SAP Fieldglass is an excellent and comprehensive, helpful system [for] easy contractor database management and a very easy solution for even non-technical users to get started. The budgeting capability that SAP Fieldglass provides is nice and quite reliable for the effective categorization and invoicing operations. Also, SAP Fieldglass has the best tools.

Pros and Cons

Asset management tool.
Excellent inventory management.
Skills tracking solution.

Performance speed requires improvement.
Dashboard setting can be made effective.
Collaboration ability is low.

Likelihood to Recommend

SAP Fieldglass is the best solution for order management for the project managers. [It is an] easy tool for recruitment management, [has] effective tools, and [is] easy to manipulate. SAP Fieldglass also allows the user to simply manage resources and again, SAP Fieldglass['s] capability for time tracking is excellent and helpful to the users.

February 25, 2020

My FieldGlass VMS Review

Sean Pennel, CSP, CSC

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Alpha Professional Resources (Staffing and Recruiting, 51-200 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

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Verified User

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My organization uses FieldGlass VMS to manage our business and recruiting process with a number of clients. It is very proficient in managing data and documents, however, it still does not allow for enough real time information. Fieldglass VMS does not auto populate, so pages have to be refreshed manually.

Pros and Cons

Bill rate calculations. Automatically calculates rates and helps stay within budget.
Job Descriptions: very thorough detail, allows for attachments, and gives specific details about the interview process, etc.
Format - the overall format is very basic/user-friendly. Dashboard can be customized to suit users preferences.

Could use more tools and menu options.
Technical support is only offered during regular business hours. Could help to have live 24/7 support available.
Pages still crash periodically and you have log in again and lose any data that was not saved.

Likelihood to Recommend

No. Fieldglass VMS performs to my needs.

March 21, 2018

Fieldglass for External Invoicing

Kyle Moninger

Instructor of Quantitative Business Curriculum

Bowling Green State University (Higher Education, 501-1000 employees)

Score 7 out of 10

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am currently using Fieldglass as an invoicing system for projects completed with third-party publishing companies. We adopted this system across the entire organization in an effort to simplify and streamline our invoicing process. Prior to this adoption, we had an inconsistent process that relied on bouncing Excel sheets back and forth from payers and payees but the Fieldglass system has modernized that process.

Pros and Cons

Organized statements of work show the payee which projects they are working on and which are approved for payment
Good accountability system that updates in real time and has organized channels of approval
Simple approval process brings up what items need to be reviewed and approved with a click of a button

Interface is a bit confusing at times and offers more than we need
High-learning curve for most users

Likelihood to Recommend

I think Fieldglass is perfect for situations in which payments are contracted out, or paid on a project-completion basis. As in our situation, its perfect to organize extra external projects that are ongoing. Dates and timelines for approval and payment are easily seen, calculated, and approved. It would not be ideal for a regular payroll scenario as most employees would feel burdened by reporting their time on a regular basis. It would also put a unnecessary task of individual approval processing on the payer.

May 27, 2016

Fieldglass - definitely one of the better VMSs out there!

Elias Cobb

Recruiting Manager

Quantix, Inc. (Staffing and Recruiting, 51-200 employees)

Score 7 out of 10

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Fieldglass is a VMS that we, as a staffing agency, interface with for two different clients. I use it to review job postings, submit candidates, receive feedback on candidates, setup and manage interviews, and interface with the clients. Our back office folks use Fieldglass to manage invoices and billing. At this time, I'm the main user of Fieldglass from a candidate and job management standpoint, although there is certainly the possibility of use expanding to other people within our office, and others have access to the system already.

Pros and Cons

Fieldglass does a good job of displaying the jobs that are open, and allows for vendors to quickly determine the status of the jobs, the location, posting dates, and how many candidates you have submitted for each one.
Fieldglass does allow some filtering and search capabilities. When you get to a large number of jobs on which you are working, that is invaluable in keeping organized. Many other VMSs do not do a good job of this.
The submittal process, of attaching a candidate to a specific job, is fairly short and straightforward. That's important because it saves time. Many VMSs take forever to get a candidate through, and are not intuitive at all. Fieldglass is better than most in that regard.

The simple display and way you navigate the jobs page is not very intuitive. There could be better information displayed than what is there, and it doesn't always make sense in how you move from one page to another.
I really don't like the requirement of the last 5 digits of a candidate's social security number for the "Security ID." Some candidates are reluctant to give that out, when paired with their birth day (also required). I'm not sure why this couldn't be a different piece of information - last 5 of the primary phone number, for example.
Some of the field are not well-defined. For example. there is a Resume field, then an Attachments field. And the rate section isn't 100% clear, especially when entering overtime rates or discounted rates.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's well suited for a company who has lots of vendors, lots of requirements, and lots of contractors. I can see how it would help manage the relationship between vendor and client, and I do think it's better than many of the other VMSs that I have utilized. It allows a vendor to see many requirements simultaneously, and the ability to submit previously submitted candidates is pretty good as well. That's also important because a key component to vendor success (and vendor engagement) is speed to submittal. If your VMS cannot support vendors, you run the risk of losing vendor engagement which means a lesser candidate pool. It would be poorly suited for a smaller company with fewer vendors. Essentially it would be overkill for that sort of organization, and would add unnecessary layers into the hiring process.

September 16, 2014

Fieldglass as a VMS for an MSP - strong player but there's tough competition

Verified User

Engineer in Human Resources

Staffing and Recruiting Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 8 out of 10

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I work for a Staffing organization that partners with Fieldglass as well as other VMS technologies as we support the process of hiring/managing temp labor onsite at our clients. When Fieldglass is selected, it is our central technology used to submit job postings, manage approval, hire workers, time track, etc.

Pros and Cons

Generally user friendly/intuitive - comparatively to some competitors FG is easy to navigate.
Decently robust releases - usually a good amount of features come out in each release (3 major releases a year)
Made good strides in updating/increasing the usability in the last few years

Not very many major releases (only 3) while other technologies are changing more often
Help desk is quick to close a case without providing a full detailed logical explanation (they just state something even if it doesn't make sense)
Admin section is confusing as a lot of configurations are "hidden" even from an Admin view
Employees appear overburdened therefore are not as responsive as needed (i.e. Operations Consultants)

Likelihood to Recommend

Fieldglass VMS is definitely a leader in VMS technology but has strong competition with Beeline, PROUnlimited software, etc. I would need to do a comparison of FG against these other technologies which I am less knowledgeable. The only other factor is cost - not sure how Fieldglass VMS compares.

SAP Fieldglass Scorecard Summary

Likelihood to Recommend (5): 87%
8.7
Likelihood to Renew (2): 70%
7.0

What is SAP Fieldglass?

SAP Fieldglass is a cloud-based product designed to help companies manage their contingent workforces and project-based labor.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is SAP Fieldglass?

SAP Fieldglass is a cloud-based product designed to help companies manage their contingent workforces and project-based labor.

What are SAP Fieldglass's top competitors?

Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP SuccessFactors, and Workday Human Capital Management are common alternatives for SAP Fieldglass.

Who uses SAP Fieldglass?

The most common users of SAP Fieldglass are from Mid-size Companies and the Staffing & Recruiting industry.