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Specialist Providers of Extended Workforce Rate Benchmarking and Analytics — Series Wrap-Up - [PRO Content]
May 14, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
Back in December, we initiated a five-part series with a brief titled A new species: Specialist providers of contingent workforce rate benchmarking/analytics. In that brief, we identified three third-party (standalone, vendor-neutral) providers that are, broadly speaking, data management and analytics providers and establishing a framework for analyzing providers, capabilities and services from a business-buyer standpoint.…
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE: Workforce data and analytics in a time of crisis - [PRO Content]
April 28, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
In the contingent workforce and services (CW/S) category of Spend Matters’ Coronavirus Response series, our focus has been on solutions that are able to, at a minimum, help rapidly ramp up extended workforce to deal with resource shortfalls as well as manage and track as well as track and manage external workers, projects and services…
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE: Contingent Workforce/Services — Can direct sourcing of work and services help in this crisis? - [PRO Content]
April 27, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
In the contingent workforce and services (CW/S) category of Spend Matters’ Coronavirus Response series, our focus has been on solutions that are able to, at a minimum, help rapidly ramp up extended workforce to deal with resource shortfalls as well as manage and track external workers, projects and services providers. We are examining four categories…
Brightfield (TDX): Vendor Analysis — Solution Overview, SWOT, Tech Selection Tips - [PRO Content]
April 24, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Introduction offers a candid take on Brightfield (TDX) and its capabilities. Brightfield provides enterprises with an extended workforce data-management and analytics solution (at this time, specifically enterprises that are highly focused on “digital” contract workers and SOW/services). This brief includes an overview of Brightfield and its solution offerings, a summary…
Coronavirus affects the world of work (Part 2): Facing the next phase of the crisis - [PRO Content]
April 16, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
Part 2 of this Spend Matters PRO series will focus on where things stand with the coronavirus crisis about a month since many countries and most U.S. states issued stay-at-home orders. It also has been about a month since the publication of Part 1 of this series. Now, governments are considering plans for “re-opening” the…
How KellyOCG is transforming its approach to workforce and services sourcing through ‘Guided Work’ - [PRO Content]
April 10, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
KellyOCG, the outsourcing and consulting arm of Kelly Services, has been pursuing its own strategy to deliver new value to customers in the face of expanding possibilities of how talent can be sourced and engaged. From our perspective, the future will be less about distinct silos (in organizations, technology and outsourced services) and more about…
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE: Try these innovative contingent workforce/services, mobile-first solutions to find help where you need it - [PRO Content]
April 9, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
In the contingent workforce and services (CW/S) category of Spend Matters’ Coronavirus Response series, our focus has been on solutions that are able to, at a minimum, help rapidly ramp up on-demand workers to deal with massive resource shortfalls. We are examining four categories of relatively new types technology-enabled CW/S solutions for: (1) sourcing and…
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE: Contingent Workforce and Services Solutions — How to find the right workers, services in a crisis - [PRO Content]
March 27, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
In this installment of our “Coronavirus Response” series, Spend Matters will focus on contingent workforce and services issues now that it’s not business as usual. In the COVID-19 crisis, the level of uncertainty in worker availability drives an increased need for workforce agility and, perhaps, new trade-offs between time, cost and risk. This may be…
Coronavirus affects the world of work — How can businesses cope with the COVID-19 outbreak? (Part 1) - [PRO Content]
March 17, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
Note: This Spend Matters PRO brief about the coronavirus and issues related to the contingent workforce and services (CW/S) space has been unlocked from the paywall to inform all of our readers. Subsequent briefs in this series may be for PRO subscribers only. Among all of the coronavirus outbreak’s severe, extraordinary effects on people and…
Updated — CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE: Consider These Procurement Technology Solutions to Get You Through the COVID-19 Pandemic (Introduction) - [PRO Content]
March 13, 2020 | Spend Matters Analyst Team
UPDATED Sunday, March 22: Spend Matters analysts have updated this PRO Coronavirus Response piece to include two additional categories and related providers, in addition to our five original categories. All of our recommended vendors are now listed in each category. Last week, this post was unlocked from behind the paywall so all Spend Matters readers…
Elevated Resources: Vendor Analysis (Solution Overview, SWOT, Selection Checklist, Commentary) - [PRO Content]
February 24, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Introduction offers a candid take on Elevated Resources and its capabilities that help mid-size companies with their contingent workforce programs. The brief includes an overview of the company and its solution offerings, a solution evaluation, a SWOT analysis and, lastly, a selection checklist for companies that might consider the provider.…
Five Scenarios for VMS 2025: Scenario 2 — Procurement Rules - [PRO Content]
February 19, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
This is “Scenario 2” of the Spend Matters PRO series in which we consider five scenarios for VMS in 2025. These scenarios represent exploratory thinking (not predictions) on our part. And they are not necessarily meant to be mutually exclusive (in fact, multiple scenarios will probably co-exist in 2025). In any case, they are intended…

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