To compete effectively in the life sciences industry, you need to recruit and retain the best research, sales, and operations staff, and train and align all employees with business objectives – as cost-effectively as possible.

SAP for Life Sciences provides human capital management (HCM) capabilities so that you can maximize the value of your most important asset – your employees – by aligning their skills, activities, and incentives with business objectives and strategies. Moreover, SAP for Life Sciences provides the tools to retain top talent by enabling human resources staff and managers to cost-effectively measure and reward individual and team contributions.

By leveraging integrated HCM tools, life sciences companies can gain insight into – and control over – both traditional development facility and office-based employees, and increasingly virtual workforces such as sales staff. With SAP for Life Sciences, you can find the best people, develop and leverage their talent, align their efforts with corporate objectives, maximize the impact of training efforts, and retain top performers.

SAP for Life Sciences provides integrated, enterprise-wide functionality that:

• Automates and seamlessly integrates HCM processes across global operations
• Provides real-time information access that accelerates workforce decision making
• Allows you to assign the right people to the right projects, at the right time
• Supports employees and managers throughout the employee life-cycle
• Empowers employees to manage processes in a collaborative environment

Designed for both midsize and large enterprises, SAP for Life Sciences supports payroll functions, regulatory requirements, and best practices for companies in more than 50 countries. Its HCM capabilities integrate with existing business systems and can be customized to fit your business requirements.