Fieldglass Acquisition Validates Contingent Workforce Management Industry

It’s been six weeks since the announcement came out that SAP would acquire Fieldglass. The news was exciting. The biggest of the big guys — which VMS providers have been painstakingly ...

Leveling the Field: How Many Job Orders Are Driven through VMS?

In our North American Staffing and Recruiting Trends Report, “A Numbers Game,” released in February, we analyzed a variety of industry benchmarks gleaned from a survey of 1,337 ...

Cut Operating Costs by Leveraging Cutting-Edge Talent Acquisition Technology

The right talents are the most important asset to any company. Having the right brains in place instantly translates into improved business performance. With the changing face of recruitment ...

ACA: Who Should Pick Up the Tab?

Larry David, on his TV show Curb Your Enthusiasm, has a gift for finding humor in awkward situations. One running gag is about Larry having dinner with a friend who always seems to ...

Do You Have a Plan B If Your VMS Provider is Sold?

You have just learned that the company providing your contingent workforce vendor management system (VMS) has been acquired. What impact will that have on you? The sad truth is that ...

Can Your VMS REALLY Support Your Project Services Spend?

For the past few years, the “hot topic” in the contingent workforce industry has been the management of Statement of Work (SOW) project services.  We have all read the statistics.  ...

We’re All Here to Serve the Client

After reading the recent Staffing Stream post titled “The Pros and Cons of Implementing Vendor Management Systems,” I felt compelled to provide a VMS provider’s perspective on ...

The Pros and Cons of Implementing Vendor Management Systems

Recently there has been a significant increase in larger companies turning to vendor management systems and managed service providers in order to manage their contingent labor force. ...

You’re Only as Good as Your Data

How we collect data in the staffing industry has shifted dramatically from the days when pen and paper were the most valuable tools. New ideas of using cutting-edge technology to streamline ...

Leveraging BI to Improve CWM: A Three-Phase Approach

Vendor management systems (VMS) empower businesses to harness vast amounts of data related to their contingent workforce. When leveraged properly, Business Intelligence (BI) can help ...

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