Businesses most often make the decision to expand overseas to diversify risk and income streams, while reducing dependence on a single market. However, success relies not only on an outward looking mind-set, but also a solid strategy and execution. […]
Tag: Procurement
Get More Out of Your Contingent Workforce
Every year, you face the same challenge: You need to recruit dozens or even hundreds of contingent workers in record time and for limited-term contracts. This could be due to the seasonality of your products or services, or to the production peaks created by the rhythm of innovation. […]
The Swarm is Coming
During our Beeline conference in April, I made 10 (boldish) predictions about the future of technology. Number 5 on that list was: Large corporations will become smaller, with swarms of temporary teams.
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Smaller Supplier Engagements: Does tail spend have you in a tail spin?
There are options in the marketplace that help your organization take strategic action to provide small vendor oversight and reap the many benefits of properly managing this critical 80% of your suppliers. […]
Moving beyond the traditional: How data and analytics can predict your company’s future non-employee labor needs
The advancement of sophisticated data and analytics is creating new possibilities across the non-employee labor world, offering companies previously unimaginable ways to position their programs for success unthinkable only a few years ago. […]
Top Reasons That Enterprises Bring on IC’s
The shift from jobs to gigs is happening so steadily that in the next decade, over half of the workforce will be made up of independent or freelance workers. […]
Success in SOW Management-Defining and Delivering Business Value
The challenge often faced by new SOW programs is that stakeholders may have a difficult time articulating the kind of detailed program expectations necessary to develop and deliver a successful solution. […]
Transforming SOW to Bring True Business Value
For too long, the MSP segment of the non-employee labor industry has touted statement of work (SOW) as the next big thing and promised SOW management services that would transform a company’s supply chain. […]
Gaining Visibility Into Your Worker Data
If you’re a program manager responsible for contingent labor, this makes it hard for you to do your job. After all, how can you provide your executives an understanding of what is occurring within the organization when you don’t have visibility into data about your workers that is most important to your business? […]
The Risk is Real: Contingent Worker Misclassification and How to Avoid It
Worker classification lawsuits are becoming more and more common, and so are the federal government’s efforts to combat worker misclassification. […]
