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A New Approach to VMS: How SimpleVMS Bridges the Gap Between Employer and Staffing Agency

In the fiercely competitive world of staffing, one agency stands out, connecting over 20,000 employees annually with job opportunities across 20 states, generating over $300 million each year. And their growth journey doesn’t stop there. Currently focused on light industrial, 3PL, and warehousing, the company has plans to expand into direct hire recruiting in the insurance, medical, IT, accounting, and finance industries.

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Total Workforce Accounting

Total Workforce Accounting: Using a VMS Solution to Track Contingent Workforce Costs

Do you have visibility into your total labor costs? If your business uses freelancers, consultants, or temporary staff on a regular basis, it's crucial to use tools that let you manage these costs with the same rigor you use for your full-time employees.  Unchecked expenses can lead to inaccurate data, making it challenging to evaluate performance and impeding growth. 

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Avionté Acquires SimpleVMS

Creating the Industry’s First Platform to Manage Contingent Labor Workflows Across Employer, Staffing Agency, and Talent

Transformative deal enables collaboration between staffing firms and employers to manage the entire supply chain of labor

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Value of an Integrated Timekeeping System for All Vendors

When using multiple vendors to handle your staffing needs, it’s common for each supplier (and their temporary workers) to rely on their own timekeeping system. Often, this approach is cumbersome, requiring supervisors to review multiple systems to confirm worker hours, deal with paper time slips on a daily or weekly basis, or otherwise spend a significant amount of time on payroll activities.

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The Value in Saving for a Potential Recession

Over recent months, fears of an upcoming recession have continued to grow. The current landscape is challenging from an economic perspective. Inflation is pushing up prices for various goods and materials, leading to higher costs for businesses in nearly every sector. Plus, wage expectations among professionals are trending upward, and many companies are seeing their payroll increase dramatically to remain competitive.

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How Utilizing a VMS Can Reduce Time-to-Hire

In many cases, growing your workforce quickly is challenging. Even if you have multiple vendors at your disposal, exploring all of your options is a cumbersome process if you don’t use the right approach. Contacting each supplier individually requires a significant amount of time. Plus, there’s no guarantee you’ll ultimately connect with the best candidate right away, especially if you’re not reaching out to every vendor simultaneously.

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What is a Contingent Worker?

When you need a flexible, scalable workforce, introducing contingent workers to the mix is essential. You’ll gain access to highly skilled professionals without needing to permanently bring them onto your payroll, giving you versatility. Plus, it’s a far more cost-effective solution for shorter-term needs, resulting in financial gain.

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