the new user experience, and integration with cloud solutions. You will come away with new ideas and strategies for deriving maximum value from your SAP ERP HCM system, including product updates and lessons to:

y Improve employee engagement with the new user experience

y Re-design your current HR processes for maximum efficiency

y Achieve greater control over HR-related costs

y Transform HR processes using the latest applications powered by SAP HANA

y Drive better attainment of global regulatory compliance

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Expert guidelines on the best ways to leverage ESS and MSS capabilities in your organization Martin Gillet, Cogilius bvba

Whether you’re new to self-services or looking for ways to improve the delivery and performance of your existing ESS/MSS installation, you won’t want to miss this detailed three-hour session. Attendees will receive an updated guide to the expanded range of features that SAP now delivers for ESS and MSS along with expert techniques for exploiting their capabilities. By attending, you will examine:

y Pros and cons of accessing self-services through either SAP NetWeaver® Portal, SAP NetWeaver Business Client, or mobile solutions

y Integration points between self-services and the latest HR functionality delivered throughout the enhancement packages

y Key differences between Web Dynpro Java and Web Dynpro ABAP™ technologies and their impact on a self-service environment

y How functional features from SAP ERP HCM and technical features from SAP NetWeaver Portal converge in a self-service environment

y The latest self-service business packages available with SAP enhancement packages 4, 5, 6, and 7, their add-ons, and their implementation prerequisites

y How SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe and SAP ERP HCM processes and forms integrate with self-services

y How to integrate workflow into self-services processes

y Self-services authorizations requirements

y Other SAP alternatives, SAP Fiori™, and SuccessFactors

y Best practices that empower employees and managers to gain control of their own personnel data

Take home a cheat sheet containing transaction codes, tables, and SAP Notes.

A beginner’s guide to SuccessFactors solutions for HR and their integration with SAP ERP HCMMargit Bauer and Yannick Peterschmitt, SAP AG

This comprehensive, three-hour session provides product information and best practices to leverage cloud-based HR functionality from SuccessFactors to streamline the end-to-end employee lifecycle — from recruiting and hiring to succession and development. Attendees will come away with a thorough understanding of how to the various SuccessFactors solutions can be used to:

y Drive efficiency and global compliance with SuccessFactors’ next-generation HR system of record, SuccessFactors Employee Central

y Align, reward, and advance your best talents with SuccessFactors Goal and Performance Management, Compensation Management, and Succession and Development

y Address the learning needs of today and tomorrow to ensure compliance and talent development with SuccessFactors Learning

y Get the right people into the right roles faster and more effectively using SuccessFactors Recruiting Management and Recruiting Marketing

y Get employees on board fast and consistently convert new hires into engaged employees with SuccessFactors Onboarding

y Make confident business decisions with powerful workforce insights and maximize the impact for the business with SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics Solutions

y Bring together people to solve business problems and drive results and empower employees to work and communicate more effectively with SAP Jam

y Leverage the SAP-delivered integration between SAP ERP HCM and SuccessFactors to expand your landscape at your own pace in different hybrid models

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Afternoon Sessions • 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm


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Keynote AddressHarnessing HCM technology in a rapidly changing world to drive strategic business outcomesShawn Price, President, SAP Global Cloud & Line of Business, SAP

David Ludlow, Group Vice President, SAP HCM Solutions, SAP

The pace of change in business today globally is unprecedented. This places enormous pressure on the business and their IT partners. Traditional patterns of who is driving the acquisition of technology are shifting. Business leaders demand best-in-class solutions that deliver innovation and outcomes in months and weeks, not years. Organizations throughout the world are leveraging the cloud to meet these new challenges and opportunities. Join Shawn Price, President, SAP Global Cloud & Line of Business and David Ludlow, Group Vice President, SAP HCM Solutions, as they discuss SAP’s HR strategy and roadmap across on-premise and the cloud and highlight innovations that support these changes and help drive better business outcomes from current and future HCM technology investments. They will present a blueprint for your evolution to the cloud — one that allows you to move at your own pace and continue to leverage existing on-premise investments. Whether you start with a single talent management application like learning, address a process like workforce planning, or transform end-to-end HR in the cloud, SAP is uniquely positioned to help define your path and deliver the outcomes demanded by your business partners.

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Strategies for HR leadership and process improvement

Harnessing the potential of technology to enable a more strategic HR Jessica Kane, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyThis session discusses how today’s rapid pace of technological evolution represents an opportunity for HR leaders to transform their departments and become a more strategic partner to the business. By attending, you will:

y Understand how technologies such as mobility, cloud computing, and social media are changing how people work, what they expect from their employers, and how they want to grow and advance in their careers

y Identify and develop key measures and metrics to drive HR value and impact

y Step through real-world scenarios for insight into how leading companies are embracing technology innovation to enable a more strategic HR role

Benchmarking HR: Guidelines for calculating and achieving better ROI from your HR initiativesRamya Raja Rukmangathan, Infosys LimitedThis session examines various metrics that can be used to estimate return on SAP ERP HCM investments. Drawing on real-world examples, the speaker will illustrate how to:

y Calculate the return on investment (ROI) of HR technology investments, including key factors that should be considered, like cost, time, relevance, and validity

y Define relationships between employee performance and business development

y Overcome business challenges associ-ated with measuring HR ROI, including properly identifying costs and expenditures

Come away with the knowledge to apply the benchmarking techniques taught in this session in your organization.

Panel discussion

The great debate — On-premise vs. cloud Moderator: Brandon Toombs, Toombs ConsultingPanelists: Sharon Wolf Newton, hyperCision and Steve Bogner, Insight Consulting PartnersExperience a lively and entertaining mock debate between long-time, industry-recog-nized SAP ERP HCM experts as they go toe-to-toe on the burning question of the day: On-premise versus cloud. By attending this panel discussion, you will:

y Take a critical look at the respective strengths and weaknesses of on-premise and cloud-based HR deployments, including criteria to help determine what makes the best sense for your organization

y Review real-life examples of the benefits and drawbacks of each implementation approach, including cross-system integration capabilities

Come away with a better understanding of the differences between on-premise and the cloud.

Transforming HR to embrace an increasingly global and remote workforce Harry Oslé, The Hackett GroupAll around the world, companies are going through unprecedented transformation as traditional workplace boundaries continue to erode and coworkers are often not in the next chair, but thousands of miles away. Attend this session for insight into how this paradigm shift represents an opportunity for HR leaders to optimize their global workforce and operate well in a "borderless business environment." You will:

y Take a detailed look at how world-class HR organizations address borderless business imperatives through integrated talent management, and an evidence-based approach to decision support

y Get tips to align talent management initiatives with global business requirements

y Step through proven strategies to improve key competencies, such as leadership development, strategic workforce planning, and human capital insights that are critical to global success

New and innovative strategies to acquire and retain talented employees Ken Jodrey, Symphony Management ConsultingJoin this session to explore strategies and tools for attracting, selecting, and retaining the qualified talent your organization requires. You will:

y Understand the importance of marketing in your recruiting strategy and view a demo that explores new ways to engage job seekers through SuccessFactors Recruiting Marketing

y Obtain tips for marketing job postings through social media and mobile channels

y Delve into SuccessFactors capabilities that help streamline the onboarding process and get tips for leveraging them to help new hires quickly become engaged and productive

y Walk through a demo of candidate sourcing for insight into the most effec-tive ways to find the best talent, both internally and externally

Take home pre-recorded demos and screen-shots of recruiting marketing and onboarding processes in a SuccessFactors landscape.

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Answers to critical questions about the true costs and ROI of a cloud-based HR modelFrederic Van Bellinghen, Avenue HRAttend this session for comprehensive education and decision criteria to help you make the smartest investment decisions when considering a move to the cloud. By attending, you will:

y Perform a detailed cost/benefit analysis and calculate true ROI of SuccessFactors initiatives

y Identify the HR processes and technology most critical to your organi-zation that are most likely to realize improvement as a result of moving to the cloud

y Understand how ROI will vary depending on whether you leverage SuccessFactors in a hybrid deployment model or migrate your entire HR system to the cloud

Come away empowered with the ability to make the smartest SuccessFactors investment decisions for optimal ROI.

Achieving a truly integrated talent management model: It starts with workforce planningRana Hobbs, AasonnAttend this session to hear how workforce planning directly affects your organization’s talent management processes, from recruiting strategies and learning programs to employee performance and succession planning. You will:

y Hear key data recommendations to aggregate from each talent manage-ment function to assess the success of workforce plans

y Find out how to take your first steps to cultivate the workforce you are looking to achieve and what processes you need to align in order to achieve the best results

y Review real-life action plans from workforce integration projects and how they cascade directly into specific HR functions, priorities, and initiatives

Take home a framework for alignment between talent management functions and workforce planning.

New and innovative strategies for measuring workforce productivity Jeff Higgins, HCMIWhat if human capital could be valued and its contribution quantified in the form of productivity or return? What if the return on human capital could be definitively linked to business performance results? This session explores new ways to link human capital metrics to productivity and business results. By attending, you will:

y Get an introduction to human capital metrics that can quantify workforce productivity and link directly to changes in company stock price and business results

y Step through real-world examples that illustrate how business productivity and performance can be driven by an optimized workforce

Take home definitions and formulas for the top metrics to measure workforce productivity.

Expert tips for evolving your HR strategy to keep up with SAP technology enhancementsMartin Gillet, Cogilius bvbaThis session delves into the latest technology changes within SAP ERP HCM and provides guidance for staying relevant and up-to-date by harnessing them. Attend to:

y Demystify recent technology changes in the HR space and get techniques for keeping up with the evolving landscape

y Discuss the impact of new technology options from SuccessFactors and how they could redirect your existing HR strategy

y Get tips for tracking and preparing for technology changes that may impact your business, from new solution offer-ings to enhancement and support packs releases

Come away with advice for determining when it makes sense to evolve your HR strategy to align with the latest technology offerings from SAP.

Keeping your company connected: A comprehensive approach to managing acquisitions in SAP ERP HCM Jeanne Mitchell, Presence of ITThis session examines how to plan for and meet the unique requirements of managing acquisitions in an SAP ERP HCM environ-ment, from implementation and integration to change management and employee onboarding. By attending, you will:

y Examine key considerations for deter-mining the project timeline from an operational, regulatory, and network perspective

y Discover ways to minimize the acquisi-tion’s impact on your existing organization, including key project management processes and organiza-tional readiness strategies

Take home a business process action plan, impact analysis process, governance structure, leadership status reporting guidelines, sample timeline and communication checklist.

Panel discussion

The future of SAP ERP HCM — Predictions from the expertsModerator: Steve Bogner, Insight Consulting Partners Panelists: Darren Pithie, SpinifexIT; Luke Marson, HRIZONS; Jarret Pazahanick, EIC Experts; David Ludlow, SAPJoin a panel of HR experts in an interactive discussion about the future of SAP ERP HCM. Gain insight into:

y The kinds of companies that will likely move to the cloud for talent manage-ment and what kinds are more likely to stay on-premise

y Criteria that should be used to decide whether to remain on-premise or shift core SAP ERP HCM to the cloud

y How organizations will react to the demand for mobility solutions in HR

y The ways in which SAP HANA may change the role of analytics within SAP ERP HCM

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From taking inventory to building talent: Using technology to transform succession management Steven Hunt, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyUnexpected loss of key talent or failure to fill critical roles in a timely manner can quickly derail strategic plans. Combine this with a growing skills shortage, an aging workforce, and global competition for high performers and it becomes obvious why companies are investing more and more resources in succes-sion management. During this session, you will:

y Step through the seven components required to create a fully robust succes-sion management process

y Learn how to assess your company’s needs in each of the seven areas according to your current business and organizational challenges

y Identify the role technology plays in supporting each of these components

What can SAP HANA do for my HR organization?Frans Smolders, SAPThis session delves into the current capabili-ties for SAP ERP HCM on SAP HANA, including roadmap information and planned invest-ments. This session prepares you with:

y An overview of the latest innovations in SAP ERP HCM payroll and analytics offer-ings powered by SAP HANA

y Insight into how you can reduce your payroll processing time by providing business users with access to the new payroll cockpit which redefines the payroll process

y An introduction to SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud and how this enhances HR’s strategic influence within the business

Best practices for social collaboration in HR: Get started todayPetra Ligthart, SAP Labs Attend this session to understand how SAP Jam empowers social learning, informal employee onboarding, performance manage-ment, and other talent processes. Gain best practices on how to leverage social collabo-ration within your organization. By attending, you learn:

y Increase HR process efficiency and employee engagement

y Reduce training costs with collaborative communities where employees can create content and share expertise

y Increase new hire productivity by connecting them with the people and content they require

View a product demonstration that illustrates how to apply social collaboration to your talent management program to accelerate and improve business performance.

Side-by-Side with SuccessFactors: A stepping-stone to the cloudWolfgang Dittrich, SAPMany companies are challenged by moving to the full cloud model. Although the strategic goal is clear, a “big bang” approach is often not a viable option for core HR. Side-by-Side by SAP gives customers options to move core HR processes to the cloud at their own pace. Take a detailed look at how Success-Factors HCM suite can work with other on-premise or cloud solutions. Attendees will come away with an understanding of:

y How they can smoothly transition to the cloud at their own pace while protecting on-premise investments where needed

y SuccessFactors Side-by-Side and its different use-cases

y What you need to consider before a transition to the cloud

y The benefits of a Side-by-Side imple-mentation and how to determine if it’s right for you

How leading HR organizations achieve service delivery success: A detailed look at the results of Towers Watson’s 2013 HR service delivery and technology survey Mike DiClaudio, Towers WatsonThis session examines the results of Towers Watson’s annual survey on HR service delivery and technology for insight into how leading organizations are designing and managing HR service delivery to empower employees and managers to be more strategic and proactive. By attending, you will:

y Break down the components of leading HR service delivery models and get tips for applying the findings to your own organization

y Gain insight into specific HR tools and technology that respondents plan to introduce in the coming year

y Get new and innovative ideas to improve HR’s strategic influence in your organization

Come away with an understanding of the differentiators between companies that are succeeding with their HR service delivery models and those that are not.

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Talent management: On-premise and cloudA guided tour of SuccessFactors’ talent management solutions: Capabilities, innovations, and future directionMark Brandau, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyThis session offers an up-to-date guide to the expanded range of features that SuccessFactors delivers for talent manage-ment. Attendees of this session will:

y Step through the cloud-based talent management functionality from SuccessFactors, including:

– Performance and Goals – Recruiting – Compensation – Learning – Succession and Development

y Gain insight into the future direction for the talent solution suite and where one’s business fits into the evolution

Accelerate new hires’ time-to-productivity with SuccessFactors OnboardingBrenda Reid, SuccessFactors, an SAP company This session discusses the short- and long-term impacts of a sound onboarding process and examines how SuccessFactors Onboarding functionality can be used to ease the burden of employee onboarding both for new hires as well as hiring managers. Attend to:

y Explore how to leverage SuccessFactors Onboarding to empower hiring managers to guide, connect, and engage with new employees, and how this accel-erates the impact of new hires and increases retention of new hires

y Hear common challenges associated with onboarding, such as immersing new hires into existing talent management processes, and how SuccessFactors Onboarding can help overcome them

y View a live demo of SuccessFactors Onboarding for a firsthand look at how you can connect and socialize with new hires in a meaningful way

Keeping your best talent: Lessons to improve your organization’s employee retention strategyArlene DeMita, Cognizant TechnologiesThis session discusses best practices for maximizing the return on employee invest-ment through improved talent retention, including insight into tools that can be used to support your employee engagement and retention strategy. By attending, you will:

y Obtain strategies to empower managers with greater leadership skills that focus on generating improved workforce motivation and employee engagement

y Step through demos that show the various ways SuccessFactors technology can be used to optimize employee retention

y Understand the role social media can play in talent retention and get tips for leveraging it to improve employee engagement

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Performance and compensation A guided tour of compensation management functionality: On-premise vs. cloud Jeremy Masters, WorklogixThis session provides detailed insight into the similarities and differences in deploying compensation management functionality from SAP and SuccessFactors. By attending, you will:

y Delve into the functionality delivered out of the box in on-premise SAP enterprise compensation management and how to leverage it to meet your compensation requirements

y Become familiar with the compensation and variable pay offerings from Success-Factors, including details on extensibility and integration with core SAP ERP HCM

y Step through live demos of both the onpremise SAP enterprise compensation management functionality and the compensation functionality from SuccessFactors for a firsthand look at their capabilities

Improve employee engagement and performance with SuccessFactors Performance and Goals Mark Brandau, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyThis session examines the business value of effective performance management and the key business challenges associated with performance management, and provides a detailed look at the SuccessFactors Perfor-mance and Goals solution. By attending, you will learn how:

y SuccessFactors Performance and Goals can be implemented with on-premise SAP installations or as a stand-alone cloud-based solution

y To better align and optimize your workforce to increase business performance

y To integrate social and mobile concepts into your performance management process to improve engagement and results

Extending SuccessFactors Performance and Goals to suit your business needsJudy Carpenter, hyperCisionThis session goes beyond standard documen-tation to provide step-by-step configuration guidelines for using XML to enhance the SuccessFactors Performance and Goals appli-cation. Attend to:

y Get an overview of which features are configurable in SuccessFactors Perfor-mance and Goals and how XML files can be used to extend upon them to better address complex business requirements

y Explore configuration options for tailoring performance forms and goal templates to align with business processes

y Walk through use-case scenarios that illustrate how to use XML to extend SuccessFactors Performance and Goals functionality through custom fields, metric look-up tables, goal and sub-goal categories, and complex calculations

Case study

How Kennametal streamlined performance-based bonus payoutsBrad Zorn, KennametalThis session provides you with an overview of how Kennametal is utilizing SAP enterprise compensation management (ECM) function-ality to optimize its variable pay process dependent on company performance. Kenna-metal offers a firsthand exploration of:

y A sample compensation cycle based on company performance, including key milestones for communications as well as data integrity audits

y The company’s bonus process and key SAP functionality, including relationships to attach business results to employees, custom PCH/HRP infotypes to store business results, and Personnel Adminis-tration (PA) infotypes to store and track individual employee bonus targets

y The types of resources required to imple-ment this type of bonus structure, as well as lessons learned for handling imple-mentation hurdles and change management

Reward your top performers and avoid overpaying underachievers with SuccessFactors Compensation Yannick Peterschmitt, SAP AGThis session takes an in-depth look at Success-Factors Compensation and explores how to leverage it to streamline compensation management and keep payouts in line with budgets. By attending, you will:

y Take an in-depth look at the capabilities of SuccessFactors Compensation, including how it enables performance-based calibration across the company

y Examine the integration path between SuccessFactors Compensation and core SAP ERP HCM

y Get an overview of SuccessFactors Compensation analysis capabilities and see how they provide greater insight into employee compensation via dashboards and reports

See a demo of the compensation process for base and variable pay in SuccessFactors Compensation.

Enhancing SAP enterprise compensation management functionality to deliver a unified and holistic view of compensation Praveen Kumar, CognizantThis session provides advice based on real-world experience for customizing SAP enterprise compensation management (ECM) functionality to encompass all aspects of compensation in a single consolidated view, whether you are installing it for the first time or upgrading your existing implementation. By attending, you will:

y Learn how to integrate base pay and incentive adjustments into compensation

y See how to enhance associate views, including tips to localize compensation review letters

y Step through a checklist for imple-menting a holistic compensation management solution that supports regional as well as global business requirements

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Lessons from the University of Kentucky’s hybrid deployment of SuccessFactors Performance and GoalsMichelle Bliffen and Leigh Baker, University of KentuckyExamine the successes and challenges the University of Kentucky experienced when rolling out SuccessFactors Performance and Goals in a hybrid environment. Through lecture and demo, come away from this session with:

y Insight into the company’s business drivers and decision criteria for choosing SuccessFactors Performance and Goals

y Integration best practices to assure optimal performance

y An understanding of how the University of Kentucky controlled access to its hybrid landscape, including how it enabled single sign-on with the SAP portal

See a live demo of the University of Kentucky performance evaluation process in SuccessFactors.

Perform and reward – best practices for building a performance strategy in SuccessFactorsAmy M. Grubb, Cloud Consulting PartnersThis session will take a deep dive into the functionality of SuccessFactors’ Goal, Perfor-mance Management, and Compensation modules. Evaluate if you are getting the most out of your system and learn:

y Ways to integrate your performance and salary processes and which SuccessFac-tors modules help you achieve a pay for performance culture that is based on objective data points

y The latest enhancements in the Perform and Reward modules that can be lever-aged to increase manager engagement and result in thoughtful and effective employee development, performance review, and compensation adjustments

y How the calibration feature can bring uniformity across the organization to performance ratings and salary increases

y Best practices in the “pay for perfor-mance” space




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Learning An in-depth look at SuccessFactors Learning Mark Brandau, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyThis session provides an up-to-date look at how Learning professionals can improve compliance, increase employee development, and extended learning outside the business. You will come away with a clear under-standing of:

y The roadmap for SuccessFactors Learning and insight into future enhancements

y How SuccessFactors Learning can be used to reduce regulatory and compli-ance risk

y Best practices for driving employees’ skills, qualifications, job satisfaction, and motivation

An independent expert’s guide to optimizing your SAP Learning Solution initiativeVadivelu Sampath, CognizantThis session examines best practices to ensure the success of your SAP Learning Solution implementation, including tips for rolling out new functionality and increasing end users’ adoption. You will come away with:

y Best practices for scoping your project and insight into the issues that must be addressed, from technical prerequisites to user engagement strategies

y Guidance to leverage the latest design and usability enhancements for the SAP Learning Solution portal to enhance the learning experience for the end user

y Key criteria to determine how and when to integrate third-party learning content versus creating your own, including a review of third-party integration points

Case study

How Steelcase utilizes competencies to drive business resultsLucinda Pick, SteelcaseThis session shares lessons learned and best practices for using core competencies to leverage workforce performance and drive business results. Attend this session to:

y Obtain best practices for designing a qualification catalog that supports your specific business requirements

y See how the company built relationships for competencies to create requirements for positions

y Get expert recommendations to leverage SAP Learning Solution to manage regulated training

y View a live demo of competency assess-ment and how to use it to analyze your workforce

Take home a sample qualifications catalog.

Explore innovative ways to maximize the benefits of each talent management application in SAP ERP HCM through the proper implementation and integration of SAP Learning SolutionVenki Krishnamoorthy, Deloitte This session will examine innovative ways to maximize the benefits of each talent manage-ment application in SAP ERP HCM through the proper implementation and integration of SAP Learning Solution. You will:

y Get guidance to map SAP Learning Solution functionality and processes to your existing talent strategy to deter-mine which areas would benefit the most from an integrated model

y Identify business functions that need to be activated in each talent management module prior to SAP Learning Solution integration

y Review enhancements that need to be made in SAP Learning Solution to ensure smooth integration and transport across talent modules and environments

Lessons to migrate from SAP Learning Solution to cloud-based learning solutions from SuccessFactorsMike Reedy, hyperCisionThis session takes a detailed look at what’s required to move your on-premise learning solution to the cloud, including an in-depth review of the end-to-end data migration process. By attending, you will:

y Examine each step of the data migration process and get tips for mapping data from SAP Learning Solution to Success- Factors Learning

y Determine the dependencies and prerequisites for moving your on-premise learning solution to the cloud and how your existing SAP Learning Solution landscape and training data will impact the migration

y Evaluate various options for migrating online training content to the cloud

Come away with an understanding of key differences between SAP and SuccessFactors learning solutions and how this may impact the user experience.

Case study

How Brookshire accelerated user adoption of its SuccessFactors Learning Management System with a solid change management strategy Ginger McCullough, Brookshire GroceryAttend this session and learn how Brook-shire Grocery Company, a retail grocery chain with about 14,000 employees in three states, utilized change management to accelerate the ROI of its Learning Management System implementation. See firsthand the steps the company took prior to implementation and how the company:

y Established an internal change manage-ment department that was fundamental in helping the project exceed expectations

y Enhanced its training to increase user adoption

y Has saved as much as $157,000 in travel costs by moving just one course from the classroom to the LMS




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Recruiting SAP E-Recruiting or SuccessFactors Recruiting? A leading expert shares his thoughtsMark Ingram, hyperCisionTap into an expert’s experience for critical insight and decision criteria to help deter-mine whether your organization should keep its recruiting process on-premise with SAP E-Recruiting solutions or migrate it to the cloud with SuccessFactors Recruiting. By attending, you will:

y Pinpoint key differences between recruiting solutions from SAP and SuccessFactors, including the use of roles, and the impact they may have on the employee and manager user experience

y Step through use case scenarios for an understanding of business circumstances that would benefit the most from SuccessFactors Recruiting, and when SAP E-Recruiting is the better fit

y Explore your options for a hybrid recruiting deployment, including how you can use marketing and analytics capabilities delivered in SuccessFactors Recruiting in conjunction with SAP E-Recruiting

Attract, engage, and select qualified candidates for employment with an end-to-end recruiting solution from SuccessFactors Peter Baskin, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyThis session explores SuccessFactors’ function-ality for recruiting, including marketing, enhancing the candidate experience, candi-date screening, and analytics. By attending, you will learn to utilize SuccessFactors Recruiting to:

y Increase the quality of candidates using advanced options to handle employee referrals and social recruiting

y Manage career opportunities through recruitment marketing activities, including patented capabilities for career site optimization

y Integrate with core SAP ERP HCM to streamline end-to-end processes, from budgeting a vacancy to filling the vacancy

Case study

How Tyson Foods’ recruiting project led to improved organizational compliance and reportingHeather Clubb and Julie Calhoon, Tyson FoodsSee how Tyson Foods, which hires an average of more than 28,000 employees per year, not only streamlined recruiting process with its recent SAP E-Recruiting enhance-ment package 5 implementation, but also optimized compliance and reporting at the same time. Learn how the company:

y Customized the SAP E-Recruiting UI to provide a more user-friendly front end

y Set up dashboard queries with personal object worklists to guide users through the recruiting process and streamline system interaction

y Built compliance rules and company policies into the system, reducing government risks and eliminating manual processes

Take home a user guide for setting up a basic dashboard query with personal object worklists.

Case study

Cameco’s strategic approach to recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning Sean Junor, CamecoExplore how Cameco leveraged Success-Factors functionality to simplify recruitment processes, enhance the new hire experience, and revamp its succession model. Hear how the company:

y Merged recruitment, onboarding, and succession initiatives into a single project to optimize resources and accelerate the timeline for completion

y Connected to core SAP ERP HCM through SAP NetWeaver Process Integra-tion (SAP NetWeaver PI)

y Enhanced the candidate experience through simplified process handling, an improved UI, and social capabilities

Come away with insight into how Cameco improved the relationship between HR and business units in the talent acquisition space by providing easier access to employee data and analytics.

Tips for successfully implementing, integrating, and utilizing SuccessFactors recruiting functionalityVenki Krishnamoorthy, DeloitteThis session provides tips and best practices for using the SuccessFactors recruiting solution to meet the most common recruiting requirements, such as having hiring managers create the requisition, including interviewing panelists on the fly, calibrating top candidates, and many more. Attend this session and:

y Learn how to customize the SuccessFac-tors recruiting solution to meet your business needs

y Get an overview of the SuccessFactors onboarding solution, the use of SAP Jam for recruiting purposes, and how to integrate SuccessFactors recruiting and onboarding

y Get tips for integrating the SuccessFac-tors recruiting solution with SAP’s on-premise recruiting solution




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Key factors for a high-performing SuccessFactors recruiting systemDwight Jones, AspireHRExplore SuccessFactors recruiting function-ality and learn how to improve system usability, performance, and adoption rates. By attending, you will:

y Learn best practices for exploiting the SuccessFactors recruiting management solution to its utmost potential, including tips to put in place an effective candidate profile, set up mobile recruiting functions, and make the candidate status pipeline work for your reporting needs

y Understand how to customize standard processes to improve the user experi-ence for candidates and hiring managers

y Obtain configuration and design tips to ensure your recruiting solution runs at optimal performance with minimal system maintenance

y See a live demo of a recruiting system with key functionality enabled, such as resume parsing and linked profile integration

Lessons for using SuccessFactors Succession and Development to plan for change and create a sustainable futureRobert Thomson, HRIZONSThis session explores how to leverage SuccessFactors Succession and Development to drive an effective succession plan across your organization. Attend for best practices and product instruction to maximize key tools and reports to identify successors and plan for change, including lessons to:

y Exploit search capabilities to gain visibility into existing talent pools and potential talent gaps

y Create employee scorecards to assess performance based on key criteria

y Identify top performers for succession plans and ensure an accurate rating across teams and geographies

Come away with an understanding of how succession and development plans can be used to foster growth and skills development across your organization.



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A comprehensive and up-to-date look at the SAP/SuccessFactors integration roadmap and technology strategy Prashanth Padmanabhan, SAPThis session examines the SAP/SuccessFac-tors integration strategy and roadmap and provides recommendations for leveraging the SAP-delivered integration between SAP and SuccessFactors. By attending, you will:

y Hear directly from SAP about recent and planned investments in a standardized integration path across cloud-based and on-premise applications

y Get details on the SAP and SuccessFac-tors integration technology strategy, including file-based technology for cross-system data transfers and Web services for middleware integration

y Gain an understanding of the delivery timelines and methods for each area of integration, including data, process, and user experience

y Learn about new functionality and capabilities delivered in SAP HANA Cloud Integration

Case study

Lessons from the University of Kentucky’s hybrid deployment of SuccessFactors Performance and Goals Michelle Bliffen and Leigh Baker, University of KentuckyExamine the successes and challenges the University of Kentucky experienced when rolling out SuccessFactors Performance and Goals in a hybrid environment. Through lecture and demo, come away from this session with:

y Insight into the company’s business drivers and decision criteria for choosing SuccessFactors Performance and Goals

y Integration best practices to assure optimal performance

y An understanding of how the University of Kentucky controlled access to its hybrid landscape, including how it enabled single sign-on with the SAP portal

See a live demo of the University of Kentucky performance evaluation process in SuccessFactors.

Deciphering SuccessFactors integration pointsAmy M. Grubb, Cloud Consulting PartnersThis session explores how to maximize the effectiveness of your talent management processes by taking advantage of the built-in integration points within the SuccessFactors suite. By attending, you will learn:

y The basics of the built-in integration points among the SuccessFactors BizX modules and how to evaluate your BizX landscape to identify additional integra-tion opportunities to increase ROI

y How SuccessFactors can manage all aspects of the talent management lifecycle, from goals and performance management to recruiting and succes-sion planning to succession and development

y The features, functionality, and integra-tion points as you begin or continue with your transition to the cloud and how to determine what order you can approach implementing the suite

Take home a detailed matrix indicating integration points among modules and SAP ERP HCM.

Candid insights into the real efforts involved with integrating SAP ERP HCM and SuccessFactors: An expert’s guideVenki Krishnamoorthy, DeloitteThis session offers candid insights into the real efforts involved with integrating SAP ERP HCM and SuccessFactors — from a process, data, and user perspective. As an attendee, you will:

y Know your options for extending the delivered integration offering from SAP, including insight into the time, effort, and cost associated with custom integration development

y Find out how to leverage the SAP NetWeaver Portal to access SuccessFac-tors directly from within ESS or MSS

y Examine how integration options differ depending on whether or not your organization has an SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI) license

Take home templates for data imports, integration admin guides, and SAP NetWeaver PI configuration examples.

A detailed look at rapid deployment solutions for SAP and SuccessFactors integrationDonna Leong-Cohen, Coeus ConsultingThis session, through lecture and demo, explores how to utilize rapid deployment solutions to quickly integrate data, processes, and preconfigured content between SAP ERP HCM and SuccessFactors. Come away from this session with a clear understanding of:

y An introduction to the integration rapid deployment Solution, including an overview of pre-delivered data integra-tion content and accelerators

y How to streamline integration between SAP ERP HCM and SuccessFactors using SAP Rapid Deployment solutions

y View a demo that shows how the integration actually works between SAP ERP HCM and SuccessFactors

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Case study

A strategic look at Cameron’s global hybrid cloud environmentRoss Henning, CameronThis session takes a detailed look at Camer-on’s hybrid SuccessFactors deployment, including how the company determined to utilize talent management applications in the cloud while keeping HR core on-premise. By attending, you will:

y Discuss the business drivers behind the company’s SuccessFactors deployment, including the need to integrate multiple solutions under one global enterprise platform

y Find out how Cameron prepared its existing SAP ERP HCM landscape for the SuccessFactors deployment, including identifying key integration points streamlining disparate systems

y Hear how the company overcame challenges associated with integrating cloud-based talent applications from SuccessFactors with SAP ERP HCM

Leveraging iFlows to streamline SAP and SuccessFactors integration Tim Aldrich, Symphony Management ConsultingIf your organization is considering a move to the cloud or currently embarking on a SuccessFactors migration, then you will find the information delivered in this session invaluable. By attending, you will:

y Understand how iFlows enable joint customers to more easily leverage the combination of SAP and SuccessFactors solutions – whether via a talent hybrid or full cloud model

y See how to leverage iFlows for integrating SuccessFactors, SAP, and third-party HR applications

y Explore iFlows under the full cloud model for payroll, time and labor, benefits, and employee master data, including generic connector templates that provide a framework to integrate SuccessFactors Employee Central with third-party and outsourcing providers

y Understand prerequisites for utilizing iFlows and the Dell Boomi platform on which they are based, including options for leveraging SAP HANA Cloud Integration

How to integrate SuccessFactors Talent Management solutions to streamline processesAmy M. Grubb, Cloud Consulting PartnersWalk through the natural integration points of SuccessFactors Talent Management solutions and learn how making even a few small enhancements can streamline your talent management processes and result in a workforce that is engaged and dedicated to individual, team, and corporate develop-ment. Come away with a clear understanding of:

y How to get more from your investment by leveraging these integration points

y How introducing calibration into your performance process increases visibility of ratings across the organization and how using tools in the development module helps employees develop their career paths

y How the BizX Mobile App can put powerful talent management tools liter-ally in the hands of your employees

Strategies to build a global, integrated talent management systemDoty Sinclair, Aasonn Explore best practices to create a talent integration strategy to move up the Talent Management Maturity Model in SuccessFac-tors. The model shows the relative maturity of talent management processes within an organization, with the goal of moving HR from automation to having a seat at the executive table and using talent manage-ment to help an organization achieve its strategic goals. By attending, you will:

y Walk through the steps to evaluate the current state of your talent manage-ment processes and learn how to identify the priorities for improving your talent management model

y Get strategies to achieve management buy-in and support while creating a future state for your talent management processes

y Step through a real-life example of a global manufacturing organization’s successful strategic talent integration and the documentation it created

y Explore key business drivers and related measures identified to be positively impacted by integrating talent processes, such as reduced turnover and increased employee engagement

Keys to integration with SuccessFactors Employee CentralThomas Otter, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyOne of the most common problems that companies face today is disparate systems that don’t integrate with each other. Attend this session and learn how Success-Factors Employee Central integrates via pre-packaged solutions, templates, and APIs. Draw valuable insights from former Gartner Analyst and now VP of Employee Central Product Management Thomas Otter as he explains the benefits of integration solutions and best practices gleaned from companies globally. Come away with a clear under-standing of:

y SuccessFactors Employee Central integration options

y What you need to consider as you explore integration as an option

y The best ways to plan and execute your integration

Tips and tricks for seamlessly integrating SuccessFactors Learning into an existing talent management system Doty Sinclair, AasonnGain an in-depth understanding of Success-Factors Learning and hear lessons to fully maximize its capabilities by integrating it across the extended talent management suite. Attend to:

y Understand the role of Learning in relationship to the entire talent manage-ment suite while reviewing guidelines for what and when to integrate

y Pinpoint key integration points between SuccessFactors Learning and various other talent modules within SuccessFactors

y Identify key data elements within SuccessFactors Learning that play a critical role in integrations, and get lessons to successfully transport them across talent modules

Explore how learning can impact and improve the Succession Planning and Perfor-mance Management processes, such as identifying and preparing for aspirational roles by providing a clear path for new skill development.

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ESS/MSS Guidelines for measuring and maximizing the effectiveness of your employee, manager, and HR self-service deployment Todd Middlemis, Presence of ITThis session provides you with a thorough analysis of the options available from SAP for delivering self-services (including for mobile devices) and guidelines to follow when deciding which functionality and technology to deploy. You will:

y Get a framework for building a business case and investment plan for self-services based on functionality, technology, and the potential return on investment

y Learn how to implement a robust model to measure the effectiveness of your self-service processes

y Walk through a model for measuring and sustaining successful self-service imple-mentations and identifying new opportunities to deliver self-service to your end users

Guidelines and best practices for deploying ESS and MSS on mobile devicesJeremy Masters, WorklogixThis session provides tips for leveraging the new mobile technology currently avail-able from SAP for deploying ESS and MSS on mobile devices. Come away from this session with:

y Advice for when to use standard functionality versus customization when deploying ESS and MSS on mobile devices

y Tips for which functionality — compen-sation planning, recruiting, or performance management — is more geared toward being run on a mobile device

y Insight into the mobile user experience and interactivity provided in the mobile functionality

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Case study

How the University of Kentucky saved time, money, and headaches by eliminating paper-based timesheet processing Debbie Zoll and Jennifer Peavler, University of KentuckyExamine the successes and challenges the University of Kentucky experienced when replacing manual time administration with online time entry and leave requests via self-service functionality delivered in SAP ERP HCM enhancement package 5. Through lecture and demo, see how the University of Kentucky:

y Used pilot groups for process design and testing and executed data cleanup in the organizational structure of many departments

y Leveraged existing time solutions from a third-party solution in conjunction with SAP functionality and get tips for supporting multiple methods of time entry

y Managed the impact concurrent employ-ment (CE) had on the implementation

See a live demo of the company’s ESS and MSS views for working time entry, leave requests, and approvals, and take home a copy of the company’s detailed configuration document.

How leading HR organizations achieve service delivery success: A detailed look at the results of Towers Watson’s 2013 HR service delivery and technology survey Mike DiClaudio, Towers WatsonThis session examines the results of Towers Watson’s annual survey on HR service delivery and technology for insight into how leading organizations are designing and managing HR service delivery to empower employees and managers to be more strategic and proactive. By attending, you will:

y Break down the components of leading HR service delivery models and get tips for applying the findings to your own organization

y Gain insight into specific HR tools and technology that respondents plan to introduce in the coming year

y Get new and innovative ideas to improve HR’s strategic influence in your organization

Come away with an understanding of the differentiators between companies that are succeeding with their HR service delivery models and those that are not.

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Track 4: HR service delivery

Principles of successful employee and manager self-service initiatives: Lessons for new and existing implementations Jeremy Masters, WorklogixWhether you are newly implementing ESS/MSS or seeking ways to expand your existing self-services footprint, you’ll find the best practices and configuration tips in this session invaluable. By attending, you will:

y Find out which functionality to imple-ment first if you’re new to ESS/MSS, as well as how to take an existing installa-tion to a more strategic level with new processes and functionality

y Get tips for adding users to an existing ESS/MSS implementation or rolling out new functionality to existing users

y Get strategies to accelerate the time-to-value of your self-services project, including usage scenarios that illustrate configuration and customization techniques to get the highest return on your ESS/MSS investment

Interactive discussion forum

Real-world lessons to deploy and optimize ESS and MSS applicationsJeremy Masters, WorklogixAre you evaluating your options for employee self-service (ESS) and manager self-service (MSS) functionality, about to begin utilizing ESS and MSS, or looking for ways to derive greater value from your existing ESS and MSS applications? Join an interactive conversation with your peers to discuss:

y The opportunities and unique challenges of a self-service project to determine whether it’s the right choice for your organization

y Your options for expanding your existing self-services footprint

y The critical decisions, steps, and resource requirements of other self-service projects your peers have tackled

y How your counterparts are using self-services to make business improvements

Critical insight and criteria to determine which user interface technology is best for your self-service needsJustin Morgalis, M7 SolutionsThis session delves into SAP’s latest user inter-face (UI) technology offerings used to enable ESS and MSS processes. Attendees will:

y Explore how SAP self-service applications have evolved over time, including an overview of new UI technologies intro-duced in recent years

y Step through examples of self-service applications using various UI technolo-gies, including SAP Fiori, SAP user interface 5, HR Renewal, SAP NetWeaver Business Client, and Employee Central, and evaluate each from a business perspective and user experience perspective

y Understand prerequisites for incorpo-rating each UI into an existing SAP ERP HCM environment



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HR Forms Lessons to enhance SAP ERP HCM processes and forms for optimal HR workflowMirza S. Baig, DeloitteThis session offers guidelines for customizing SAP ERP HCM processes and forms, including lessons to:

y Properly initiate forms with standard initiators as well as interfaces and ABAP reports, and to extend the use of agents beyond employee, manager, and HR administrator

y Set up a proper workflow and streamline it with an automated process control

y Utilize standard authorizations to secure processes and to access forms, including tips to enable approval delegation and avoid pitfalls, such as self-initiation changes by administrators

Take home sample business process and configuration documents for SAP ERP HCM processes and forms.

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An up-close look at HR Renewal Parvathy Sankar, SAP AGThis live demo session offers a firsthand look at HR Renewal, the new user experience for core SAP ERP HCM on-premise. Attend to:

y See how to leverage the latest HR Renewal functionality and framework to build and deploy an HR process, including tips to migrate existing HR processes to HR Renewal

y Learn about analytics capabilities deliv-ered in HR Renewal

y Explore options to customize HR Renewal to suit specific business require-ments, including capabilities for structured processes to data compliance

Extending HR forms to customize payslips and time statements in SAP ERP HCM Sridhar Chavan, Infosys LimitedWalk through step-by-step instructions for extending forms functionality to customize payslips and time statements to meet complex payroll requirements. Attendees will receive guidelines to:

y Tailor time statements to meet complex time management requirements, including lessons on handling recalcula-tions and converting industrial time to standard time

y Use HR forms to enhance payslips, including options for customizing the selection screen

y Create custom metadata to display data from various sources, including client-specific tables, and see how to apply company logos and colors

Configuring a new HR process with HR Renewal functionalityTodd Middlemis, Presence of ITAttend this session to see firsthand how to leverage the latest HR Renewal function-ality and framework to build and deploy an HR process. Come away with a clear under-standing of:

y The skills required to migrate your current processes to HR Renewal

y What needs to be done prior to migrating your HR processes to HR Renewal

y What can be done to accelerate the implementation of HR Renewal processes

Take home a script explaining the steps, transactions, sample code used during the demonstration.



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Mobile HR A detailed guide for leveraging SAP mobile portal functionality Dwight Jones, AspireHRWhether you’re new to the SAP portal on mobile devices or seeking to expand your existing footprint, you won’t want to miss this informative session. By attending, you will:

y Explore the latest SAP mobile portal capabilities and take a guided tour of what type of platform is needed to get started

y Examine the risks and concerns associ-ated with protecting your sensitive HR data, as well as tips commonly employed by SAP experts to make your portal more secure

y Step through a live demo with instruc-tions on how to bring existing HR processes onto the SAP mobile portal

Come away with best practices that empower employees and managers to gain control of their own personnel data on mobile devices.

Streamline HR processes across desktop and mobile devices with SAP Fiori Martin Gillet, Cogilius bvbaThis session explores the capabilities, require-ments, and benefits of SAP Fiori applications and how they can be used to improve the end users’ experience for SAP ERP HCM customers. By attending, you will:

y Get an overview of the various applica-tions delivered in SAP Fiori and how they can be leveraged to streamline common HR processes and functions, from workflow approvals to self-service tasks

y See what’s required to configure SAP Fiori applications and to deploy them onto mobile devices

y Review criteria to help map SAP Fiori applications to your existing HR processes and tasks

Guidelines and best practices for deploying ESS and MSS on mobile devicesJeremy Masters, WorklogixThis session provides tips for leveraging the new mobile technology currently avail-able from SAP for deploying ESS and MSS on mobile devices. Come away from this session with:

y Advice for when to use standard functionality versus customization when deploying ESS and MSS on mobile devices

y Tips for which functionality — compen-sation planning, recruiting, or performance management — is more geared toward being run on a mobile device

y Insight into the mobile user experience and interactivity provided in the mobile functionality

Best practices to deploy SuccessFactors on mobile devicesEnric Gili Fort, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyExplore how SuccessFactors solutions can be deployed on your mobile devices to provide a unique and distinctive HR employee experi-ence to extend HR capabilities. Come away from this session with:

y An overview of the SuccessFactors mobile strategy and benefits

y A better understanding of the unique and complementary capabilities Success-Factors mobile offers

y Best practices on how to plan and deploy SuccessFactors solutions on your mobile devices

y Mobile scenarios from the point of view of different personas, as shown through demo



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Payroll Improving the efficiency of your process models: Tips no SAP payroll professional should go without Rosa Van de Wiel, Symphony Management Consulting This session offers a detailed look at the tools needed to streamline SAP payroll and how automated processing can increase your organization’s productivity in just one step. By attending, you will:

y Get step-by-step guidelines to create a payroll process model that can be used for regular and off-cycle processing

y Step through a demo that examines how to improve the efficiency of your process models, including how to quickly identify errors in payroll, fix those errors, and continue with processing

Error-free retroactive payroll — yes, it is possible! Neil Gillespie, Avenue HR This session reviews scenarios that trigger retroactivity in HR and payroll transactions and provides expert guidance for handling retroactive payroll adjustment remittance. By attending, you will:

y Understand how SAP handles retroac-tivity and how remittance errors are often caused due to the variety of ways data is stored in the payroll cluster

y Review common errors caused by remit-tance of adjustments and find out how to overcome them using object-oriented programming

y Step through examples of the various options for applying retro adjustments, from directly to the pay period using 401(k) match to in-flow and out-flow using missed stipend payment

Key criteria for a successful Employee Central Payroll implementation or migration project Evelyn Armstrong, Symphony Management Consulting This session offers a detailed look at Success-Factors Employee Central Payroll and provides critical insight into the differences between a cloud-based and on-premise payroll landscape that must be considered when embarking on an Employee Central Payroll implementation or migration project. By attending, you will:

y Review the benefits and tradeoffs of SAP ERP HCM payroll vs. Employee Central Payroll and what changes stakeholders should expect to see when moving from a non-SAP or on-premise SAP payroll solution to a cloud-based model

y Get tips to prepare for or overcome common challenges associated with an Employee Central Payroll initiative, including data replication and migration, and examine key integration points between SAP ERP HCM payroll and Employee Central Payroll

y Understand the resource and staffing differences between on-premise and off-site payroll administration, including new skills your HR and payroll teams may require

Case study

Lessons from CenturyLink to streamline post-acquisition payroll onboarding Patrick Neal, CenturyLink This session steps through CenturyLink’s post-acquisition strategy for onboarding 27,000 new employees into its SAP ERP HCM system, including key lessons for payroll integration. Come away with a clear understanding of:

y How the company overcame challenges associated with integrating legacy payroll data, including the impact Union-contracted employee data had on the onboarding process

y Data conversion and testing techniques that helped streamline the transition from legacy payroll to SAP ERP HCM payroll at CenturyLink

y Post-go-live considerations for legacy system integration projects, such as managing retro-payments

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Expert guidance for proper payroll and tax reporting in SAP Brigid Sternberg, SpinifexIT This informative session provides detailed, actionable advice for navigating the array of payroll and tax reporting options available in SAP ERP HCM. During this session, you will:

y Explore various payroll reporting options in SAP ERP HCM, including the payroll journal, wage type reporter, and payroll reconciliation report, and get criteria to help determine when and how to use each one

y Learn new ways to streamline year-end reconciliation with tips to properly leverage payroll tax reporting function-ality, including tax reporting (PU19), exemption expiration reporting, tax infotype summary reporting, and W-4 withholding allowance reporting

y Take the mystery out of payroll clusters with tips for reading and understanding how and where key payroll and tax results are stored

Expert guidance for managing complex global payroll scenarios in SAP Steve Bogner, Insight Consulting Partners This session explores options for setting up and processing payroll for multiple countries in a global or local system, including support for country-specific payroll regulations. By attending, you will:

y Review the latest features, toolsets, and configuration options available with payroll functionality in SAP ERP HCM

y Find out which payroll functions support global payroll administration

y Explore the various country versions that SAP delivers for payroll and get an overview of the functionality available within each

An up-to-date guide to troubleshooting the payroll process if and when you encounter an error Mike Timm, ICG This session will take an in-depth look at the components of the payroll process and how they integrate with other solutions. By attending, you will:

y Review the different sections of the payroll process and explore data objects used by the process

y Address common errors that occur in the payroll process, such as proactive payroll audits, and learn how to identify and correct them in a timely manner

y Step through a comprehensive example and learn to identify other SAP ERP HCM modules that may be causing an error while learning the best approach for resolution

Five considerations for a smooth migration to cloud payroll Jeremy Amos, Presence of IT This session provides attendees with five key points to consider when moving payroll to the cloud. You will:

y Step through the cloud payroll solutions available and how to choose the best for your business

y Explore how your time and benefit solutions will affect your integration

y Review global challenges and how to overcome them so your organization can optimize service, compliance, and cost

y Examine how your payroll system support will change when moving to the cloud and what options will be available to your organization to ensure a smooth integration

Lessons to seamlessly integrate your health savings account (HSA) with SAP payroll Clay Molinari, C&C Savant This session takes a detailed look at how health savings account (HSA) elections are processed in SAP payroll and examines configuration and master data requirements to ensure that your HSA contribution limit processing complies with IRS regulations. By attending, you will learn how to:

y Properly configure HSA using the standard SAP setup

y Leverage a user exit as a workaround for overcoming limitations of the standard configuration

y Link HSAs to health insurance plans to streamline and improve the accuracy of online enrollment

y Build a custom function module if the standard processing does not satisfy all your company’s requirements

Take home an HSA configuration guide, source code for a custom function, and links to relevant IRS regulations.

Optimize data flow between SAP ERP HCM payroll and SAP ERP Financials Mike Timm, ICG Learn to exploit key integration points between SAP ERP HCM payroll and SAP ERP Financials to optimize data flows and trouble-shoot common errors. By attending, you will obtain:

y A detailed understanding of the data flow between SAP ERP HCM payroll and SAP ERP Financials

y Strategies for overcoming integration challenges, including those associated with retroactive calculations month-end accruals and third-party remittance for off-cycle payroll

y Tips to reverse postings from SAP ERP HCM payroll and SAP ERP Financials, set up a company transfer clearing account, and post taxes by tax authority

Take home a process flow of payroll data between SAP ERP HCM and SAP ERP Finan-cials along with workarounds for common integration problems.

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Deciphering the payroll month-end accrual process in SAP Paul Bosker, Exaserv This session provides in-depth insight into the month-end accrual process in SAP payroll and lessons to improve its accuracy. Attend to:

y Get an overview of the various calcula-tions used to determine accruals in SAP ERP HCM

y Explore the differences between the "estimated method" and "actual method" of month-end accruals, including an overview of the functionality available within each

y Learn what decision criteria is essential during configuration of month-end accruals and how it affects your payroll

y Obtain lessons to optimize performance and accelerate the overall business performance with the month-end accrual capabilities of SAP

Expert instruction to process claims accurately in SAP ERP HCM payroll Young Park, Avenue HR This session reviews the various phases of payroll administration in SAP ERP HCM and provides guidelines to overcome challenges associated with incorrect processing of claims. By attending, you will:

y Get a better understanding of how retro-activity is handled in SAP ERP HCM payroll and understand requirements for processing associated claims

y Walk through the steps necessary to clear and correct a claim in the payroll system

y Make sense of payroll cluster tables and wage types that need to be used during the claims process

Extending HR forms to customize payslips and time statements in SAP ERP HCM Sridhar Chavan, Infosys Limited Walk through step-by-step instructions for extending forms functionality to customize payslips and time statements to meet complex payroll requirements. Attendees will receive guidelines to:

y Tailor time statements to meet complex time management requirements, including lessons on handling recalcula-tions and converting industrial time to standard time

y Use HR forms to enhance payslips, including options for customizing the selection screen

y Create custom metadata to display data from various sources, including client-specific tables, and see how to apply company logos and colors

OM and PAThe 2014 guide to core SAP ERP HCM enhancements Parvathy Sankar, SAP AGThis session provides an overview of the most recent enhancements made to core SAP ERP HCM solutions. By attending, you will:

y Take a detailed look at HR Renewal, the new user experience for core SAP ERP HCM on-premise, and how it streamlines administration of employee and organizational data

y View a demo that shows how the new Web Dynpro for ABAP UI option for SAP ERP HCM processes and forms improves the user experience and total cost of ownership

y Get an overview of new rapid deploy-ment solutions (RDS) for personnel administration (PA) and organizational management (OM) and how to leverage them for a speedy, low-risk implementation

Designing effective organizational management structures in SAP ERP HCMMadhavi Davuluri, DeloitteAttend this session to learn how to create an effective organizational management (OM) structure in SAP ERP HCM. This session will cover:

y The elements of a strong OM structure and the importance of relationships in driving more efficient HR reporting

y Why it often makes sense to model OM structures after your organizational struc-ture (rather than your cost centers)

y How to create a position with links from the organizational structure — such as cost center and org unit

Step-by-step instruction for creating organizational charts Danielle Larocca, SpinifexITLearn the best way to configure your organi-zational structure to produce org charts using OM functionality. Step through detailed examples that show you how to configure supervisor relationships, where to store them, and the maintenance strategies that keep them up to date. Come away from this session with:

y Best practices for creating an ABAP program to download information that is presented in an organizational chart, including tips to design a detailed selec-tion screen

y An assessment of the pros and cons of various org chart options

y Detailed instructions for leveraging Microsoft Visio to create customized, real-time org charts

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How Mannington Mills reduced time spent processing transactions by improving the accuracy of its OM data David C. Wisor, Jr., Mannington MillsIn this session, Mannington Mills details how it improved data accuracy and efficiency by consolidating and simplifying organizational data within its organizational management (OM) structure. Get an inside look at:

y The OM objects and relationships that Mannington Mills maintains and how these items and relationships support the company’s data accuracy and reporting needs

y The importance of OM data cleansing and the role it played in the company’s project

y The differences between transaction PPOME and PP01 and how Mannington uses each

Take home a sample transaction form that can help ensure that requests for transfers, promotions, and demotions are properly entered into SAP ERP HCM.

Streamline OM data maintenance with lessons to customize the SAP hierarchy framework Sylvia Chaudoir, DeloitteLearn how to optimize the features and functions of the SAP hierarchy framework to streamline organizational management (OM) maintenance transactions and activities, enabling you to modify both the content and layout of your organizational plan structure. Attend this session and:

y Explore options for enhancing the SAP hierarchy framework, including tips for setting user parameters, adjusting the search area, and changing column layouts

y Learn how to add, adjust, and remove the objects that are maintained in object manager

y Step through project examples to see how your peers have customized the OM interface for specific user populations and walk away with strategies and best practices to apply in your organization

Lessons for extending OM functionality to meet complex organizational reporting requirements Sylvia Chaudoir, DeloitteThis session provides guidelines to customize SAP functionality for organizational manage-ment (OM) to solve the most complex HR reporting requirements. Learn how relation-ships and evaluation paths work together within the SAP organizational management solution, and also gather tips for getting the best results when reporting on OM data struc-tures. Come away from this session with:

y A guide to reading evaluation path instructions and learning how to leverage this knowledge to find the data you’re looking for

y An understanding of the steps required to design custom OM relationships and evaluation paths to solve HR reporting requirements that cannot be met with standard functionality

y Insight into the proper way to set up and troubleshoot your organizational struc-ture for reporting hierarchies, including custom OM elements that enhance report output and display

y Examples of common reporting and managerial view scenarios that may require custom OM evaluation paths and walk through the steps required to design and configure them

Critical considerations for global enterprise and personnel structure designManimala Kanagavel, Deloitte This session walks you through the intrica-cies of global personnel administration (PA) and highlights the crucial pieces of informa-tion you should know prior to and while you are designing global enterprise and personnel structures. Walk away from this session with:

y Best practices for personnel administra-tion (PA) configuration design to reduce the amount of post-go-live support needed

y An introduction to the concept of a global HR process and data template and considerations when localizing the process

y An understanding of the impact time zone, currency, and language have on global SAP ERP HCM design, particularly for custom objects like interfaces

Live demo

An up-close look at HR Renewal Parvathy Sankar, SAP AGThis live demo session offers a firsthand look at HR Renewal, the new user experience for core SAP ERP HCM on-premise. Attend to:

y See how to leverage the latest HR Renewal functionality and framework to build and deploy an HR process, including tips to migrate existing HR processes to HR Renewal

y Learn about analytics capabilities deliv-ered in HR Renewal

y Explore options to customize HR Renewal to suit specific business require-ments, including capabilities for structured processes to data compliance

Lessons to properly configure and maintain personnel administration Rex "RD" Frazier, Symphony Management ConsultingAttend this session to examine key concepts in personnel administration (PA) configuration and workarounds for the most common PA challenges. You will:

y Step through detailed examples that illustrate the key elements of proper PA design

y Get detailed insight into how and when PA should integrate with organizational management (OM) and look at key integration points

y Obtain lessons for setting up your compensation structure and design tips proven to reduce or minimize keying errors

y Understand how proper PA design drives more efficient HR reporting and come away with a list of the most relevant PA actions for reporting

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BenefitsNo customization required! Guidelines for utilizing standard configuration to implement benefits in SAP Chad Johnson, AspireHRIn this session, you will learn how to reduce or eliminate the need for custom develop-ment when configuring an easy-to-maintain benefits system in SAP ERP HCM. Come away with guidelines to:

y Configure multiple savings plan matching rules to meet the employer match requirements of a basic 401(k) Safe Harbor plan

y Set up health plans that result in a payment to the employee when they choose to waive coverage

y Enhance benefits functionality to enable high-deductible health plans (HDHP) to link to the related health savings accounts (HSA)

Take home step-by-step guidelines for admin-istering benefits using standard configuration in SAP.

Lessons to configure, integrate, and optimize the Family Medical Leave Act workbench Jennifer Adams, AspireHRLearn how to leverage the full range of functionality available with the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) workbench to quickly deter-mine leave eligibility and automatically track absences. Through lecture and demo, under-stand how to:

y Configure the FMLA workbench to tailor your organization’s business processes, including the pros and cons of various tracking period options

y Create, test, and edit an FMLA request

y Overcome common time management design issues, such as attempting to use quota banks for tracking FMLA, hard errors occurring in payroll, and incor-rectly calculated eligibility hours or weekly converter values

y Integrate FMLA with OM, PA, and payroll

Time management The fundamentals of customizing SAP time evaluation with table entries, schemas, functions, operations, and rulesMike Timm, ICGDevelop an understanding of the SAP time evaluation component’s table entries, schemas, and rules including a definition of each object, a description of what they do, and best practices for maintaining them. Attend this session and:

y Step through actual time evaluation processes to see real-life examples of how the table entries, schemas, and rules are used and how each impacts the final time evaluation results

y Learn how to create and modify schemas and rules to meet unique organizational requirements, including advice to avoid potentially costly mistakes when making changes to existing objects

y Explore the details of functions and operations and learn why it may be more efficient to develop custom functions and operations to address functionality gaps than to create configuration workarounds

How to globalize your time management implementation while maintaining local flexibilityJennifer Adams, AspireHRThis session provides lessons to standardize time management configuration globally while maintaining support for local require-ments. By attending, you will learn:

y Key considerations for configuring time management to meet both global and local requirements, including how the use of a global template reduces mainte-nance costs

y How to provide global reporting on your time data

y Tips to avoid or overcome common mistakes made during global time management deployments, including ineffective use of configuration group-ings and options

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How the University of Kentucky saved time, money, and headaches by eliminating paper-based timesheet processing Debbie Zoll and Jennifer Peavler, University of KentuckyExamine the successes and challenges the University of Kentucky experienced when replacing manual time administration with online time entry and leave requests via self-service functionality delivered in SAP ERP HCM enhancement package 5. Through lecture and demo, see how the University of Kentucky:

y Used pilot groups for process design and testing and executed data cleanup in the organizational structure of many departments

y Leveraged existing time solutions from a third-party solution in conjunction with SAP functionality and get tips for supporting multiple methods of time entry

y Managed the impact concurrent employ-ment (CE) had on the implementation

See a live demo of the company’s ESS and MSS views for working time entry, leave requests, and approvals, and take home a copy of the company’s detailed configuration document.

End-to-end shift planning with SAP Workforce Scheduling and OptimizationRalf Wagner, SAPThis session explores how the SAP Workforce Scheduling and Optimization application by ClickSoftware can be used to more accurately plan rosters and deploy your workforce. By attending, you will:

y See how SAP Workforce Scheduling and Optimization can be used to ease the burden of managing employees’ sched-ules, such as assigning a qualified person to cover a shift if an employee calls in sick

y Get an expert’s insight of end-to-end processes covered by SAP Workforce Scheduling and Optimization and better understand how to harmonize the shift planning processes

y See how a customer utilized SAP Workforce Scheduling and Optimization to harmonize the shift planning processes and enable an optimal balance between individual employee prefer-ences and business goals and individual preferences

Exploiting the latest cross-application time sheet and leave request capabilities delivered in SAP enhancement package 5Jennifer Adams, AspireHRThis session delves into the latest cross-application time sheet (CATS) functionality delivered in enhancement package 5 and offers guidance for exploiting it to optimize a new CATS implementation or enhance an existing one. By attending, you will:

y Understand key integration points between CATS and other applications in SAP ERP HCM 6.0 enhancement package 5, such as leave requests, and get tips to avoid potential "gotchas" in an integra-tion implementation

y Navigate new ways to fine tune your CATS configuration, including usability enhancements that streamline employee and manager self-service processes

Increase the accuracy of your time management processes with tips for integrating schemas and rules Dan Capreri, HR Focal PointThis session provides you with techniques and best practices to exploit the fullest capabilities of SAP ERP HCM time management for more efficient and accurate processing, including where schema processing fits into the overall process. Walk away with:

y Tips for avoiding the most common challenges associated with time manage-ment, including saving time by automating overtime calculations

y A step-by-step guide for writing your own time evaluation rules and how to create options in the standard system to fit your business needs

y A sample personal calculation rule with documentation explaining the functions and operations within the rules of time evaluation

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Employee Central Implementing SuccessFactors Employee Central: Business drivers, challenges, benefits, and lessons learned Jyoti Sharma, HRIZONS This session offers a detailed look at the SuccessFactors’ core HR solution, Employee Central, and examines key considerations for migrating to or implementing it. Come away from this session with:

y Lessons from real-world Employee Central customers on organizational readiness assessment

y An understanding of challenges associ-ated with implementation and how to overcome those challenges, including the move from on-premise to the cloud, and what to expect

y Business benefits gained by implementa-tion and how Employee Central increases workforce productivity while delivering a unified system of master data records

Identify your options for migrating to Employee Central from SAP ERP HCM Kellie Fitzpatrick, Symphony Management Consulting This session delves into tips and best practices for migrating from SAP ERP HCM to the cloud utilizing Employee Central. Learn how to make the switch, which business processes will need to change, and ultimately how employees and managers can take advantage of the functionality inherently available within SuccessFactors Employee Central solution. By attending this session, you will:

y Dive into the functionality similarities and differences within both SAP and SuccessFactors

y Understand the impact on total cost of ownership when moving from an on-premise solution to the cloud

y Learn what you need to consider before deciding to transition to the cloud, including foundational objects, securi-ties, and integrations

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Answers to FAQs about SuccessFactors Employee Central Moderator: Luke Marson, HRIZONS Panelists: Jyoti Sharma, HRIZONS, Joachim Foerderer, SAP AG Don’t miss this unique opportunity to interact with leading HR experts and get your most critical questions answered about Employee Central features and functions, deployment options, how it compares to SAP ERP HCM, and more. The panelists will candidly discuss:

y Key considerations for moving to Employee Central and provide recom-mendations based on project experience with their own clients

y Business drivers, challenges, benefits, and lessons from real-world Employee Central initiatives

y The best ways to plan and execute an Employee Central project and what needs to be considered from a user experience perspective

Case study

Lessons from Outerwall’s migration to SuccessFactors Employee Central and talent management solutionsJane Stewart, Outerwall Outerwall, the parent company of brands like Redbox and Coinstar, wanted an HR system that was flexible, scalable, and could keep up with its growing company and employee base. Attend this session to learn how Outer-wall migrated to SuccessFactors Employee Central and talent management solutions and explore:

y Why Outerwall chose a phased transition that started with core HR and recruiting functionality from SuccessFactors, and the benefits it has seen with this approach

y How the company optimized integration between its existing systems, including SAP ERP HCM, and SuccessFactors for accurate and near real-time data transfer

y Lessons from Outerwall on organiza-tional and landscape readiness, including tips on the change management needed to implement a new core HR system

A detailed guide to leveraging the most up-to-date functionality and enhancements available for Employee Central Eva Woo, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyThis session examines the most recent and soon-to-be-released enhancements made to SuccessFactors’ core HR solution, Employee Central, and offers strategies for leveraging them to drive HR excellence across your organization. By attending, you will:

y Explore new and enhanced functionality delivered in the latest release of Employee Central, including improved self-service capabilities and organiza-tional chart features

y View a live demo of Employee Central for best practices and new ideas for lever-aging it as the single entry point for core HR solutions

y Get details on the technology roadmap and strategy for the SuccessFactors Employee Central solution

Case study

How SuccessFactors Employee Central transformed the team-member experience at Sun CommunitiesMarc Farrugia, Sun CommunitiesHear firsthand how Sun Communities found a better way to manage workforce data and processes of 185 locations and over 1,700 employees using SuccessFactors Employee Central. By attending, you will learn:

y How Employee Central helped to trans-form Sun Communities’ operations and improve efficiency by allowing it to roll out the system with little to no training

y How the company is using social learning to get employees in the field the information they need, mobile and real-time, to solve problems on the spot

y How flexible Employee Central can be to meet your organization’s unique needs, and “talk” to other systems reliably and efficiently

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Travel Management A guide to transforming your travel management process with SAP travel solutionsHendrik Vordenbaeumen, SAP AGReceive a comprehensive overview of the latest SAP Cloud for Travel and Expense features and functionality, including an SAP Fiori UI for SAP ERP travel management and the SAP Cloud for Travel and Expense solution. Gain a thorough understanding of:

y Business scenarios supported by SAP Cloud for Travel and Expense, including submitting initial requests, travel planning, and submitting and settling travel expenses

y How to simplify integration with third-party online booking/itinerary management tools, credit card integra-tion, and expense report submissions and creation by introducing mobile services

y How to leverage the integration between SAP ERP HCM, SAP ERP Financials, and SAP Cloud for Travel and Expense to improve travel policy compliance, monitor out-of-policy bookings, and optimize travel expense and settlement processes

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Supporting SuccessFactors: What you need to do differently to maintain optimal performance of a cloud-based or hybrid landscape Brandon Toombs, Toombs Consulting Whether you are evaluating, currently embarking on, or seeking to improve the performance of an existing SuccessFactors or hybrid landscape, you will find the system support lessons in this session invaluable. By attending, you will:

y Identify key differences between a SuccessFactors or hybrid landscape and a traditional on-premise SAP system, from the lack of automatic transports to quarterly product updates, and their impact on support requirements

y Get lessons to manage the lack of automatic transports and understand when to make changes directly within the environment versus via provisioning by SuccessFactors or a third-party partner

y Walk through key tasks to successfully configure, test, and deploy changes in a SuccessFactors or hybrid environment

The 2014 guide to HR security concepts and tools Greg Robinette, Robinette Industries and ConsultingAttend this session to improve your HR security knowledge with a comprehensive review of key concepts, covering HR tables and data access, self-service roles, and user/role assignments. By attending, you will:

y Improve your ability to respond to security audits with a review of key trans-action codes and authorization objects

y See how ESS and MSS portals, assigned system transactions, and table access affect core SAP ERP HCM landscape security

y Find out why key system transactions such as SE16 and SE38 should be checked by a security administrator to prevent back-door access to sensitive data

y Understand where cross-system data may compromise HR data integrity and how to prevent it

Take home a segregation of duties (SoD) matrix and key authorization object lists.

Case study

Lessons from Valero Energy Corporation to ensure that only the right people have access to sensitive data and applications Sandi Rodriguez, Valero Energy Corporation This session examines the steps Valero Energy Corporation takes to control access to confi-dential HR or organizational data. Get lessons from the company to:

y Secure infosets and queries by category, such as department or employee group

y Utilize security transaction codes SU01D (Employee Master Record Display), PFCG (Profile Generator), and SUIM (User Infor-mation System) to see how security is being applied

y Run reports that provide insight into user role assignments and authorization levels

Come away with lessons from Valero Energy Corporation to guarantee I/S and HR work together to ensure security is properly estab-lished and maintained.

Optimize data flow between SAP ERP HCM payroll and SAP ERP Financials Mike Timm, ICG Learn to exploit key integration points between SAP ERP HCM payroll and SAP ERP Financials to optimize data flows and trouble-shoot common errors. By attending, you will obtain:

y A detailed understanding of the data flow between SAP ERP HCM payroll and SAP ERP Financials

y Strategies for overcoming integration challenges, including those associated with retroactive calculations month-end accruals and third-party remittance for off-cycle payroll

y Tips to reverse postings from SAP ERP HCM payroll and SAP ERP Financials, set up a company transfer clearing account, and post taxes by tax authority

Take home a process flow of payroll data between SAP ERP HCM and SAP ERP Finan-cials along with workarounds for common integration problems.

Tips to streamline HR data transfer in a split-system landscape Deepankar Maitra, Accenture This technical session examines how to use application link enabling (ALE) to stream-line master data transfer between two SAP systems. Attendees will:

y Get an overview of the situations where a split system may be required; for example, distributed SAP systems, consolidation system after company merger, or HR-FI separation for better management of data privacy

y See what’s required for ALE setup and monitoring, including key transactions such WE02, BD87, and SALE

y Learn the best ways to resolve ALE errors, such as how to identify an error quickly and how to correct typical errors

Take home a list of key infotypes used in ALE for inter-system data sharing.

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What every HR and IT professional needs to know to ensure optimal data protection in the cloud Greg Robinette, Robinette Industries and ConsultingThis session provides an overview of security implications associated with hosting sensitive HR data off site and examines the steps you need to take to ensure optimal off-site data protection. By attending, you will:

y Identify critical differences between onpremise and off-premise security and how this impacts data access

y Review the entire data "chain of custody" for insight into how and where HR data is captured and stored and the additional steps you may need to take in a cloud-based model

y Get insight into global compliance issues that may affect your decision to host your HR data in the cloud and the standards that are acceptable for cloud applications

Case study

How Valero Energy secured HR data during acquisitions and divestitures Robert Richardson, Valero Energy Draw valuable lessons from Valero Energy on how it secured SAP ERP HCM data during its international acquisition. Attendees will:

y Review data protection requirements for acquiring an international asset, including the importance of SAP ERP HCM data security

y Hear a firsthand account of how Valero Energy overcame security restrictions associated with transaction SE16N and table displays

y Find out what your organization needs to do to comply with new security requirements with transfers, new hires, and terminations

Protect your HR data with proper roles-based permissions Desirée Dekuysscher, Talisman Energy This session examines key concepts of a roles-based permissions security model and how to implement one in your organization. By attending, you will:

y Review the key benefits of switching to a roles-based security model, including enhanced customization options to tailor it to specific organizational requirements

y Hear a real-life customer example of a successful roles-based permissions model and examine how it improved overall security and access control

Take home a sample spreadsheet and project plan for identifying a baseline for current security in your organization and what’s required to establish a more secure, roles-based permissions model.

SuccessFactors is moving in! Is your HR landscape ready? Kellie Fitzpatrick, Symphony Management Consulting This session provides expert guidelines to properly prepare for a SuccessFactors migration or implementation, including considerations for preparing for landscape differences. By attending, you will:

y Examine key differences between the technical underpinnings of SAP and SuccessFactors and which ones are most likely to become project pain points if not addressed up front

y Take a detailed look at the reporting process in SuccessFactors and get tips to prepare for the impact of cross-system reporting

y Identify fundamental differences between the organizational structure in Success- Factors versus SAP, including an overview of position-based and roles-based structures, and how this impacts critical design elements and requires realignment of jobs and competencies

Case study

How Mannington Mills reduced time spent processing transactions by improving the accuracy of its OM data David C. Wisor Jr., Mannington Mills In this session, Mannington Mills details how it improved data accuracy and efficiency by consolidating and simplifying organizational data within its organizational management (OM) structure. Get an inside look at:

y The OM objects and relationships that Mannington Mills maintains and how these items and relationships support the company’s data accuracy and reporting needs

y The importance of OM data cleansing and the role it played in the company’s project

y The differences between transaction PPOME and PP01 and how Mannington uses each

Take home a sample transaction form that can help ensure that requests for transfers, promotions, and demotions are properly entered into SAP ERP HCM.

SuccessFactors extensibility: The SAP HANA Cloud Platform, extension package for SuccessFactors demystifiedVinod Choudhary, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyLearn how to utilize the SAP HANA Cloud Platform, extension package for SuccessFac-tors, to maximize the speed of cloud-based development along with the flexibility and control of an on-premise solution. Explore how IT can quickly build entirely new appli-cations in the cloud to meet unique needs, while business users can easily extend their SuccessFactors applications without coding. Come away with a clear understanding of:

y The extension package’s two main components – the SAP HANA Cloud Platform and Metadata Framework (MDF)

y A variety of use cases for the extension package

y Simple methods to produce an exten-sion using the extension package

y Examples, through demos, of what others have done using the extension package

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Understanding the HR reporting landscape in a cloud, on-premise, and hybrid world Danielle Larocca, SpinifexIT Are you confused about your HR reporting options and where they fit in amidst the onset of cloud and hybrid options? This session helps clarify the confusion. You will:

y Delve into the various reporting options in a variety of HR environments — cloud, hybrid, and on-premise — and get criteria for selecting the most appro-priate tool for your needs

y Step through a detailed comparison of the on-premise standard SAP tools, from SAP query to QuickViewer, and get recommendations for when to use each tool

y Learn how to define and set up query groups, configure infosets, and use logical databases, and gain insight into how your HR landscape (on-premise, cloud, or hybrid) impacts your options

Increase the effectiveness of your HR decisions with workforce analytics capabilities from SAP Frans Smolders, SAPThis session offers a detailed look at SAP’s on-premise BI portfolio for HR analytics, including insight into its roadmap ahead. By attending this session, you will:

y Learn how to provide executives and decision makers, in all lines of business, with timely and precise information to help make more accurate workforce and business decisions

y View use case scenarios that illustrate the various ways workforce analytics can be used to help HR organizations better analyze, simulate, plan, and predict business performance to support overall corporate strategy and goals

y Find out how you can enable managers to make data-driven HR decisions with the help of mobile analytics

Lessons for meeting your HR reporting requirements with SAP query tools Ricardo Palma, AspireHR This session provides comprehensive instruc-tion to satisfy your HR reporting needs with SAP query tools. By attending, you will:

y Obtain best practices for administering query tools in SAP ERP HCM

y Find out how to define and configure infosets and infoset queries using logical databases

y Review the different SAP reports’ entry screen options and how to manage them through variants

y Step through examples of how to modify report layouts to fit specific organiza-tional requirements

Take home a graphic instructive detailing the steps for generating a custom report tree using SAP query tools.

Guidelines for utilizing strategic workforce planning and analytics capabilities from SuccessFactors to execute on your business strategy Peter Howes, SuccessFactors, an SAP company Learn how strategic workforce planning and analytics can impact your company’s ability to execute on its business strategy, thus reducing costs and improving top line revenues. Learn how to:

y Gain greater visibility into your workforce composition so that you can manage talent on a strategic level for a competi-tive advantage

y Ensure you have the right talent in place to execute your business strategy

y Identify projected future gaps in your workforce for critical job roles using workforce demand and supply forecasting

Making more informed HR decisions: Guidelines for creating an effective HR dashboard Rick Grantham, EPI-USE America This session will provide guidelines for lever-aging SAP BusinessObjects™ to develop a dashboard that helps your HR organization make better-informed decisions. By attending this session, you will:

y Determine the best ways to scope your HR dashboard project, including tips for gathering requirements and eliciting management feedback

y See what’s required to build an effective dashboard, from documenting query mockups to creating dashboard prototypes

See a live demo that illustrates the process of delivering an HR dashboard.

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Drive fact-based business decisions with workforce analytics and planning capabilities from SuccessFactors Kouros Behzad, SAP LabsThis session examines how to leverage SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics and Workforce Planning for actionable insights across talent, HR, and business data. Attend to:

y Explore the range of metrics you can use to analyze workforce performance and make better, more accurate business decisions as a result

y Find out how to incorporate workforce analytics and planning into your overall talent strategy

y View a demo that shows how Success-Factors’ analytics and planning capabilities enable a unified view of workforce performance and its impact on business results

SAP ERP HCM made easy: Tips and tricks for streamlining tasks and generating reports Jennifer Gill, Deloitte This session provides a wealth of proven techniques for getting the information you need more easily and quickly from your SAP ERP HCM system. New HR teams and experi-enced SAP professionals alike will benefit from the "quick tips" in this session, including lessons to:

y Understand ad hoc query and infoset design to make reporting more effective

y Reduce user errors and streamline processes using dynamic actions, standard report variants, evaluation paths, and transaction variants

y Call a transaction directly from a query to make data validation and correction more streamlined

y Dynamically pre-populate dates on recurring reports through proper variant settings

Case study

How Tyson Foods’ recruiting project led to improved organizational compliance and reporting Heather Clubb and Julie Calhoon, Tyson Foods See how Tyson Foods, which hires an average of more than 28,000 employees per year, not only streamlined recruiting process with its recent SAP E-Recruiting enhance-ment package 5 implementation, but also optimized compliance and reporting at the same time. Learn how the company:

y Customized the SAP E-Recruiting UI to provide a more user-friendly front end

y Set up dashboard queries with personal object worklists to guide users through the recruiting process and streamline system interaction

y Built compliance rules and company policies into the system, reducing government risks and eliminating manual processes

Take home a user guide for setting up a basic dashboard query with personal object worklists.

Expert guidance for proper payroll and tax reporting in SAP Brigid Sternberg, SpinifexIT This informative session provides detailed, actionable advice for navigating the array of payroll and tax reporting options available in SAP ERP HCM. During this session, you will:

y Explore various payroll reporting options in SAP ERP HCM, including the payroll journal, wage type reporter, and payroll reconciliation report, and get criteria to help determine when and how to use each one

y Learn new ways to streamline year-end reconciliation with tips to properly leverage payroll tax reporting function-ality, including tax reporting (PU19), exemption expiration reporting, tax infotype summary reporting, and W-4 withholding allowance reporting

y Take the mystery out of payroll clusters with tips for reading and understanding how and where key payroll and tax results are stored

Lessons for extending OM functionality to meet complex organizational reporting requirements Sylvia Chaudoir, DeloitteThis session provides guidelines to customize SAP functionality for organizational manage-ment (OM) to solve the most complex HR reporting requirements. Learn how relation-ships and evaluation paths work together within the SAP organizational management solution, and also gather tips for getting the best results when reporting on OM data struc-tures. Come away from this session with:

y A guide to reading evaluation path instructions and learning how to leverage this knowledge to find the data you’re looking for

y An understanding of the steps required to design custom OM relationships and evaluation paths to solve HR reporting requirements that cannot be met with standard functionality

y Insight into the proper way to set up and troubleshoot your organizational struc-ture for reporting hierarchies, including custom OM elements that enhance report output and display

y Examples of common reporting and managerial view scenarios that may require custom OM evaluation paths and walk through the steps required to design and configure them

Case study

How The Williams Companies use workforce insights to drive strategic decisionsBrad Church, The Williams CompaniesThe Williams Companies, a North American natural gas infrastructure company with about 5,000 employees, found itself with an abundance of useful data, but had a tough time telling a story with it. Hear firsthand how The Williams Companies implemented SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics to develop a more strategic approach to people planning, and learn:

y How the company analyzes talent management, staffing, exit, and new-hire data to identify which parts of the business have the strongest performers and highest risk of retirement

y How the Williams Reporting & Analytics CoE supports the delivery of data via reporting and ad hoc analytics

y How to deliver human capital data to senior executives in a way that supports strategic decision making

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Implementations, migrations, and upgrades

Track 8

Preparing for a SuccessFactors initiative: Project strategies to ensure a smooth deploymentAmy M. Grubb, Cloud Consulting PartnersThis session provides strategies to prepare your organization, project teams, and users for a SuccessFactors initiative, including insight into the various ways a SuccessFactors project differs from a typical SAP implementa-tion. By attending, you will:

y Obtain expert recommendations on the order in which to implement the various SuccessFactors modules

y Address key considerations surrounding project strategy, including key tasks, timelines, and resource and staffing requirements

y Become familiar with the BizX method-ology and how to leverage it to streamline your SuccessFactors implementation

Take home a sample project plan with tasks, durations, and roles.

Your next international HR initiative just got easier: Tips for tackling the challenges of a global SAP ERP HCM implementationTracy Simoneau, AspireHRInternational SAP ERP HCM implementa-tions can be challenging, but this session will walk you through the basics to make yours a success. Attend this session to:

y Learn what is needed to build your enterprise structure, including the SAP configuration steps required to add a new country to your SAP ERP HCM database

y Get an overview of international data requirements and the impact they have on benefits, compensation, time management, and payroll

y Take a critical look at common obstacles in a global implementation and tips to overcome them, from language and communication barriers to country-specific processes and infotypes that cover regulatory and legal requirements

Take home a configuration guide for enter-prise and personnel structure updates and a list of country-specific infotypes.

SuccessFactors is moving in! Is your HR landscape ready?Kellie Fitzpatrick, Symphony Management ConsultingThis session provides expert guidelines to properly prepare for a SuccessFactors migration or implementation, including considerations for preparing for landscape differences. By attending, you will:

y Examine key differences between the technical underpinnings of SAP and SuccessFactors and which ones are most likely to become project pain points if not addressed up front

y Take a detailed look at the reporting process in SuccessFactors and get tips to prepare for the impact of cross-system reporting

y Identify fundamental differences between the organizational structure in SuccessFactors versus SAP, including an overview of position-based and roles-based structures, and how this impacts critical design elements and requires realignment of jobs and competencies

Tips for using SAP Rapid Deployment solutions to implement and innovate your SAP ERP HCM solutions quickly Alexsandra Zanetti, SAPAttend this session to learn how to utilize SAP Rapid Deployment solutions when imple-menting SAP ERP HCM. Find out how SAP Rapid Deployment solutions provide a well-defined scope of best-practice processes. By attending, you will:

y Get an introduction to the comprehen-sive SAP Rapid Deployment solutions portfolio for HR, including core HR, self-services, mobile apps, or hybrid scenarios with SuccessFactors

y Find out which solutions make sense for you to execute your HR solution strategy

Identify your options for migrating to Employee Central from SAP ERP HCMKellie Fitzpatrick, Symphony Management ConsultingThis session delves into tips and best practices for migrating from SAP ERP HCM to the cloud utilizing Employee Central. Learn how to make the switch, which business processes will need to change, and ultimately how employees and managers can take advantage of the functionality inherently available within SuccessFactors Employee Central solution. By attending this session, you will:

y Dive into the functionality similarities and differences within both SAP and SuccessFactors

y Understand the impact on total cost of ownership when moving from an on-premise solution to the cloud

y Learn what you need to consider before deciding to transition to the cloud, including foundational objects, securi-ties, and integrations



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Lessons to migrate from SAP Learning Solution to cloud-based learning solutions from SuccessFactorsMike Reedy, hyperCisionThis session takes a detailed look at what’s required to move your on-premise learning solution to the cloud, including an in-depth review of the end-to-end data migration process. By attending, you will:

y Examine each step of the data migration process and get tips for mapping data from SAP Learning Solution to Success-Factors Learning

y Determine the dependencies and prerequisites for moving your on-premise learning solution to the cloud and how your existing SAP Learning Solution landscape and training data will impact the migration

y Evaluate various options for migrating online training content to the cloud

Come away with an understanding of key differences between SAP and SuccessFactors learning solutions and how this may impact the user experience.

Tips for successfully implementing, integrating, and utilizing SuccessFactors recruiting functionalityVenki Krishnamoorthy, DeloitteThis session provides tips and best practices for using the SuccessFactors recruiting solution to meet the most common recruiting requirements, such as having hiring managers create the requisition, including interviewing panelists on the fly, calibrating top candidates, and many more. Attend this session and:

y Learn how to customize the SuccessFac-tors recruiting solution to meet your business needs

y Get an overview of the SuccessFactors onboarding solution, the use of SAP Jam for recruiting purposes, and how to integrate SuccessFactors recruiting and onboarding

y Get tips for integrating the SuccessFac-tors recruiting solution with SAP’s on-premise recruiting solution

Interactive discussion forum

Coca-Cola shares lessons from its hybrid deployment of SAP ERP HCM and SuccessFactorsRobert Egan, Coca-Cola RefreshmentsAre you looking for best practices from a customer currently running both SAP and SuccessFactors? Join an interactive conversa-tion with your peers to discuss the challenges and opportunities for making a hybrid environment successful, and learn:

y About Coca-Cola Refreshments’ (CCR) experience with the co-innovation program for SuccessFactors integration, and challenges it faced

y How your counterparts are using SuccessFactors to complement the SAP on-premise functionality and gain usability along the way

y Why and how CCR is planning on expanding its SuccessFactors footprint

Implementing SuccessFactors Employee Central: Business drivers, challenges, benefits, and lessons learnedJyoti Sharma, HRIZONSThis session offers a detailed look at the SuccessFactors’ core HR solution, Employee Central, and examines key considerations for migrating to or implementing it. Come away from this session with:

y Lessons from real-world Employee Central customers on organizational readiness assessment

y An understanding of challenges associ-ated with implementation and how to overcome those challenges, including the move from on-premise to the cloud, and what to expect

y Business benefits gained by implementa-tion and how Employee Central increases workforce productivity while delivering a unified system of master data records

Key criteria for a successful Employee Central Payroll implementation or migration projectEvelyn Armstrong, Symphony Management ConsultingThis session offers a detailed look at Success-Factors Employee Central Payroll and provides critical insight into the differences between a cloud-based and on-premise payroll landscape that must be considered when embarking on an Employee Central Payroll implementation or migration project. By attending, you will:

y Review the benefits and tradeoffs of SAP ERP HCM payroll vs. Employee Central Payroll and what changes stakeholders should expect to see when moving from a non-SAP or on-premise SAP payroll solution to a cloud-based model

y Get tips to prepare for or overcome common challenges associated with an Employee Central Payroll initiative, including data replication and migration, and examine key integration points between SAP ERP HCM payroll and Employee Central Payroll

y Understand the resource and staffing differences between on-premise and off-site payroll administration, including new skills your HR and payroll teams may require

Five considerations for a smooth migration to cloud payrollJeremy Amos, Presence of ITThis session provides attendees with five key points to consider when moving payroll to the cloud. You will:

y Step through the cloud payroll solutions available and how to choose the best for your business

y Explore how your time and benefit solutions will affect your integration

y Review global challenges and how to overcome them so your organization can optimize service, compliance, and cost

y Examine how your payroll system support will change when moving to the cloud and what options will be available to your organization to ensure a smooth integration

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Best practices for managing a global SuccessFactors rolloutBill Finegan, GP Strategies Attend this session to learn how to navigate the complexities of a global SuccessFac-tors rollout. Get tips for utilizing a multi-step approach for your global rollout, to ensure your unique organizational goals have been met, and explore:

y Methods to execute a transition strategy that focuses on meeting the organiza-tion’s most relevant goals

y How a Strategic Advisory Board can help ensure long-term cross organizational consistency and support, by not only guiding your vision, but also monitoring and managing it

y How to create a governance structure for long-term success

y Tips to leverage product pilots to evaluate technical functionality and the user experience

Case study

An inside look at Symphony Management Consulting’s SuccessFactors implementation: From business case development to business process improvementKen Jodrey, Symphony Management ConsultingTake an inside look at Symphony Manage-ment Consulting’s SuccessFactors rollout, including insight into how it identified business processes most likely to realize significant improvement as a result of a cloud-based HR model. By attending you will explore:

y How the company defined its business case and overcame internal challenges associated with “cloud phobia”

y The various SuccessFactors solutions implemented, including which function-ality was deployed first to optimize short-term ROI

y Techniques to help your organization prepare for and adapt to a cloud-based HR environment

Global SuccessFactors Employee Central deployments just got easier: Guidelines and considerations for leveraging a template-based implementation approach Manjunath Bannur, AccentureThis session provides guidance and strategies for global Employee Central implementations and illustrates the importance of creating/leveraging a global template. By attending, you will learn:

y Planning strategies for a global Employee Central implementation

y Leading practices and considerations, and the necessary steps to develop a successful global template

y The standard components and deliver-ables of a global HR template, from blueprint and configuration to common standards and process flows

y Key considerations for localizing the template, including country-specific processes and local regulatory and legal requirements

Quick Fire Experts Panel

Ask your SuccessFactors implementation questions to real-life experts Moderator: Luke Marson, HRIZONS; Panelists: Amy M. Grubb, Cloud Consulting Partners; Rana Hobbs, Aasonn; Jyoti Sharma, HRIZONS; Atif Siddiqui, HRIZONSJoin this panel of experienced experts from system integrators as they answer all the questions you’ve wanted to ask about SuccessFactors implementations. By attending, you will be able to:

y Tap into the deep experience and perspective of a unique and varied panel of experts

y Ask experts about their implementations and the future of HCM

y Get answers to your organization’s imple-mentation issues

y Learn about the challenges you might face and how to overcome them, as well as what challenges other organizations may be facing

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Managing HR globally

Track 9

Strategies and tools to help overcome the complexities of managing global employees Pramod Aggarwal, Terra Information GroupThis session provides guidelines to properly configure global employee management in SAP ERP HCM. By attending, you will:

y Review infotypes that can be used to maintain global assignment data, from assignment status to offers and passports

y Examine a custom report that has proven successful to track global assignment details of employees

y View a live demo of the steps required to configure SAP ERP HCM functionality to support global employee management

Configuring and maintaining a multi-language SAP ERP HCM environment Ben Marsh, HR Focal PointThis session examines guidelines and requirements for configuring SAP ERP HCM functionality in multiple languages. By attending this session, you will:

y Take a guided tour of the translation tools SAP provides to support multiple languages, including new capabilities available in Web Dynpro Component Configuration Tables

y Assess the impact multiple languages will have on your project, from identi-fying translation resources to customizations and updates required for legal compliance

y Come away with an understanding of how to deliver SAP ERP HCM content to your employees, customers, and business partners in their native language

Take home a template for organizing trans-lation text as well as a sample work plan for translation and testing.

Transforming HR to embrace an increasingly global and remote workforce Harry Oslé, The Hackett GroupAll around the world, companies are going through unprecedented transformation as traditional workplace boundaries continue to erode and coworkers are often not in the next chair, but thousands of miles away. Attend this session for insight into how this paradigm shift represents an opportunity for HR leaders to optimize their global workforce and operate well in a "borderless business environment". You will:

y Take a detailed look at how world-class HR organizations address borderless business imperatives through integrated talent management, and an evidence-based approach to decision support

y Get tips to align talent management initiatives with global business requirements

An innovative approach for managing an international workforce using SAP global employee management functionalityMirza S. Baig, DeloitteThis session delves into how to utilize SAP global employee management function-ality to manage your global workforce. By attending, you will:

y Receive an overview of global employee management capabilities and how they compare to country reassignment options

y See how to leverage the functionality for planning, relocation preparation, assign-ment activation, global assignment, and repatriation

y Get lessons for mapping existing HR data and processes to global employee management functionality, including what you may need to do differently to secure them

Take home a list of PA actions and infogroups required for a global employee management initiative.

Case study

A strategic look at Cameron’s global hybrid cloud environmentRoss Henning, CameronThis session takes a detailed look at Cameron’s hybrid SuccessFactors deployment, including how the company determined to utilize talent management applications in the cloud while keeping HR core on-premise. By attending, you will:

y Discuss the business drivers behind the company’s SuccessFactors deployment, including the need to integrate multiple solutions under one global enterprise platform

y Find out how Cameron prepared its existing SAP ERP HCM landscape for the SuccessFactors deployment, including identifying key integration points streamlining disparate systems

y Hear how the company overcame challenges associated with integrating cloud-based talent applications from SuccessFactors with SAP ERP HCM



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Track 9: Managing HR globally

Critical considerations for global enterprise and personnel structure designManimala Kanagavel, Deloitte This session walks you through the intrica-cies of global personnel administration (PA) and highlights the crucial pieces of informa-tion you should know prior to and while you are designing global enterprise and personnel structures. Walk away from this session with:

y Best practices for personnel administra-tion (PA) configuration design to reduce the amount of post-go-live support needed

y An introduction to the concept of a global HR process and data template and considerations when localizing the process

y An understanding of the impact time zone, currency, and language have on global SAP ERP HCM design, particularly for custom objects like interfaces

Expert guidance for managing complex global payroll scenarios in SAPSteve Bogner, Insight Consulting PartnersThis session explores options for setting up and processing payroll for multiple countries in a global or local system, including support for country-specific payroll regulations. By attending, you will:

y Review the latest features, toolsets, and configuration options available with payroll functionality in SAP ERP HCM

y Find out which payroll functions support global payroll administration

y Explore the various country versions that SAP delivers for payroll and get an overview of the functionality available within each

How to globalize your time management implementation while maintaining local flexibilityJennifer Adams, AspireHRThis session provides lessons to standardize time management configuration globally while maintaining support for local require-ments. By attending, you will learn:

y Key considerations for configuring time management to meet both global and local requirements, including how the use of a global template reduces mainte-nance costs

y How to provide global reporting on your time data

y Tips to avoid or overcome common mistakes made during global time management deployments, including ineffective use of configuration group-ings and options

Lessons to streamline your next global SAP ERP HCM projectManimala Kanagavel, DeloitteThis session provides field-tested guidance to optimize global SAP ERP HCM imple-mentations, including how to manage change, communication, and project risk. By attending, you will learn:

y What’s required to enable a global system, including tips to restructure strategies, policies, operations, processes, and data

y Pros and cons of a single instance system versus multiple instances, including criteria to help determine which makes the most sense for your global deployment

y Key design and configuration consider-ations for global organizational management (OM) and personnel administration (PA)

Come away with tips to work with virtual teams across different time zones and cultures.

Your next international HR initiative just got easier: Tips for tackling the challenges of a global SAP ERP HCM implementationTracy Simoneau, AspireHRInternational SAP ERP HCM implementa-tions can be challenging, but this session will walk you through the basics to make yours a success. Attend this session to:

y Learn what is needed to build your enterprise structure, including the SAP configuration steps required to add a new country to your SAP ERP HCM database

y Get an overview of international data requirements and the impact they have on benefits, compensation, time management, and payroll

y Take a critical look at common obstacles in a global implementation and tips to overcome them, from language and communication barriers to country-specific processes and infotypes that cover regulatory and legal requirements

Take home a configuration guide for enter-prise and personnel structure updates and a list of country-specific infotypes.


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SuccessFactors

Track 10

StrategyBest practices for managing a global SuccessFactors rolloutBill Finegan, GP Strategies Attend this session to learn how to navigate the complexities of a global SuccessFac-tors rollout. Get tips for utilizing a multi-step approach for your global rollout, to ensure your unique organizational goals have been met, and explore:

y Methods to execute a transition strategy that focuses on meeting the organiza-tion’s most relevant goals

y How a Strategic Advisory Board can help ensure long-term cross organizational consistency and support, by not only guiding your vision, but also monitoring and managing it

y How to create a governance structure for long-term success

y Tips to leverage product pilots to evaluate technical functionality and the user experience

Case study

An inside look at Symphony Management Consulting’s SuccessFactors implementation: From business case development to business process improvementKen Jodrey, Symphony Management ConsultingTake an inside look at Symphony Manage-ment Consulting’s SuccessFactors rollout, including insight into how it identified business processes most likely to realize significant improvement as a result of a cloud-based HR model. By attending you will explore:

y How the company defined its business case and overcame internal challenges associated with “cloud phobia”

y The various SuccessFactors solutions implemented, including which function-ality was deployed first to optimize short-term ROI

y Techniques to help your organization prepare for and adapt to a cloud-based HR environment

Quick Fire Experts Panel

Ask your SuccessFactors implementation questions to real-life experts Moderator: Luke Marson, HRIZONS; Panelists: Amy M. Grubb, Cloud Consulting Partners; Rana Hobbs, Aasonn; Jyoti Sharma, HRIZONS; Atif Siddiqui, HRIZONSJoin this panel of experienced experts from system integrators as they answer all the questions you’ve wanted to ask about SuccessFactors implementations. By attending, you will be able to:

y Tap into the deep experience and perspective of a unique and varied panel of experts

y Ask experts about their implementations and the future of HCM

y Get answers to your organization’s imple-mentation issues

Learn about the challenges you might face and how to overcome them, as well as what challenges other organizations may be facing.

Side-by-Side with SuccessFactors: A stepping-stone to the cloudWolfgang Dittrich, SAPMany companies are challenged by moving to the full cloud model. Although the strategic goal is clear, a “big bang” approach is often not a viable option for core HR. Side-by-Side by SAP gives customers options to move core HR processes to the cloud at their own pace. Take a detailed look at how SuccessFactors HCM suite can work with other on-premise or cloud solutions. Attendees will come away with an understanding of:

y How they can smoothly transition to the cloud at their own pace while protecting on-premise investments where needed

y SuccessFactors Side-by-Side and its different use-cases

y What you need to consider before a transition to the cloud

y The benefits of a Side-by-Side implemen-tation and how to determine if it’s right for you

Best practices to deploy SuccessFactors on mobile devicesEnric Gili Fort, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyExplore how SuccessFactors solutions can be deployed on your mobile devices to provide a unique and distinctive HR employee experi-ence to extend HR capabilities. Come away from this session with:

y An overview of the SuccessFactors mobile strategy and benefits

y A better understanding of the unique and complementary capabilities Success-Factors mobile offers

y Best practices on how to plan and deploy SuccessFactors solutions on your mobile devices

y Mobile scenarios from the point of view of different personas, as shown through demo

SuccessFactors extensibility: The SAP HANA Cloud Platform, extension package for SuccessFactors demystifiedVinod Choudhary, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyLearn how to utilize the SAP HANA Cloud Platform, extension package for SuccessFac-tors, to maximize the speed of cloud-based development along with the flexibility and control of an on-premise solution. Explore how IT can quickly build entirely new appli-cations in the cloud to meet unique needs, while business users can easily extend their SuccessFactors applications without coding. Come away with a clear understanding of:

y The extension package’s two main components – the SAP HANA Cloud Platform and Metadata Framework (MDF)

y A variety of use cases for the extension package

y Simple methods to produce an exten-sion using the extension package

y Examples, through demos, of what others have done using the extension package



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Track 10: SuccessFactors

Talent ManagementCase study

How Brookshire accelerated user adoption of its SuccessFactors Learning Management System with a solid change management strategy Ginger McCullough, Brookshire GroceryAttend this session and learn how Brook-shire Grocery Company, a retail grocery chain with about 14,000 employees in three states, utilized change management to accelerate the ROI of its Learning Management System implementation. See firsthand the steps the company took prior to implementation and how the company:

y Established an internal change manage-ment department that was fundamental in helping the project exceed expectations

y Enhanced its training to increase user adoption

y Has saved as much as $157,000 in travel costs by moving just one course from the classroom to the LMS

How to integrate SuccessFactors Talent Management solutions to streamline processesAmy M. Grubb, Cloud Consulting PartnersWalk through the natural integration points of SuccessFactors Talent Management solutions and learn how making even a few small enhancements can streamline your talent management processes and result in a workforce that is engaged and dedicated to individual, team, and corporate development. Come away with a clear understanding of:

y How to get more from your investment by leveraging these integration points

y How introducing calibration into your performance process increases visibility of ratings across the organization and how using tools in the development module helps employees develop their career paths

y How the BizX Mobile App can put powerful talent management tools liter-ally in the hands of your employees

Key factors for a high-performing SuccessFactors recruiting systemDwight Jones, AspireHRExplore SuccessFactors recruiting function-ality and learn how to improve system usability, performance, and adoption rates. By attending, you will:

y Learn best practices for exploiting the SuccessFactors recruiting management solution to its utmost potential, including tips to put in place an effective candidate profile, set up mobile recruiting functions, and make the candidate status pipeline work for your reporting needs

y Understand how to customize standard processes to improve the user experi-ence for candidates and hiring managers

y Obtain configuration and design tips to ensure your recruiting solution runs at optimal performance with minimal system maintenance

y See a live demo of a recruiting system with key functionality enabled, such as resume parsing and linked profile integration

Perform and reward – best practices for building a performance strategy in SuccessFactorsAmy M. Grubb, Cloud Consulting PartnersThis session will take a deep dive into the functionality of SuccessFactors’ Goal, Perfor-mance Management, and Compensation modules. Evaluate if you are getting the most out of your system and learn:

y Ways to integrate your performance and salary processes and which SuccessFac-tors modules help you achieve a pay for performance culture that is based on objective data points

y The latest enhancements in the Perform and Reward modules that can be lever-aged to increase manager engagement and result in thoughtful and effective employee development, performance review, and compensation adjustments

y How the calibration feature can bring uniformity across the organization to performance ratings and salary increases

y Best practices in the “pay for perfor-mance” space

Lessons for using SuccessFactors Succession and Development to plan for change and create a sustainable futureRobert Thomson, HRIZONSThis session explores how to leverage SuccessFactors Succession and Development to drive an effective succession plan across your organization. Attend for best practices and product instruction to maximize key tools and reports to identify successors and plan for change, including lessons to:

y Exploit search capabilities to gain visibility into existing talent pools and potential talent gaps

y Create employee scorecards to assess performance based on key criteria

y Identify top performers for succession plans and ensure an accurate rating across teams and geographies

Come away with an understanding of how succession and development plans can be used to foster growth and skills development across your organization.

Strategies to build a global, integrated talent management systemDoty Sinclair, Aasonn Explore best practices to create a talent integration strategy to move up the Talent Management Maturity Model in SuccessFactors. The model shows the relative maturity of talent management processes within an organization, with the goal of moving HR from automation to having a seat at the executive table and using talent management to help an organization achieve its strategic goals. By attending, you will:

y Walk through the steps to evaluate the current state of your talent management processes and learn how to identify the priorities for improving your talent management model

y Get strategies to achieve management buy-in and support while creating a future state for your talent management processes

y Step through a real-life example of a global manufacturing organization’s successful strategic talent integration and the documentation it created

y Explore key business drivers and related measures identified to be positively impacted by integrating talent processes, such as reduced turnover and increased employee engagement



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CoreA detailed guide to leveraging the most up-to-date functionality and enhancements available for Employee Central Eva Woo, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyThis session examines the most recent and soon-to-be-released enhancements made to SuccessFactors’ core HR solution, Employee Central, and offers strategies for leveraging them to drive HR excellence across your organization. By attending, you will:

y Explore new and enhanced functionality delivered in the latest release of Employee Central, including improved self-service capabilities and organiza-tional chart features

y View a live demo of Employee Central for best practices and new ideas for lever-aging it as the single entry point for core HR solutions

y Get details on the technology roadmap and strategy for the SuccessFactors Employee Central solution

Case study

How SuccessFactors Employee Central transformed the team-member experience at Sun CommunitiesMarc Farrugia, Sun CommunitiesHear firsthand how Sun Communities found a better way to manage workforce data and processes of 185 locations and over 1,700 employees using SuccessFactors Employee Central. By attending, you will learn:

y How Employee Central helped to trans-form Sun Communities’ operations and improve efficiency by allowing it to roll out the system with little to no training

y How the company is using social learning to get employees in the field the information they need, mobile and real-time, to solve problems on the spot

y How flexible Employee Central can be to meet your organization’s unique needs, and “talk” to other systems reliably and efficiently

Global SuccessFactors Employee Central deployments just got easier: Guidelines and considerations for leveraging a template-based implementation approach Manjunath Bannur, AccentureThis session provides guidance and strategies for global Employee Central implementations and illustrates the importance of creating/leveraging a global template. By attending, you will learn:

y Planning strategies for a global Employee Central implementation

y Leading practices and considerations, and the necessary steps to develop a successful global template

y The standard components and deliver-ables of a global HR template, from blueprint and configuration to common standards and process flows

y Key considerations for localizing the template, including country-specific processes and local regulatory and legal requirements

Keys to integration with SuccessFactors Employee CentralThomas Otter, SuccessFactors, an SAP companyOne of the most common problems that companies face today is disparate systems that don’t integrate with each other. Attend this session and learn how SuccessFactors Employee Central integrates via pre-packaged solutions, templates, and APIs. Draw valuable insights from former Gartner Analyst and now VP of Employee Central Product Management Thomas Otter as he explains the benefits of integration solutions and best practices gleaned from companies globally. Come away with a clear understanding of:

y SuccessFactors Employee Central integration options

y What you need to consider as you explore integration as an option

y The best ways to plan and execute your integration



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Workforce Planning & Analytics Tips and tricks for seamlessly integrating SuccessFactors Learning into an existing talent management system Doty Sinclair, AasonnGain an in-depth understanding of Success-Factors Learning and hear lessons to fully maximize its capabilities by integrating it across the extended talent management suite. Attend to:

y Understand the role of Learning in relationship to the entire talent manage-ment suite while reviewing guidelines for what and when to integrate

y Pinpoint key integration points between SuccessFactors Learning and various other talent modules within SuccessFactors

y Identify key data elements within SuccessFactors Learning that play a critical role in integrations, and get lessons to successfully transport them across talent modules

Explore how learning can impact and improve the Succession Planning and Perfor-mance Management processes, such as identifying and preparing for aspirational roles by providing a clear path for new skill development.

Case study

How The Williams Companies use workforce insights to drive strategic decisionsBrad Church, The Williams CompaniesThe Williams Companies, a North American natural gas infrastructure company with about 5,000 employees, found itself with an abundance of useful data, but had a tough time telling a story with it. Hear firsthand how The Williams Companies implemented SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics to develop a more strategic approach to people planning, and learn:

y How the company analyzes talent management, staffing, exit, and new-hire data to identify which parts of the business have the strongest performers and highest risk of retirement

y How the Williams Reporting & Analytics CoE supports the delivery of data via reporting and ad hoc analytics

y How to deliver human capital data to senior executives in a way that supports strategic decision making


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Orlando • March 11-14

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