External workforce and services
Drive agility and resilience with a well-managed external workforce
Quickly add the talent and resources it takes to stay competitive, creating a versatile external workforce that drives value and builds the business.
Manage your global contingent workforce
- Greater visibility and control
- Built-in tax and regulatory compliance
- Faster access to qualified candidates
- Real-time data and analytics
- Improved asset and data security
Administer services engagements efficiently
- Collaborative digital workspace for services spend
- Real-time data and analytics
- Intuitive, AI-assisted user interface
- Built-in tax and labor compliance
- Automated on/offboarding of workers
Track all non-payroll workers
- Global, standardized records for external workers
- Compliance with corporate security policies
- Consolidated health and safety records
- Automated onboarding and offboarding
- Worldwide worker database
Assign multiple workers to one or more jobs
- Flexible deployment of workers
- Customizable interface and tailored workflow by category
- Compliance and contract management
- Integrated time tracking and badging
- ERP platform integration
Stay ahead in today’s tight labor market
- Clear view of your entire workforce
- Alignment between HR and procurement
- Agile responsiveness to changing needs
- Engagement with top talent
- Reduced effort and time savings
SAP Fieldglass portfolio
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Product Overview
Find, engage, and manage your global external workforce with market-leading solutions.
Greater visibility and control Track all external workers and easily monitor activities, assess results, and share intelligence across relevant teams.
Built-in tax and regulatory compliance Comply with regional and local tax and labor regulations and meet government mandates across 180 countries in 21 languages.
Faster access to qualified candidates Evaluate candidates ranked by machine learning, schedule interviews, consult labor rates, and use built-in negotiation tools.
Real-time data and analytics Track results with key metrics and drive better decision-making across the business with robust reporting and analytics.
Improved asset and data security Automate and track onboarding and offboarding of each flexible worker to mitigate risk and prevent stolen IP and physical assets.
Collaborative digital workspace for services spend Operationalize master contracts and SOWs to ensure deliverables comply with terms, milestones, service quality, and budget.
Real-time data and analytics Use end-to-end intelligence to reach the right balance of service quality, cost, and speed for better business outcomes.
Intuitive, AI-assisted user interface Customize the solution with self-service tools and reduce complexity with an intuitive interface and AI-enabled functionality.
Built-in tax and labor compliance Comply with regional and local tax and labor regulations and meet government mandates across 180 countries in 21 languages.
Automated on/offboarding of workers Automatically create security IDs, access to systems, and other onboarding tasks. Automate termination of systems access, asset retrieval, and other tasks during offboarding.
Global, standardized records for external workers See all contact information, work history, tenure, certifications, location and data access, and more instantly in one place.
Compliance with corporate security policies Assign a security identification number to each external worker and link all historical data in one record to boost security.
Consolidated health and safety records Confirm and document nonpayroll workers’ compliance with corporate policies in training, certification, licenses, and more.
Automated onboarding and offboarding Ensure all required external worker onboarding and offboarding processes are completed consistently and on time, every time.
Worldwide worker database Manage global headcount targets and gain greater control and visibility of every non-payroll worker in every location.
Flexible deployment of workers Assign one or multiple resources from your resource pool or give one resource multiple assignments in any day, week, or month.
Customizable interface and tailored workflow by category Simplify the end-to-end process in a single interface with preset job codes, pay rates, and a built-in pay-rules engine.
Compliance and contract management Standardize onboarding and offboarding, meet certifications and local and regional labor regulations, and verify contractors.
Integrated time tracking and badging Integrate time processing with a gate pass system and track clock-in and clock-out swipes with major badging systems.
ERP platform integration Automatically code time-card data against POs, cost centers, and work orders, then generate an invoice in your ERP system.
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Track metrics, work on the go, and integrate seamlessly with all SAP Fieldglass solutions
SAP Fieldglass solutions for external workforce and services procurement share broader capabilities, such as analytics, mobile apps, and platform integration.
Analytics
Use the analytics capability with SAP Fieldglass solutions to access real-time data and actionable metrics on your nonpayroll labor.
Mobile apps
Use mobile apps with SAP Fieldglass solutions to put external workforce efficiency at your fingertips.
Integration
Discover how SAP Fieldglass solutions can integrate seamlessly with most major on-premise or cloud-based software platforms.