Trace the development of external workforce management for customer buyers and partners over the past two decades, and the extraordinary journey becomes apparent. In the early-mid 2000s, companies were beginning to grasp the importance of effectively managing their contingent workforce. As businesses grew and matured, so did their understanding and utilization of their external workforce, gradually climbing the non-FTE maturity scale. Platforms like SAP Fieldglass emerged as market leaders, offering integrated, efficient, and comprehensive solutions to manage external workforce supply chains ..read more

In July 2023, we unveiled the SAP Enterprise Support value map for Spend Management and Business Network, which included dedicated learning content for SAP Ariba. We are excited to share that we have recently expanded the value map to incorporate additional content for SAP Fieldglass and SAP Concur. This enhancement ensures a holistic and integrated approach for SAP Enterprise Support customers across spend management solutions. Value maps provide self-paced learnings, expert-led live sessions, collaborative forums, and access to SAP experts; all included as part of your SAP Cloud subscription ..read more

Each month i review all the procurement research reports and articles and summarise the best of them, drawing out the key points. World Commerce & Contracting – CCM Benchmarking In this report, (756 responses) sponsored by Icertis, World CC looks at the differences that’s happened over contract management over the last couple of years and there are some interesting takeaways. Increase in both Agile (25% and relational (14%) contract types. Reflecting the changing shape of the world economy On average contract data sits in 24 different systems in typical organisations, which will present a ..read more

Introduction Hi everyone, Above all, I trust that this blog will prove beneficial for those engaged in the Vendor Classification process facilitated by the Fieldglass Add-on. In this guide, I aim to provide clear and concise instructions for each configuration step, facilitating the seamless classification of vendors and their subsequent upload to Fieldglass. Please refer to the SAP Fieldglass Integration Add-On for further details. The Fieldglass Add-on Vendor Upload process is designed to identify specific Vendor Classifications, allowing only the desired ones to be invited to the company Fi ..read more

Each month i’ll review the procurement research reports, articles, and webinars and summarise here Supply Chains for Mid-Market – IDC In this IDC brief (sponsored by open text) the paper uses data from its supply chain survey earlier in the year and focusses on mid-market responses (being defined as under $1billion).  The paper looks to the differences between large enterprises and Mid-market companies identifying that they are held to the same business process standards by their customers as large enterprises, but they lack broad resources. In the near term, efficiency, and resiliency (b ..read more

Dear MSP Partners and Customers, Over the last year, we have evolved our business in an ever-changing environment – TOGETHER! With this change comes differences in how to best approach the market as we look to the year ahead. What will we change to meet our customer’s and prospects’ business needs? How will we further pivot to the demands of the external workforce? What has changed in your business, and how have Fieldglass features been incorporated into what your sales representatives talk about? Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are critical partners to SAP and in helping organizations maximi ..read more

Dear SAP Fieldglass Partners, Exciting News! We are thrilled to introduce the SAP Fieldglass Partner Delivery Group – your dedicated hub for implementation projects. We’ve designed this delivery group to be your go-to resource for collaborative engagement, connecting with fellow partners, and accessing a treasure trove of support resources through blogs and discussions. The goal of the community is to support implementations led and owned by our partners. If your project includes SAP Fieldglass consulting and/or is led by SAP Fieldglass consulting, you should work through that team for your im ..read more

The 2311 edition of the Release Navigator for Spend Management and Business Network is live! Now you can access the essential resources needed for the 2311 Release by SAP Enterprise Support. Along with updated assets for the 2311 Release, the navigator now provides In-App help, more Release Dates, SAP Central Invoice Management release content, and SAP Fieldglass release content!  (Navigator Home page)   Since launch on July 19th the navigator has received over 1,200 unique visitors and close to 2,000 clicks to assist with two major releases (2308 & 2311). Resources include ..read more

As competition becomes fiercer and tighter, companies are constantly looking for strategies to maintain or grow their market position. C-level execs are constantly looking for new ways to innovate, create new business models and maintain customers satisfied. To accomplish this, one of the main directives in many executive strategic planning sessions is to increase the focus on their core business and to assure innovation continuum. This is where, the external workforce, both, contingent workers and external providers is becoming a necessity to assure increased focus on company’s core business ..read more

Introduction: Sensitive Data Fields provide a dual control function in SAP to provide more security when changes are made in Business Partner Master Data records. After activating the Sensitive Data Fields functionality, changes done by one user and have to be confirmed by another user (authorized person), thereby facilitating strong control over unauthorized modification. Changes made in relevant Business Partner Master Data are visible but the account is automatically blocked for payment run till the changes are confirmed. Dual control: Dual control is a means of ensuring that critical appli ..read more