Ramp up business resilience with the external workforce
Learn how the external labor market responds to unexpected shocks and why you need an effective strategy to manage non-payroll labor in 2021 and beyond.
From Risk to Reward: 8 Common External Workforce Challenges
and How to Solve Them
Find out how global companies such as Northwestern Mutual, Philips, Siemens, and Nestle Purina conquered their contingent workforce challenges with transformative results.
Explore case studies, datasheets, whitepapers, and more in our resources library, dive deeper on key topics in the external workforce and services procurement market, and gain insight with exclusive SAP Fieldglass research, in collaboration with Oxford Economics.
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Learn more about the external workforce and how it's changing the way companies procure and manage today's talent.
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What is the external workforce?
They're known by many names - contingent workers, consultants, contractors, and more. What they are is essential to the success of your business. Learn more about contingent workforce in this article.
What is services procurement?
Services providers are companies that deliver people-based services to an enterprise. Learn why effectively managing this "invisible workforce" is vital to an organizations’ success.
What is Vendor Management System or VMS?
A vendor management system is a cloud-based platform used to procure and manage temporary, contract, or contingent workers.
What are the benefits of a Vendor Management System?
Organizations that outsource both skilled and unskilled labor can benefit from a vendor management system – increased workforce visibility, risk mitigation, and reduced labor costs.
What is a managed services provider, or MSP?
Managed services providers, or MSPs, offer a variety of outsourced support services for your business. But the right MSP can also help strategically grow your business.
What is a contingent worker?
42% of the global workforce is contingent labor. Learn why this talent segment is so vital to the digital economy.
Stay informed with our exclusive research
SAP Fieldglass, in collaboration with Oxford Economics, conducted several global research studies examining the increasingly important role of the external workforce – both contingent workers and services providers – in getting work done. See how the results can inform your business strategy.
Services Procurement Insights
Access our global research study examining the increasingly important role of services providers in getting work done.
This "invisible workforce" is critical to organizations’ success and a huge amount is spent on these services. However, services providers are frequently under-managed – preventing organizations from maximizing value and exposing them to risk. We have distilled the research into four actions you can take to better manage your services providers and drive better ROI.
Contingent Workforce Insights
Learn what executives around the world have to say about the importance of their contingent workers – such as independent contractors, freelancers, and temporary staff. Discover more about how organizations use and manage contingent workers effectively to unlock more value and boost ROI.
Today, organizations rely on many sources of talent beyond their full-time employees – contingent workers, contractors, freelancers, consultants, and more. Welcome to the new multi-channel workforce.
Companies more and more are harnessing digital technologies for data-driven, agile, and on-demand talent solutions.
Businesses that can efficiently find, engage, source, and manage today's talent will be rewarded with greater visibility and quicker decision-making.
Our customers lead the pack
Browse our collection of customer success stories and learn how SAP Fieldglass is helping to deliver external workforce visibility, transparency, and cost savings across countless industries, worldwide.
