European Companies Select SAP and SuccessFactors to Simplify and Drive Future Growth

ABS, Premier Foods, REWE and Tryg Select Cloud-Based HR Solutions from SAP

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Mar 25, 2015, 04:00 ET

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Human resource organizations have an important role to play in business transformation as global companies increasingly look for innovative ways to manage and simplify their people processes. That is why companies across Europe continue to select SuccessFactors, an SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) company, for cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions to help improve efficiency, stay competitive and gain strategic advantages.

Acciaierie Bertoli Safau SpA (ABS), the Italian steelmaking division of the Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche SpA group, a world leader in the industrial sector, selected the SuccessFactors® HCM Suite including the SuccessFactors Employee Central solution to simplify its HR management platform and support constant technological innovation of processes. This will enable ABS to improve the creation of high-quality offers, boost people performance and meet demanding business priorities.

Premier Foods, one of the United Kingdom's largest food producers, selected the SuccessFactors HCM Suite including the SuccessFactors Employee Central and SuccessFactors Learning solutions to simplify and bring consistency to its HR processes and increase the engagement of its people, thereby realizing the full potential of everyone working for the business. By using SuccessFactors solutions, Premier Foods believes the effectiveness of the organization will improve, with increased flexibility and efficiency, and significantly improved decision-making capability.

REWE Group, with some 330,000 employees, is one of the leading trading, travel and tourism companies in Germany and Europe. REWE Group selected SuccessFactors for an integrated HCM solution to improve its HR processes, centralize recruiting and build a shared services center. With the SuccessFactors HCM Suite, REWE will also standardize and simplify HR processes, automate recruitment, increase the quality of its employee learning and obtain a comprehensive view of talent management. This will help REWE Group cope with the demographic changes and tight labor market in Germany.

Tryg, an industry insurance leader in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, selected the SuccessFactors HCM Suite to drive its business agenda, support future growth and improve its customers' experience (measured by the Net Promoter Score). Choosing SuccessFactors solutions will enable Tryg to simplify processes, optimize labor efficiency, increase customer retention and deliver world-class customer services.

"Change is happening faster than ever today," said Mike Ettling, president of the HR Line of Business, SuccessFactors. "To be successful, businesses need to rethink strategies for finding and retaining people. Successful companies understand the connection between their people and the outcomes they need to drive their business forward. We help them understand the problems they need to solve today and where they want to go next. From core HR to leading talent management applications, we continue to be recognized as an industry leader, as most recently acknowledged by the IDC MarketScape assessments for recruiting, learning management, performance management and compensation management.* Our cloud technology helps companies run simpler in today's globalized, mobile, hyper-connected world."

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*IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Recruiting in Integrated Talent Management 2015 Vendor Assessment, #253855, January 2015;
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Learning Management in Integrated Talent Management 2015 Vendor Assessment, #253853, January 2015;
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Performance Management in Integrated Talent Management 2015 Vendor Assessment, #253854, January 2015;
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Compensation Management in Integrated Talent Management 2015 Vendor Assessment, #253852, January 2015

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