• SAP joined with Nakisa, Inc., a provider of visual workforce management solutions, to release a new solution, SAP Talent Visualization by Nakisa. The technology complements existing functionality within SAP ERP HCM, and enables companies to graphically view and modify talent inventory and employee succession structures, thereby aiding employee-related decisions.
• Whirlpool Corporation selected SuccessFactors, Inc.'s Performance and Talent Management Suite to drive its global strategic human resources initiatives. Whirlpool will use SuccessFactors' on-demand software to standardize and streamline its global performance management practices, create a succession and goal management strategy, and develop a competency assessment and development program.
• The Cadient Group, a Conshohocken, PA-based pharmaceutical marketing company, chose Makarios Consulting, LLC, to provide ongoing leadership development.
• Kirkland, WA-based Evergreen Healthcare selected the HCCS Healthcare Learning Platform from online health-care compliance and competency training provider HCCS to centrally manage the education and competencies of its physicians and staff.
• Hewitt Associates, a global human resources services company, and benefit consulting gmbh, an independent broker focused on employee benefit consulting, entered into a cooperative agreement to deliver employee benefit consulting in the Austrian market.