SAP says Somerset Council moved about 8,500 staff off its 17-year-old payroll system in 13 months, on budget. Nobody named the budget.
The English council moved about 8,500 employees from what its ICT director Andy Kennell called "a highly customised SAP system that had been in place for 17 years" to SAP SuccessFactors, SAP and the council said on 4 November.
HR specialist EPI-USE delivered it.
The project covers HR, payroll, recruiting and onboarding. Instead of rebuilding the old custom setup, the council took SAP's standard processes wherever it could.
The council says it faces "significant financial challenges" and rising demand for services. The release gives no cost, no budget and no contract value.
On 2 November we reported Erasmus University's move from SAP to Oracle running 70% over budget. Somerset's claim is the opposite result, but without a figure to compare.
Without a budget figure, the on-budget claim cannot be checked.
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SAP offered 300 AI agents. Workday's product chief, a former SAP executive, called the autonomous enterprise idea "cold and soulless".
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