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SuccessFactors and Kronos: Changing the HCM Landscape

It’s no secret that better execution leads to better results. But organizations have
been hard-pressed to find an end-to-end global human capital management
(HCM) solution that combines data used for strategic insight as well as daily Key Benefits
execution. Until now.

SuccessFactors, an SAP Company, and Kronos are bringing together the >>ACCESS A COMPLETE HCM
industry’s leading HR and workforce management solutions to make end-to-end SOLUTION encompassing talent
global HCM a reality. SuccessFactors Employee Central, an enterprise-class management, core HR, data collection,
HR system; Employee Central Payroll; and Kronos® workforce management scheduling, timekeeping, and payroll
across your global workforce
solutions, which include the Kronos Workforce Central® suite for medium to
large enterprises and Kronos Workforce Ready® for small to midsize businesses,
are now available as a combined global HCM solution in the cloud. At last, >>ACHIEVE RAPID USER ADOPTION with
there’s a complete, end-to-end HCM solution that enables organizations to a unified interface for the most common
functions leveraged by each type of user
improve business execution.

>>SCALE YOUR CLOUD-BASED SOLUTION

Redefining end-to-end HCM processes to accommodate small and large
Many organizations maintain multiple HR, talent management, time and employee populations
attendance, and payroll solutions — whether by office, region, division, or
country. Now, with the combined SuccessFactors-Kronos HCM solution, data >>INCREASE IT EFFICIENCIES with a
can flow across geographies, cost centers, legal entities, and employee types. solution deployed and managed in
This means you can enter a new hire’s information into the HRIS once — from the cloud
anywhere in the world — and that employee can clock in and begin working
the very same day. There are no frustrating onboarding delays and there’s no >>ENABLE EMPLOYEES TO ACCESS THE
need for duplicate data entry. Timely integration of employee data across HR, SOLUTION when and where they need
timekeeping, and payroll means new hires become productive members of to with a complete offering of data
the workforce on the first day. And when you update employee data to reflect collection options
a job change or promotion, that information is communicated to the payroll
and timekeeping systems so your HCM functions stay synchronized to improve >>TRUST SOLUTION PROVIDERS
business execution. with proven success and 85+ years of
combined experience
Linking workforce strategy to business execution
With baseline data flowing across applications, customers can extend this
solution to share goals, plans, and metrics between Employee Central and in order to gain valuable insights and improve execution of
workforce strategies. While this process does not occur automatically, the SuccessFactors-Kronos HCM solution provides easy access to
critical data needed to drive more informed workforce decisions that support key business goals. For example, a workforce planner trying
to staff a new line used to have limited visibility into the supporting data needed to validate the headcount requirements. But when
workforce planning is integrated with workforce management, HR can determine the exact labor hours required by shift to staff a similar
line by looking at workforce data such as skills, tenure, utilization, and even unplanned absences.
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SUCCESSFACTORS EMPLOYEE CENTRAL: Employee Central is the next-generation core human resource
information system (HRIS) designed for the global enterprise workforce and delivered securely via the cloud. It
provides one global system of record, effective-dated across geographies, cost centers, legal entities, and employee
types, and combines HR and talent data for a richer, more comprehensive employee profile. Employee Central
enables you to make informed workforce decisions based on a 360° view of the employee for more effective
business execution.

EMPLOYEE CENTRAL PAYROLL:* Simplifying and standardizing even the most complex payroll processes,
Employee Central Payroll (based on the industry-leading SAP Payroll solution) handles multiple currencies and
languages across 22 countries. And because it’s hosted in the cloud, you don’t have to invest in costly infrastructure
or dedicate valuable IT resources to ongoing updates and maintenance.

KRONOS WORKFORCE CENTRAL: The Workforce Central suite provides deep functionality for time and
attendance, scheduling, analytics, and absence management to meet the needs of today’s medium to large
enterprises. Optimized across specific industries including retail, manufacturing, services, healthcare, and
public sector, our integrated workforce management solutions provide the complete automation and high-quality
information you need to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. And
because Workforce Central can be scaled globally and implemented in the cloud, you can count on an enterprise-
class solution that delivers bottom-line value.

KRONOS WORKFORCE READY: The cloud-based Kronos Workforce Ready suite helps small to midsize
businesses manage their workforce more efficiently and cost-effectively using a unified platform with a
common user interface, database, and workflows. This powerful yet easy-to-use platform provides the single-
source, real-time data access you need — across time and attendance, scheduling, leave, HR, and more —
to make informed workforce decisions that drive bottom-line results. Easy, affordable, cloud-based delivery
enables you to avoid installation and maintenance headaches, get the latest technology advances sooner, and
realize value through a predictable per-employee, per-month fee structure.

Delivering an integrated, cloud-based solution for global HCM

To date, organizations have had to piece together a global HCM solution — region by region — to meet their diverse needs. Why? It was
difficult to find a solution that could support multiple currencies and languages, consistently apply various work and pay rules, and help
ensure regulatory compliance on a global basis. As a result, it was next to impossible to aggregate the data needed to align the global
workforce, manage corporate labor budgets, and optimize productivity enterprisewide. Now, SuccessFactors and Kronos provide an
end-to-end solution — deployed and managed in the cloud — that supports truly global HCM to drive new levels of operational efficiency,
cost control, and compliance worldwide.

*You may use the SuccessFactors-Kronos solution with Employee Central Payroll as well as with other third-party payroll solutions.

iFlow WIM
Employee, Department, Workforce Integration
and Cost Center Data Manager
HR
Talent
Time & Labor
SAP
SuccessFactors Kronos
HRIS Workforce Management
Providing a configurable integration
Connections between SuccessFactors and Kronos reduce
integration complexity and enable rapid HCM solution deployment
and adoption in a secure, scalable cloud environment. Within
this combined solution, Employee Central is the HR system of
record that maintains complete employee profile, talent, and core
HR information.
The Kronos solution collects and manages employee time and
attendance data, evaluates positive and negative time, and
determines vacation and sick accruals — automatically applying
all relevant work and pay rules to help ensure payroll accuracy
and minimize compliance risk. All employee time and attendance
data is automatically transferred to Employee Central Payroll or a
third-party payroll solution for processing.
The SuccessFactors-Kronos HCM solution provides employers
with a configurable integration that helps minimize cost and risk
and accelerates user adoption while enabling the reliable transfer
of data among HR, timekeeping, and payroll components. The
solution includes:
• iFlow from SuccessFactors is an integration that
transfers standard employee master data and
organizational data from Employee Central to the
Kronos solution. When an HR administrator makes a
change to employee data in Employee Central, it is
updated within the Kronos system. iFlow includes all
the transformational mapping and routing information
needed to communicate with the Kronos workforce
management system. And unlike generic connectors,
iFlow is fully supported and tested across updates and
patches by SAP.
A COMPLETE GLOBAL HCM SOLUTION IN THE CLOUD
iDoc
Employee Time, Absence,
Cost Center and Pay Codes
Payroll
SAP
SuccessFactors
Payroll
• Workforce Integration Manager (WIM) from Kronos
is an integration component that allows you to bring
employee data into the Kronos solution and transfer
workforce management data to payroll providers. A
single WIM installation runs multiple interfaces with
different sources and destinations. And WIM can
perform multiple conversion processes, including
calculations, parsing, concatenation, queries, and
translation of data elements, within one interface
to provide reliable data transfer without adding
integration complexity.
• iDoc is the SAP document format for business
transaction data transfers that enables the transfer
of employee time, absence, cost center, and pay
codes to Employee Central Payroll. After the transfer
from the Kronos system, the data is stored in the EE
Remuneration Info infotype (2010) or optionally as
either the Absence (2001) or Substitutions (2003)
infotype.
In addition to interfaces that pass key data between SuccessFactors
and Kronos, our integrations include delivery of Kronos content
and functionality from within the SuccessFactors user interface.
This provides users a common interface for both Kronos and
SuccessFactors as well as a comprehensive decision-support
and analytics offering that helps organizations drive business
outcomes and deliver bottom-line results.
When it comes to achieving global end-to-end HCM in a
cloud-based solution, trust the experts. To learn more about
how the integrated SuccessFactors-Kronos HCM solution
can help your organization, contact Patrick Lannon at
patrick.lannon@kronos.com or visit www.successfactors.com or
www.kronos.com.
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Thanks to user-interface-level integration between SuccessFactors and Kronos, you can perform the most common workforce
management tasks directly from the SuccessFactors interface and transition seamlessly between applications. Clock in or
out, view schedules, request time off, approve timecards and time-off requests, and more — all from one convenient location.

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