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title: Working with Contingent Workforce Suppliers
description: This guide covers five key elements of building a high-functioning Contingent Workforce Program
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# [Working with Contingent Workforce Suppliers](https://blog.sisystems.com/working-with-contingent-workforce-suppliers)

 Written by [Pre\_ISM](https://blog.sisystems.com/author/pre_ism) | Jul 31, 2026, 6:35:12 PM

**A Practical Guide to Getting Better Results from your Staffing Suppliers, from Selection to Scorecards and Beyond**

## A Start-to-Finish Guide on Supplier Relationships

Want better results from your contingent workforce management (CWM) program? Build stronger partnerships with your vendors. This guide shows you how. 

It’s a start-to-finish look at the entire process of working with third-party partners, full of strategies to strengthen outcomes at every stage.

Here’s a sample of what’s inside: 

- Assessing your CWM gaps and opportunities 
- Crafting preferred vendor lists through the RFP
- Ensuring both quality and quantity of talent
- Building a job taxonomy and market rate card
- Controlling CWM program costs 
- Building staffing scorecards to manage performance
- Creating a successful future together 
- … and much more.

Whether you’re just starting out on a journey to consolidate vendors or have a program up and running, there’s something here for everyone. 

 

## Download the free eBook

 

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