SAP is connecting these two products based on an attract-to-pay model that will draw from the same master data. Along with SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Fieldglass stands to benefit from this initiative.

Given SAP’s desire to offer end-to-end solutions, master data alignment is popping up everywhere within its strategy. Clearly the contingent labor market is here to stay, and that is where SAP Fieldglass steps in. Roughly two-thirds of participants in the research from SAP Fieldglass and Oxford Economics say the external workforce is essential to increasing speed to market, organizational agility, and/or overall financial performance. According to research completed in early 2018 by SAP Fieldglass in collaboration with Oxford Economics, which Brimm supplied us, nearly half (46 percent) of companies say that without an external workforce, they would not be able to conduct business as usual.Īnd this external workforce may feature some of the best talent. The global freelancing network Upwork projects that by 2027, the number of contract employees will overtake full-time, salaried staff positions. workforce is upon us, as contingent or freelance work is on its way to becoming the new normal. SAP Fieldglass and the New Freelance Workforce It’s clear that our community could use some education, so we reached out to SAP Fieldglass’s SVP of EMEA Mikael Lindmark and President Rob Brimm to discover what SAP users should know about how SAP Fieldglass could benefit them and fit within their suite of SAP products. Its nearest neighbors in SAP’s intelligent suite, SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Ariba, are used nearly four times as much by the ASUG community.Įven those who are familiar with the product may simply consider it a place to get contingent workers, without truly understanding its capabilities. According to our 2018 State of the Community study and some additional ASUG research, only about 10 percent of ASUG members have used SAP Fieldglass in some capacity. Compared with other SAP products, SAP Fieldglass is relatively unknown within the ASUG community.

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