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A VOP or vendor on Premise is a great way to have total talent management for your contingent workforce. When you partner with a staffing provider offering a VOP, you will benefit from having a representative to staff and manage temporary workers at your location. When you take this off your plate, you can spend more time doing what you do best – running your business. Here’s how a VOP can answer your everyday temporary staffing struggles.

Why You Should Consider Having a VOP

Lower Labor Costs

A VOP can focus on optimizing processes to improve efficiency, reduce lead times, and minimize errors or rework. By managing the contingent workforce promptly and accurately, they can help the business streamline its operations and labor costs. The VOP can provide comprehensive training and ongoing support to the business’s employees. By ensuring the staff is well-trained and knowledgeable, the vendor can help minimize errors and reduce the need for extensive supervision or additional labor.

Improve Workplace Safety

The VOP can provide comprehensive safety training programs to the contingent workforce, ensuring they know potential hazards, safety protocols, and best practices. This training covers proper equipment usage, emergency procedures, ergonomics, and personal protective equipment requirements. They can also conduct regular safety assessments, ensure compliance with regulations, provide safety equipment and resources, improve incident reporting and responsiveness, collaborate with the client, and assist with continuous improvement and safety feedback.

Streamline Contingent Workforce Management

Implementing a centralized Vendor Management System allows the VOP to automate and streamline various aspects of contingent workforce management. This system can facilitate recruitment, onboarding, timekeeping, scheduling, performance evaluation, and payment processing. It provides a centralized platform for data management, communication, and reporting.

Expands Performance Monitoring

Establishing transparent and efficient communication channels between the vendor, the client, and the contingent workforce is essential for streamlined management. Regularly sharing updates, expectations, and requirements ensures everyone is on the same page. Effective communication helps prevent miscommunication, reduces delays, and allows for timely decision-making. Developing standardized processes and documentation for various stages of contingent workforce management brings consistency and efficiency. This includes standardizing job descriptions, contract templates, onboarding procedures, training protocols, performance evaluation criteria, and offboarding processes. Standardization simplifies workflows and reduces the time and effort required to manage each worker.

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About Anserteam Workforce Solutions

Anserteam Workforce Solutions represents North America’s very best staffing agencies aligned together to deliver world-class workforce management solutions. We offer end-to-end talent services that can be customized for any size business, utilizing our Managed Services Provider (MSP) model and Vendor Management Solutions (VMS) technology. Is your organization seeking a WBENC-certified diversity partner to provide measurable results and substantial cost savings?  Contact us today.