Your staffing service may contract with an outside vendor to provide an employee to work on an assignment at a customer facility. Some reasons that a vendor might be used are

• in order to fulfill a workforce agreement, you may need to use all available resources including outside vendors.

• a case in which your staffing service receives a request to provide a person to fill a position not normally handled by your staffing service.

In this type of relationship, the vendor pays the employee. You bill the customer and pay the vendor. In some cases, the customer may be aware that the person has been placed by an outside vendor. In other cases, the customer may not be aware of the transaction.

The Vendor category allows you to add/view/edit/delete vendors. In general, a vendor record appears similar to a company record. However, it reacts similar to a contractor record. In fact, with regards to calculations of burden, margin, and profit (as well as the production of 1099's), the vendor is considered a Contractor.

You can enter two levels of vendor (parent and division). You can search vendor information and make vendors active or inactive. You can list orders, assignments, timesheets, activities, and reps associated with the vendor.

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