In today’s rapidly evolving workforce landscape, organizations face increasing complexity in managing diverse talent pools. From full-time employees to contingent workers, freelancers, and service providers, the modern enterprise requires a unified approach to workforce management — one that breaks down silos and maximizes agility, efficiency, and compliance. This is where SAP Fieldglass steps in as a leading Vendor Management System (VMS) to enable businesses to build and manage a unified total talent strategy.
A total talent strategy encompasses all types of workforce resources—permanent employees, contingent labor, freelancers, contractors, and services—under one integrated management framework. The goal is to optimize talent acquisition, deployment, and management to meet organizational goals with flexibility and cost efficiency.
Unlike traditional talent management, which often treats permanent and contingent workforces separately, a unified total talent strategy ensures a holistic view and coordinated management, enabling better decision-making, cost control, and compliance adherence.
SAP Fieldglass is a cloud-based external workforce management and services procurement platform that helps organizations manage contingent labor and services engagements efficiently. It serves as a critical enabler for executing a unified total talent strategy by:
Start by consolidating all contingent workforce data in SAP Fieldglass. This creates a single source of truth that breaks down organizational silos between HR, procurement, and business units. Real-time dashboards and analytics empower stakeholders to monitor labor categories, supplier performance, and budget adherence.
A unified total talent strategy requires seamless integration between SAP Fieldglass and core HR systems such as SAP SuccessFactors. This integration enables end-to-end workforce lifecycle management, from hiring to offboarding, ensuring consistent policies, compliance, and employee experience regardless of employment type.
Use SAP Fieldglass to standardize engagement workflows—such as requisition approvals, candidate onboarding, time tracking, and invoicing. Standardization reduces risk, ensures compliance with labor laws and corporate policies, and creates a better experience for hiring managers and contingent workers alike.
Deploy SAP Fieldglass’ advanced analytics capabilities to uncover insights such as spend trends, worker performance, and supplier effectiveness. These insights enable informed decision-making about where to invest, which suppliers to partner with, and how to optimize the workforce mix to meet evolving business needs.
SAP Fieldglass facilitates improved collaboration with suppliers and workers by providing a transparent, user-friendly platform for communication, assignments, and payments. This improves supplier relationships, worker satisfaction, and ultimately the quality of talent acquired.
Use the platform’s reporting and feedback mechanisms to continuously refine workforce strategies. Measure KPIs such as time-to-fill, cost savings, compliance rates, and worker quality to drive iterative improvements in total talent management.
Successfully managing a total talent strategy goes beyond implementation—it requires ongoing governance, monitoring, and adaptation.
Building and managing a unified total talent strategy is essential for organizations aiming to thrive in a dynamic, flexible workforce environment. SAP Fieldglass offers the technology foundation to unify workforce data, streamline processes, enhance compliance, and empower strategic workforce decisions. By leveraging SAP Fieldglass, enterprises can achieve greater agility, cost efficiency, and workforce quality — unlocking the full potential of their total talent ecosystem.