As organisationsí IT needs become increasingly diverse, companies are becoming more and more reliant on multiple suppliers to fulfil their requirements. The resulting increased costs; through lack of control, excessive administration and complicated invoicing procedures, can be tremendous. Research carried out by Certes Computing, a leading IT recruitment company, has highlighted that this can mean hiring managers spend an average of 17.5 working days annually administering contractor recruitment alone.
ìTo stay competitive our clients are continually seeking the most effective way of managing their contingency resources in order to free line managerís time from resourcing issuesî, explains Simon Churan Managing Director, Certes Computing Ltd.
One answer to this drain on valuable management time is Vendor Management - not least because of the significant bottom line savings that organisations can gain from consolidating their IT staffing supply channel down to one primary supplier.
ìThe market is now moving towards Vendor Management as a substitute for the traditional staffing supply model,î continues Churan. ìVendor Management takes the burden of managing IT resourcing away from the client and frees them to focus on developing their own core business, as well as delivering the added benefit of cost savings.î
Churan continues. ìThe driving principles behind Certesí Vendor Management service are centred on cost saving and efficiency gains, which we achieve through supply chain and resourcing process rationalisation. Clients that have already outsourced their IT resourcing processes to Certes have in some cases cut their contract resource costs by up to 25%.î
Automation can be critical in the delivery of an effective Vendor Management service. The success of the final solution can hinge on whether it is supported by a dedicated e-procurement system. Certesí own Vendor Management service is supported by a system specifically designed to web enable the entire resource management process ñ saving Line Managers up to 80% of the time they would otherwise spend on contractor recruitment.
ìOur Vendor Management service adds value by allowing customers to exercise control over management of service quality rather than management of specific resourcing issues,î says Churan. ìThere is no loss of control for clients just a simple transfer of ownership.î
Hiring managers spend an average of 17.5 working days annually administering contractor recruitmentÖ
As organisationsí IT needs become increasingly diverse, companies are becoming more and more reliant on multiple suppliers to fulfil their requirements.