THE CHALLENGE

• Order activity with secondary suppliers happens via email.
• Analytics are lacking in order to scorecard vendors.
• Inability to track key metrics and evolve supplier program.
• Disproportionate amount of time spent from many stakeholders on vendor management and requisition reaction times.
• No automated integration between the client ATS system and the secondary supplier program Little vendor accountability for supplying quality candidates.
• Challenged with tracking and time stamping candidate & order activity.
• Client submittal feedback not readily available to the secondary supplier.
• No centralized control for order triage before releasing to the secondary supplier group.

THE PROCESS

• iLabor completed a full integration to the client’s ATS system.
• Client’s full business process and vernacular was mimicked to flow through iLabor’s enabling technology to supplier community.
• A launch was done in one of the client’s largest branches to ensure client satisfaction and foster adoption company-wide.
• Client’s back office timekeeping and payment process stayed the same and client was set up to pay one payment to iLabor.
• There is an MSA between iLabor and the client, client maintained supplier contracts and suppliers signed an End User Licensing Agreement with iLabor (EULA).
• Confidentiality agreement and segregation of data to protect the client.
• Rapid implementation timeline established to include due diligence, customization, user testing, vendor and user communication and training, and the ability to accommodate on-going change controls.

THE RESULTS

• Recruiters are now able to send orders to secondary supplier community via one system with a single sign on eliminating multiple emails.
• Supplier submittals come back into the client’s ATS via iLabor, allowing recruiters to have all available candidates in one place fostering qualified candidate “speed to market”
• Suppliers receive “real time” feedback on candidate progress as recruiters update the ATS system.
• Suppliers are willing to dedicate more recruiting process as they are not only getting “real time” feedback, but also can see all order availability in one spot (not just what specific recruiters want to share).
• Client can get analytics on supplier performance to make key decisions on the future of their program.
• Recruiter time is spent on fulfillment vs. vendor management
• End-to-end process of the secondary supplier program now all in a single tool. Significant cost savings, revenue capture, and efficiency gains realized.
• No cost to client, supplier-funded program.

iLabor’s staffing industry client has a centralized supplier program headed up by a Director level leader. They have developed their secondary supplier community to over 70 suppliers nationwide. Each year they do an RFP to rationalize their supplier community and approximately 20% of their overall company revenue is spent with secondary suppliers.