Aberdeen Group recently surveyed 245 organizations around the world to determine best-in-class practices in human capital management (HCM). A primary objective of the study was to determine whether best-in-class companies are more likely to use integrated suites or best of breed HCM point solutions.

Along with outperforming their counterparts, SAP customers achieve performance improvements across several other key performance criteria, according to best-in-class metrics. These performance results demonstrate how SAP customers use the SAP ERP HCM solution to efficiently perform workforce and talent management tasks – while increasing their human resource compliance scores.

SAP Customers Outperform Others in Best-in-Class HCM Metrics

Here are some details on how SAP customers have outperformed others in best-in-class HCM metrics:

HCM Metrics	SAP Customers	Non-SAP Customers
Increased revenue per employee	59%	30%
Improved employee performance	44%	33%
Reduced cost of hiring	41%	23%
Improved ability to forecast annual retirement rates	27%	11%

Read the full Aberdeen report (PDF).