Case Study: Siegwerk Druckfarben, global printing-ink maker, achieves streamlined, digital HR and faster approvals with SAP SuccessFactors

Accessing HR Functions in One Convenient Platform with SAP SuccessFactors Solutions

Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA (Siegwerk), a global printing-inks company with 5,195 employees, faced inefficient, paper-based HR processes across more than 40 entities and sought to standardize and digitalize HR to become a lean, future-ready organization. To address these challenges, Siegwerk engaged SAP SuccessFactors (alongside SAP Concur and SAP Digital Business Services) to modernize its HR landscape.

SAP SuccessFactors delivered a cloud-based, integrated HR suite—covering Employee Central, Recruiting, Performance & Goals, Compensation, Succession & Development—together with SAP Concur for expenses, enabling employee self-service and mobile manager approvals. The implementation created a single standard platform for >40 entities and 5,195 employees, accelerated approval cycles, reduced reporting time from hours or days to minutes, improved recruiting transparency (>10,000 quarterly recruitment-site visits and a 14,000-strong talent pool), and transformed HR into a lean, digital organization.

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Sharon von Simson

VP Global Human Resources, Corporate Human Resources