Sap fieldglass vms4/26/2023 This factor makes the union of Fieldglass with Ariba/SAP AND the union of Fieldglass with SuccessFactors/SAP all the more interesting as the combined solutions begin to map to the collaborative strategies and approaches that enterprises are using to manage these workers and category of spend. Harder to predict has been the convergence of total talent management and supply management and the speed in which it is occurring. Ariba’s focus on services procurement now maps to the increasing maturity of its procurement customers who are looking to move beyond managing their indirect (and direct) items and are focusing on services as the next wave to place more spend under management. Additionally, besides being an interested suitor in a few acquisition opportunities over the years, Ariba has spent the past year refining its own Contingent Workforce and services procurement solutions. Ardent Partners expects the contingent workforce management market to grow by 30% over the next three years, so the interest by larger providers in this complex and fast-growing area has been quite apparent for years (so much so, that predicting a near-term deal in this space was no great feat). It is also, of course, the first deal where a VMS provider is snatched up by one of the world’s two largest ERP providers. SAP’s acquisition of Fieldglass represents a veritable “game-changer” in the contingent workforce industry, as this deal is the first instance of one of the top-tier VMS solutions (a list that includes Beeline, IQN, and Peoplefluent, among several others) being linked so directly with a supply management suite provider with a depth in eProcurement (Ariba and also, SAP). Other details will emerge but, for now, the SAP and Fieldglass teams state that the VMS provider will operate independently as an SAP company in their cloud line. The deal is expected to be closed sometime in the second quarter of 2014, subject to regulatory approval and final negotiations. Earlier today, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced its intent to acquire Vendor Management System (VMS) provider Fieldglass, one of the world’s leading platforms for managing contingent labor and other types of contract talent.
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