Summarizing Key Capabilities of People Intelligence

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to explain the key capabilities of People Intelligence.

Intelligent insights and automation are transforming workforces

HR leaders must rethink how their teams manage and use workforce data to drive strategic impact and enable organizational growth. The People Intelligence package in SAP Business Data Cloud can help by delivering AI-powered insights to optimize talent strategies, close skills gaps, and align HR operations with business goals—all while improving employee satisfaction and engagement.

Explore the different insights available with People Intelligence that can help transform human capital management (HCM) operations and build a smarter, future-ready workforce:

  • Workforce composition insights

  • Compensation insights

  • Skills insights

  • Learning insights*

  • Recruiting insights*

  • Performance & Goals insights*

  • Succession & Career Development insights*

  • Compensation, Rewards & Recognition insights*

  • Benefit insights*

  • Time management insights*

  • Onboarding insights*

*2025 Roadmap features

People Intelligence helps organizations:

  • Turn Insights into Impact. Improve HR and business performance by proactively arming HR teams with AI-driven insights.

    Key Capabilities

    • Business-friendly user app and self-service access.

    • Readily available dashboards and hundreds of data-driven insights spanning all aspects of HR.

    • AI-driven predictions to forecast workforce needs, labor costs, risks, and to improve workforce planning.

    • Joule copilot to deliver smart, real-time AI recommendations based on the context of your business.

    A screenshot of the HCM Workforce Insights dashboard showing workforce metrics and analytics.
  • Break Down the Data Silos. Accelerate time to value and lower TCO by automatically connecting and harmonizing your HR and business data.

    Key Capabilities

    • Context-rich, single source of people and skills data with seamless integration of SuccessFactors HCM solutions into SAP Business Data Cloud.

    • Automatic connection, harmonization, and governance of data across all SAP and third-party applications for unified HR and business data.

    • Holistic and outside-in view with structured and unstructured data from all sources, including external data.

    SAP Business Data Cloud interface displaying available intelligent applications.
  • Build a Future-Ready Data Foundation. Gain a competitive advantage by having the flexibility to continually adapt and optimize.

    Key Capabilities

    • Customization of objects for specific business needs.

    • Data quality, context, and business relevance preservation for AI process automation and intelligent decision-making across the business.

    • Advanced AI/ML, data science, and data engineering to extend and enrich.

    • Enterprise-wide approach for continuous alignment between workforce initiatives and business priorities.

    Diagram illustrating how SAP Business Data Cloud connects intelligent applications with data sources and business processes.

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Summary

  • Use AI-driven insights and dashboards to improve workforce planning, predict needs, and enhance HR performance.

  • Integrating systems seamlessly across applications can break down data silos and create a unified, harmonized source of HR and business data.

  • Use AI-powered recommendations and context-rich data to enhance decision-making and support smarter, real-time workforce and business strategies.

  • Future-proof the organization’s data. Continuously adapt using custom objects, advanced AI/ML tools, and enterprise-wide alignment with business goals.