Field Engineer vs. SAP Fieldglass

SAP Fieldglass seems to be well suited to contingent workforce management. When compared to other products I have experienced, it is more advanced. Extremely well suited if you have SAP Ariba and SAP (ECC/S4) due to the seamless, pre-built integration between SAP Fieldglass and these other SAP systems. We used it in a regional (North American) scope, but that was based on business decisions and not system limitations.

Incentivized

• SAP Fieldglass is a VMS tool that automates sourcing and identifying supplies, reducing time and fulfilling requirements promptly.
• Its provide us detailed visibility and compliance in hiring process.
• SAP Fieldglass ensures company rules and legal processes during the onboarding and helps to manage the onboarding process.

Incentivized

• Usability to be improved (to allow more end users to act directly in the system)
• Rate card management / Fx rate management
• Documentation of the functionality (There is so much functionality available in the system, it would be great to receive more instructions how to configure).
• AI usage to ensure more intuitive entries, based on past usage and other users' experience/work

Again, Fieldglass is a strong contender but Fieldglass can be difficult at times to work with and not as supportive as I'd like. As so, I'd be willing to try Beeline or other top competitors

Incentivized

SAP Fieldglass offers extensive capabilities for managing contingent workforce, statement of work (SOW) projects, and services procurement. It seamlessly integrates with other SAP products (e.g. SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba) and external systems, providing a unified ecosystem for enterprises using SAP’s suite of solutions. It is highly scalable, suitable for large enterprises with complex workforce management needs.

Incentivized

• I would have to say Fieldglass has made a positive impact, only in that having access to it has opened up some client relationships we didn't have before. I am a vendor to clients using Fieldglass, so I can't really report on the financial successes they may have had by implementing it.
• The negative side to Fieldglass, or any VMS, really, from an agency perspective is that it cuts out manager contact. That has a negative impact, both to the agency and the hiring manager. No longer can the managers really explain what they need, and no longer can an agency understand the req deeply. We have to work off of a scrubbed job description which is generally pretty vanilla.

Incentivized