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SAP SuccessFactors HCM combines truly global HR capabilities with powerful AI and agents so your people and your business can perform at their best—no matter what lies ahead.

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Manage with agility
Simplify HR operations and enhance experiences with embedded AI and automation.

Grow with purpose
Drive peak performance with an AI-powered skills framework that fuels the entire talent lifecycle.

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Respond confidently to change with actionable AI-driven insights from across the organisation.

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Unifying global HR for a connected future

Find out how Volkswagen Group is standardising its HR processes across the globe with a single, localised cloud solution.

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Staying ahead of the competition with AI

Explore how innovative snacks company Frit Ravich uses AI to enhance career development and elevate the employee experience.

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Building a skills engine to support the employee lifecycle

Learn how Capgemini transformed its HR operations with a skills-based approach to people management.

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Aligning HR with the rest of the organisation

Discover how Liberty Latin America connects its people, data, and processes with a single integrated cloud platform.

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HR reinvented with Joule Agents

Discover ready-to-use Joule Agents for human resources that automatically plan and execute multi-step workflows connecting departments, speeding up decisions, and streamlining processes.

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SAP recognised for outperforming the competition

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Maximising the impact of AI for core HR

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SAP is named a Leader for cloud HCM suites market

Find out why Gartner® named SAP as a Leader in its 2025 Magic Quadrant™ report for cloud HCM suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises.

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Optimising vendor management systems (VMS)

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Frequently asked questions

Human capital management is the set of practices and software used for recruiting, managing, and developing an organisation’s human capital—aka its workforce.

A human resource management system (HRMS) is used to digitalise, automate, and centralise core HR processes, such as employee data storage, benefits administration, time and attendance, and payroll. An HRMS also provides talent management capabilities such as recruiting, onboarding, performance management, goal planning, learning and training, compensation, and succession planning. Human resource management systems and human capital management software are often used interchangeably.

A vendor management system is a cloud-based platform used to procure and manage temporary, contract, or contingent workers. Most VMS applications integrate with other on-premises or cloud-based enterprise HR systems. VMS software helps enterprises gain clear insight into who is working for them, as well as where, why, when, and at which rates.

AI in HR is used to streamline and automate HR processes across the employee lifecycle—from recruitment, hiring, and onboarding through talent management, learning, and performance.

SAP SuccessFactors HCM is part of SAP Business Suite and provides cloud-based human capital management software applications. It supports core HR and payroll, talent management, HR analytics and workforce planning, and employee experience management. Since 2001, SAP SuccessFactors solutions have been used by more than 10,000 customers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.

 

SAP SuccessFactors HCM includes cloud solutions in three key areas:

1.  Core HR and payroll, including a powerful HR information system, payroll software, self-service HR, and time and attendance

2.  Talent management, including solutions for recruiting, onboarding, learning, performance management, and compensation

3.  HR analytics and workforce planning, including AI-enabled people analytics, scenario modelling, what-if analysis, and strategic workforce planning

Yes. Powered by global cloud HR solutions, SAP Business Suite includes capabilities to connect HR across an organisation, drive end-to-end people processes, uncover holistic workforce insights, and create seamless AI-enabled experiences. This allows organisations to align workforce decisions with business goals, help ensure an engaged and productive workforce, and enable agile and compliant HR.

SAP HR was a key module in the SAP ERP application that provided comprehensive support for human capital management. Now, SAP HR has evolved into SAP SuccessFactors HCM—cloud-based HR solutions that put employees first. These solutions include a powerful HR system as well as tools for employee experience management, onboarding, learning, performance management, succession and development, and people analytics.

Human Capital Management and Human Resources Management are related but have some distinct differences.

 

Human Capital Management:

  1. Focuses on the strategic management of people as assets to achieve organisational goals and objectives.
  2. Places emphasis on developing and optimising the skills, knowledge, and abilities of employees to drive organisational performance.
  3. Involves a more holistic approach to managing talent, including talent acquisition, development, retention, and performance management.
  4. Aligns human capital strategies with the overall business strategy to ensure a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

 

Human Resources Management:

  1. Primarily focuses on the administrative and operational aspects of managing employees within an organisation.
  2. Deals with tasks such as recruiting, hiring, onboarding, training, benefits administration, and employee relations.
  3. May have a more transactional approach to managing employees, focused on compliance and day-to-day operational needs.
  4. Generally focuses on ensuring legal compliance and effective workforce management within the organisation.

 

In summary, Human Capital Management takes a more strategic and long-term approach to managing employees, focusing on their development and contribution to the overall success of the organisation, while Human Resources Management tends to focus more on the administrative and operational tasks involved in managing employees.

 

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises, 23 October 2024, Ranadip Chandra, et.al.

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