DLR wins SAP Customer Adoption Excellence Award 2025
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has won this year's SAP Customer Adoption Excellence Award. The award recognises organisations that stand out for their openness to innovation and flexibility in implementing digital solutions. It also highlights our pioneering role in the digitalisation of administrative processes in human resources (HR), with a focus on optimising HR workflows throughout an employee's entire career with their employer.
The new HR system landscape
SAP
Our goal is to replace the previously heterogeneous IT landscape of standalone solutions with an integrated, end-to-end system architecture in the spirit of sustainability. Existing processes were analysed and examined for their optimisation potential in a comprehensive planning phase. Key factors in the choice of SAP software included its modularity and existing interfaces with our HR software and the possibility of a phased rollout.
Yoda – an innovative learning platform
In addition to recruitment, master data management and onboarding, personnel development was also highlighted during the award ceremony. The judges were impressed by the introduction of the Yoda learning platform which enables the modern, digital and scalable design of learning processes and makes a major contribution to the development of our employees.
The complete implementation of all planned 'SuccessFactors' modules is scheduled for the end of 2025. In parallel, the HR department's organisational structure and processes will be further developed, accompanied by targeted measures to support managers and teams.
Process transformation and structural change
The introduction of IT systems in our HR department is part of a broader transformation: the realignment of the HR and legal affairs to reflect technological change, strategic processes and structural development. Sub-projects addressing process architecture, organisational structure and change management will support the introduction of the system.