Vendor Management System (VMS)

Last Updated: January 18, 2017

Definition - What does Vendor Management System (VMS) mean?

A vendor management system (VMS) is a Web-based application that allows an organization to secure and manage staffing services on a temporary, permanent or contract basis. It helps centralize the complex issues that surround the staffing.

A VMS generally involves the following:

Job requisition or staff ordering
Automatic billing
Business intelligence (BI) functionality
Management reporting
Workflow engines
Amenity tracking
Service catalog, including standardized positions and skills

Techopedia explains Vendor Management System (VMS)

A VMS provides seamless access to cost-effective, qualified human resources, while facilitating efficient recruitment and long term growth. A VMS manages all staffing operations and management procedures and eliminates typical issues and inefficiencies of workforce management.

In a successful VMS program, clients work with top providers to recruit quality, affordable personnel in a timely manner.

VMS benefits include the following:

The complete process is significantly smoother and faster.
Only accredited personnel are recruited.
All vendors may participate in the bid process, which leads to competitive bidding.
A buyer may create standardized job descriptions.
Details about job candidates are accessible from a single location, and different systems have the ability to rank each application, per buyer requirements.
A central, end-to-end work flow engine manages the process.
Questions, interview processes and rejections are noted and monitored.
Job rates are competitive.

Vendors benefit from the following: