Sourcing Insights

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As you create requisitions or extend offers to a candidate, you make important choices that affect your contingent workforce program. To help you make informed decisions about your sourcing choices, your program may have added Beeline AI Sourcing Insights to the Contingent Staffing and Services Procurement modules.

With embedded intelligence and real-time analytics, you can work smarter, not harder.

Learn about the basic sourcing insights

Depending on what’s set up in your Enterprise VMS, you’ll see actionable data and insights to help you cut costs and increase efficiency. When data isn’t available for a specific insight, it displays under the No data was found for the following section.

The following tables show you insights by page and insights by category.

Sourcing Insights by page

Page	Insight
Request Creation	Market Rate Ranges Program Rate Ranges Cycle Time (Request Released to Offer Accepted) Cycle Time (Offer to Onboarding) Assignments Ending Soon Top Suppliers
Request Template	Market Rate Ranges Program Rate Ranges Cycle Time (Request Released to Offer Accepted) Cycle Time (Offer to Onboarding) Assignments Ending Soon Top Suppliers
Candidate Offer	Market Rate Ranges Program Rate Ranges Cycle Time (Offer to Onboarding) Average Hired Bill Rate Average Offer Bill Rate Submitted Rate to Request Rate Offer Rejected Average Rate Offer Rate Negotiation Average Submitted Rate
Invite Supplier	Active Projects by Supplier Projects Completed on Time Projects Completed on Budget No Bids by Supplier

Sourcing Insights by category

Insight	Description	Page	Why it matters
Market Rate Ranges	Real-time market rate benchmarks displayed during the requisition and/or offer process. Standardized job titles, average rates, and bill rate ranges will display based on data related to the request.	Request Creation Request Template Candidate Offer	Provides data-driven benchmarks to help users set fair, competitive, cost-effective bill rates.
Program Rate Ranges	The minimum and maximum bill rates for active assignments for the selected job title. Shows the minimum and maximum bill rate ranges for assignments with start dates in the last six months. If the request was created earlier than six months ago, the default rate card values display.	Request Creation Request Template Candidate Offer	Evaluate recent hiring trends and benchmarks against the market.
Cycle Time (Offer to Onboarding)	The average number of days from when an offer was accepted to when onboarding was completed. Shows averages for the last six months for the selected job title.	Request Creation Request Template Candidate Offer	Helps you understand the speed and efficiency of the hiring process for the job title you selected.
Cycle Time (Request Released to Offer Accepted)	The average number of days from when a request was released to when an offer was accepted. Shows averages for the last six months for the selected job title.	Request Creation Request Template	Helps you understand the speed and efficiency of the hiring process for the job title you selected. Understand how long it will take for a qualified candidate be submitted and selected.
Assignments Ending Soon	Shows the total number of active assignments and the number of assignments set to expire in the next ten days for the selected job title you have permissions to view.	Request Creation Request Template	Helps you anticipate backfills or extensions and reduce the risk of gaps in critical roles by enabling timely action. Alerts you to prepare for proper exit procedures, including equipment return, access revocation, and final documentation. Aids in redeploying high-performing talent to other open roles, reducing sourcing time and cost.
Top Suppliers	Suppliers that have filled requests for the selected job title most frequently in the last six months.	Request Creation Request Template	Identify superior suppliers that consistently provide high-quality candidates who meet or exceed expectations. Leverage suppliers who may have faster response times, helping reduce cycle times from requisition to onboarding.
Average Hired Bill Rate	The average starting bill rate for assignments that resulted in hires with a start date in the last six months for the selected job title.	Candidate Offer	Identifies opportunities to negotiate better rates or adjust role pricing based on recent assignments.
Average Offer Bill Rate	The average offer bill rate extended to candidates for the selected job title in the last six months.	Candidate Offer	Understand how competitive your offers are compared to market rates. See how suppliers are pricing talent before final negotiations.
Submitted Rate to Request Rate	The percentage difference between the supplier’s submitted bill rate and the client’s request rate for requests created in the last six months for the selected job title.	Candidate Offer	Understand how often a supplier submits candidates over or below the request rate.
Offer Rejected Average Rate	The average offer bill rate declined by candidates for requests created in the last six months for the selected job title in the last six months.	Candidate Offer	Discover which rate is considered too low by candidates accepting an offer for the job title you selected. Get insights into where to start your rate.
Offer Rate Negotiated	The average percentage difference the final bill rate is lower or higher than the supplier’s originally submitted rate. Shows averages for requests created in the last six months for the selected job title.	Candidate Offer	Understand your negotiation bandwidth for a particular supplier. Discover how often and by how much the initial bill rate offered to a candidate was negotiated before an offer was accepted or rejected.
Average Submitted Rate	The average bill rate submitted by the supplier for requests created in the last six months for the selected job title.	Candidate Offer	Key performance indicator showing how the selected supplier is pricing talent relative to the request rate and market conditions. Helps you assess whether suppliers may be padding rates, anticipating negotiation, or consistently submitting overpriced or underpriced candidates.
Active Projects by Supplier	The number of active projects associated with the selected supplier.	Candidate Offer	Shows how much each supplier is contributing to your contingent workforce program. Helps you equitably distribute work across suppliers, avoiding over-relying on a few and underusing others. Highlights current suppliers you may want to leverage for pricing on future projects.
Completed on Time	The percentage of projects completed on time based on project close surveys for the selected supplier.	Candidate Offer	Helps you identify which suppliers consistently complete projects on the designated end date.
Completed on Budget	The percentage of projects completed on budget based on project close surveys for the selected supplier.	Candidate Offer	Helps you evaluate the financial efficiency and predictability of a supplier regarding budget.
No Bids by Supplier	The percentage of projects the selected supplier chose not to participate in.	Candidate Offer	Helps you prioritize high-engagement suppliers and allocate projects to them.