DTE Energy Resources Implements Comprehensive SuccessFactors Solution

Deploys Recruiting Management, Compensation and Goals and Performance to Drive Visibility Across the Organization

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFSF), the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, announced today a successful deployment at DTE Energy Resources, a subsidiary of DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE), a Detroit-based, diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. The company rolled out SuccessFactors to manage its recruiting and compensation processes and goal setting and performance management for 455 employees.

“We wanted to increase both accountability and visibility of goals and performance to show all of our employees that their contribution matters to the success of the company. We sought an easy-to-use solution to automate our people performance processes, and chose SuccessFactors”

With more than 10,000 employees, DTE Energy is involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide with regulated electric and gas utility businesses that have each been in operation for over a century. DTE Energy Resources is a non-utility (non-regulated) subsidiary which provides energy-related services to business and industry. Similar to most energy companies, the war for talent is an ongoing effort, as DTE Energy faces constant competition to attract and retain outstanding workers. Tracking skill sets, experience, performance and career aspirations for disparate and diverse workforces is a difficult task, but one that greatly impacts a company’s overall business success. The company was looking for a solution to manage goals and performance, and chose SuccessFactors, but added the Recruiting and Compensation Management modules as the relationship continued.

“We wanted to increase both accountability and visibility of goals and performance to show all of our employees that their contribution matters to the success of the company. We sought an easy-to-use solution to automate our people performance processes, and chose SuccessFactors,” said Deborah Allgeier, director of human resources for DTE Energy. “With recruiting, we were looking for more than just applicant tracking and found SuccessFactors Recruiting Management easy to use and fully integrated with our other modules.”

SuccessFactors president and CEO, Lars Dalgaard, said, “SuccessFactors is pleased to work with DTE Energy on this fantastic solution. One of the 60 industries we support, the energy sector is important to SuccessFactors, as we’re helping these companies – from the huge multinationals to smaller, emerging brands – align goals, increase productivity and truly engage their employees for long-term success in a turbulent and changing industry by promoting consistency and visibility.”

Through integration with the broader application suite, Recruiting Management enables more effective hiring. For example, the solution leverages performance information to help organizations create better, more targeted job requisitions based on the profiles of a company’s current star employees. Organizations can also target the best quality talent sources by analyzing historical performance of employees recruited from those sources.

The SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management Suite, which includes performance management, goal management, 360 degree reviews, succession management, compensation management, learning and development, recruiting management, employee profile, and analytics and reporting applications, creates a company-wide network of information related to employee performance, including skill-sets, interests, career aspirations, ability to relocate, experience, languages spoken and more. By providing deep, real-time, company-wide visibility into such critical performance data, companies are able to make better, more informed decisions about how to promote, recruit, compensate, reward and manage their entire employee base.

About SuccessFactors, Inc.

SuccessFactors is the leading provider of on-demand employee performance and talent management solutions that enable organizations of every size, across every industry and geography, to achieve high-performing workforces by enabling goal alignment and execution, talent development and planning, and pay-for-performance initiatives. SuccessFactors currently has more than 1,950 customers across more than 60 industries, with more than 3.7 million end users in over 185 countries using the application in 22 languages. Founded in 2001 with offices around the world, the company employs more than 700 people, all passionately focused on revolutionizing the future of work. For more information, visit: http://www.successfactors.com.