Glossary terms: S

Term

Definition

Product

SaaS

Software as a Service

SaaS Software is accessed via the Web by end users. Beeline's platform is SaaS software hosted by Beeline and not installed at the client's site.

Sales Collateral

Materials that can be used to help drive sales

Client Onboarding

Schedule

For specific industries, schedule is dynamic, shifts coordinator manages many exclusions also exist. Absence tracking & holidays.

Contingent Staffing

Scheduled Shift

Hours a contractor is required to work; for example, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Monday through Friday

Scope of Work

All of the predefined requirements and/or tasks that must completed as a result of a task, project, work order, or request.

Score

The output of assessments points

Contingent Staffing

Score

The output of assessments points

Services Procurement

Scoring

Evaluating suppliers’ responses to assessment questions and providing a point system to the response.

Services Procurement

Screen Config

IQN-platform term describing the settings that control what fields appear in the user interface

Client Onboarding

SDLC

Software Development Life Cycle

A structure imposed on the development of a software product. Similar terms include software life cycle and software process. It is often considered a subset of systems development life cycle. There are several models for such processes, each describing approaches to a variety of tasks or activities that take place during the process.

Segment

A value that means something to the client, commonly an accounting code or cost center. A cost allocation code is usually made up of multiple segments

Client Onboarding

Gives users—especially system administrators—the knowledge and resources to configure and improve Beeline Enterprise on their own. It relies on training, documentation, and best‑practice guidance that help users grow their expertise over time without needing consultant support.

Service Level Agreement

SLA (initialism)
Part of a contract between a service provider (either internal or external) and the end user that defines the mutually agreed to level of service expected from the service provider.

SLAs are output-based and specifically define what the client will receive. SLAs record the common understanding about services, priorities, responsibilities, guarantees, etc.

SLAs are output-based and specifically define what the client will receive. SLAs record the common understanding about services, priorities, responsibilities, guarantees, etc.

Services Procurement

Services Procurement

The process of identifying, evaluating, and obtaining different types of services that are important to the general operation of a business.

Usually, the process of procurement is conducted using in-house resources. Some clients also use procurement systems and consultants to locate and contract the services they need.

Beeline’s Services Procurement solution provides support for the entire procurement lifecycle, from sourcing, through negotiation, to engagement management, and invoicing with the flexibility to use only the needed components. Services projects include contingent contract workers providing services on an arrangement other than just time and expense (usually a Statement of Work) and not managed day-to-day by a Client employee.

Services Procurement Management

A Managed Service Provider for project-based or outsourced-based services. Includes the framework, process, and technology to automate the requisition, management, and payment of services secured through project and outsourced providers.

SLA

See Service Level Agreement

SmartView

Beeline's interactive analytical reporting tool, which is an add-on module to a client's Beeline platform.

Clients receive limited licenses to SmartView. Tibco® Spotfire® is the underlying technology.

SME

Subject Matter Expert

A person who is an authority in a particular area or topic.

Sole-Source

One "source" or means of acquiring all of your staffing needs. Commonly referred to Sole-Source Supplier, which allows a client company to go to one recruiter (firm) for all their staffing needs. (Permanent, Temp-to-Perm, Contract, Payrolling, etc.)

Sourcing

A segment of the procurement process wherein you send a job request to a community of Suppliers to fulfill a request/job position.

Sourcing Event

A business process from creation to awarding contracts to participating vendors. An event has a status, corresponding to each stage in the event process, determining which vendors are still participating and the actions available to them. A common progression might be RFI->RFP(T)->RFQ->Award.

Services Procurement

Sourcing Type

The method of acquiring the desired work outcome. The Sourcing Type represents a specific bundle that implies differentiated templates and business logic. Examples of Sourcing Types are:  Contingent Labor, Direct Hire, Enterprise SOW, (Managed) Service, (Pre-Identified) Independent Contractor

Services Procurement

SOW

Contingent Workforce Management (CWM) processes typically include: requisition, approval, release, sourcing, evaluation, onboarding, management, payment, offboarding, and performance evaluation of the contingent workforce. Duties may also include quality and performance management of workforce suppliers.

Services Procurement

SOW

Statement of Work

Aka Contract or Project Agreement.

A document routinely employed in the field of project management that outlines the contractual obligation upon the vendor when providing services to the client. An SOW defines project-specific activities, deliverables, and timelines for a vendor providing services to the client.

A statement accompanying an RFx that specifies requirements at a high level, usually to include scope of work, location of work, period of performance, deliverables schedule, applicable industry standards and any special requirements.

SP

Service Procurement

The process of identifying, evaluating, and obtaining different types of services that are important to the general operation of a business.

Usually, the process of procurement is conducted using in-house resources. Some client also use procurement systems and consultants to locate and contract the services they need.

Sponsors

A key executive or senior leader within an organization who supports and champions the contingent workforce program. Their role is crucial for several reasons:

• Strategic Alignment: They ensure the program aligns with the organization's overall goals and objectives.

• Resource Allocation: They help secure necessary resources, including budget and personnel, to support the program.

• Stakeholder Engagement: They facilitate communication and collaboration among various stakeholders, such as HR, procurement, legal, and finance.

• Policy Enforcement: They support the implementation and enforcement of policies and procedures related to contingent staffing

SSN

Social Security Number

Social Security number is a nine-digit number issued to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and temporary residents under section 205 of the Social Security Act, codified as 42 U.S.C. § 405. The number is issued to an individual by the Social Security Administration, an independent agency of the United States government.

SSO

Single Sign On

SSO occurs when a user logs in to one application and is then automatically signed into other applications, regardless of the platform, technology, or domain the user is using.

SSO allows clients to sign on to their application and the IQN Vendor Management System at the same time using only one logon username and password.

Stabilization

The period of time between a client's initial go-live and a client's first successful invoice

Client Onboarding

Stakeholder

A member of "groups without whose support the organization would cease to exist"

Services Procurement

Start Date

The first day of the project/contract for the contractor.

Statement of Work

SOW (initialism)

Aka Contract or Project Agreement.

A document routinely employed in the field of project management that outlines the contractual obligation upon the vendor when providing services to the client. An SOW defines project-specific activities, deliverables, and timelines for a vendor providing services to the client.

A statement accompanying an RFx that specifies requirements at a high level, usually to include scope of work, location of work, period of performance, deliverables schedule, applicable industry standards and any special requirements. 

Steady State

The period of time following a client's first successful invoice; the state of the client being stabilized

Client Onboarding

Stewardship Document

definition in process

Client Onboarding

Stinger

This term has been replaced by  Horizon.

Internal-only technical code name for the project .NET Framework and Services Architecture.

Stinger to Beeline

A utility process that runs under Beeline Processing Service or as a SQL Agent Job scheduled to run against the OLTP database.  At its heart is a stored procedure used to sync data from Procurement into tables that support BTE (Beeline Time and Expense).   This data includes but is not limited to Resources, Cost Center, Pay Codes (Earning Codes), and Projects. 

Contingent Staffing

Submit Candidates

Task performed by Suppliers or Vendors in the Beeline platform When a requisition is received, Suppliers and Vendors review their resource pool, and then submit eligible candidates to the client for review.

Supplier

Staffing companies who use the Beeline platform to provide the best-suited candidates to the positions posted by a client.

Suppliers can use the Beeline platform to maintain their candidates, receive new positions, receive remittance, and collect timesheet information. Suppliers are the employers of the contractors, who are working for a client. Most clients have a preferred Supplier list that is specific to their labor category and/or geography.

Suppliers should not be called vendors.

Also, a distinct procurement persona in the Beeline platform billing process.

Services Procurement

Supplier Catalog

This term was used as a way to describe the process of collecting services and material pricings for Select Suppliers under the Services Rate Table functionality, used when using Project Agreements and selecting.

Contingent Staffing

Supplier Classifications

Contingent Staffing

Supplier Evaluation

An evaluation of a supplier as it relates to their services procurement-based activities.

Services Procurement

Supplier Timesheet Extract

A report available to Suppliers that summarizes all of their contractor’s timesheets entered at a given time.