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Medpricer becomes Conductiv, launches new solution
July 2, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
Medpricer, a provider of complex services solutions, has changed names to Conductiv, which introduced the Conductiv Platform, an integrated suite for purchased services cost optimization. While the company has been operating in the healthcare industry and addressing the services procurement needs of hospitals and healthcare systems, its new branding appears to be less industry-specific.
The Contingent Workforce and Services (CW/S) Insider’s Hot List: July 2020 - [Plus + Content]
July 1, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
Welcome to the July 2020 edition of Spend Matters Insider’s Hot List, a monthly look at the contingent workforce and services (CW/S) space that’s available to our PLUS+ and PRO subscribers. For those new to the Hot List, each edition covers the prior month’s important or interesting technology and innovation developments in the CW/S space.…
Spend Matters previews Everest Group’s contingent workforce management (CWM) best-practices study - [PRO Content]
June 29, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
The management consultant and research firm Everest Group recently conducted a survey to get a clearer picture of how well organizations manage their contingent workforces, what practices they have adopted and to what extent. Spend Matters assisted in the survey design, and Everest Group completed the survey and analyzed the data using its Pinnacle Model…
VNDLY receives investment from identity security partner Okta
June 23, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
VNDLY, a workforce management technology solution and VMS provider, announced it had entered into partnership with Okta, a provider of single sign-on and provisioning technology. The company also announced that it received investment from Okta Ventures, Okta’s $50 million investment fund. Spend Matters’ Research Director of Labor and Services Solutions, Andrew Karpie, commented: “As organizations’…
Workforce Logiq announces new solution to optimize talent location as return to work proceeds
June 17, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
Workforce Logiq — a global provider of AI-powered workforce intelligence, technology, and services to enterprises — announced today that it has developed a new solution called IQ Location Optimizer. According to the announcement, the solution enables organizations “to make data-driven decisions on where to source talent and whether or not a remote work arrangement makes…
Technology can bring departments like HR, procurement together to increase extended workforce and solve problems
June 17, 2020 | Spend Matters Brand Studio
As the use of workers not categorized as traditional W-2 employees — aka the extended workforce — grows at a rapid pace, companies are often struggling to find, engage and keep those workers at competitive market rates. Traditional sourcing methods are no longer optimal in the global economy, which demands a wide search for the…
Extended Workforce Tracking Solutions: Can They Fill Your Gap in Visibility, Control? (Part 3) — Analyst Perspective - [PRO Content]
June 17, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
Today, we’ll take a big-picture view of the sector for extended workforce tracking solutions, and we’ll offer some tech selection considerations. Part 1 of this three-part Spend Matters PRO series outlined the three general types of potential solutions (VMS, FMS and EWS, extended workforce systems). And Part 2 presented overviews of three providers/solutions that gave…
Extended Workforce Tracking Solutions: Can They Fill Your Gap in Visibility, Control? (Part 2) — A Look at 3 Providers - [PRO Content]
June 16, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
In Part 1 of this three-part Spend Matters PRO series, we asserted that amid the COVID-19 crisis, some organizations may be focusing their attention on and gaining visibility into their external or extended workforces (comprised of temporary staffing workers, independent contract workers and service provider workers). Considering that business practitioners might be thinking about available…
Extended Workforce Tracking Solutions: Can They Fill Your Gap in Visibility, Control? (Part 1) — Landscape Overview - [PRO Content]
June 15, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
As the economy begins to tentatively lurch forward amid the coronavirus disruption, and large and midsize organizations begin to reconstitute their workforces and supplier relationships for a new normal business environment, we may see an adjustment of focus on their flexible, non-employee workforces. We do not know what organizations’ extended workforces (a mix of temporary…
VectorVMS, WillHire partner up
June 11, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
VectorVMS, a leading vendor management solution, and WillHire, a direct sourcing solution, announced a partnership to help organizations improve their contingent workforce sourcing. The press release asserts that “it is predicted that the use of contingent labor will skyrocket as the economy rebuilds post-COVID-19, making a differentiated sourcing strategy imperative.”
EverHive, VNDLY partner on ‘Quick Deploy’ contingent workforce solutions
June 10, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
EverHive, a new type of contingent workforce services solution provider, today announced a partnership with VNDLY, an innovative work management system and VMS solution provider. Some organizations affected by the COVID-19 crisis, have become aware of their inadequate visibility into, control over and communication with their contingent workforces and suppliers. And many of those will…
Workforce Logiq: What Makes It Great (Temp Staffing SolutionMap Analysis)
June 8, 2020 | Spend Matters Analyst Team
Workforce Logiq is a global industry leader, offering a range of contingent workforce/service solutions — like MSP, direct sourcing that the company calls “self-sourcing,” classification compliance, payrolling and analytics from the recently acquired ENGAGE Talent. The Workforce Logiq technology platform was significantly upgraded/modernized over the past two years, bringing it up to technological parity, at…

Procurement Leaders moves its event to the fall as a coronavirus precaution : Loqualist said : Tough times for business. Entreprises have to be strong. Where can we find the exact new dates for t...

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5 Tips and Considerations for Your Next Spend Analysis RFP : Puneet Jain said : What is a typical spend threshold when a company should go for an RFP for sourcing indirect purchase...