SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT AND CONSOLIDATION OF CONTRACTOR DATA

• US 20130173352A1
• Filed: 01/03/2012
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infosys Limited
• Original Assignee: Infosys Limited
• Inventors: Pande, Milind, Ayanala, Ravi, Bhartiya, Virat
• Granted Patent: US 8,799,057 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.38
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations

Abstract

Solutions are provided for assessing and consolidating contractor data in an organization from a plurality of data sources. Contractor data from a plurality of data sources is collected, wherein the data sources comprise existing information systems, surveys and interviews. The collected contractor data is segmented using a decision matrix, wherein the decision matrix comprises a plurality of predefined functional units and a plurality of vendors, roles and experience bands. The segmented contractor data is evaluated for its impact on ongoing business activities in the organization, wherein the evaluation of the segmented contractor data comprises performing at least contractor assessment and application assessment. Further, the evaluated contractor data is consolidated to form at least one logical cluster within a plurality of predefined categories, wherein the predefined categories comprise functional unit, application platform, and technology platform and service type and presented to a user.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method executed by one or more computing devices for assessing and consolidating contractor data in an organization from a plurality of data sources, the method comprising:

collecting, by at least one of the computing devices, the contractor data from the plurality of data sources, wherein data sources comprise existing information systems, surveys and interviews;

segmenting, by at least one of the computing devices, the collected contractor data using a decision matrix, wherein the decision matrix comprises a plurality of predefined functional units, plurality of vendors and their roles and experience bands;

evaluating, by at least one of the computing devices, the segmented contractor data for its impact on ongoing business activities in the organization, wherein the evaluation of the segmented contractor data comprises performing at least contractor assessment and application assessment;

consolidating, by at least one of the computing devices, the evaluated contractor data to form at least one logical cluster within a plurality of predefined categories, wherein the predefined categories comprise functional unit, application platform, technology platform and service type, and wherein contractors within each functional unit are targeted for consolidation based on vendor position in a value chain; and

deleting contractor data corresponding to one or more contractors based on results of one or more of the segmenting, evaluating and consolidating.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of consolidating the segmented collected contractor data is preceded by the step of determining the suitability of the said method with client sourcing strategy.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the existing information systems comprise repositories at user'"'"'s end that store employee and application data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the contractor data is associated with contractors operating in an information technology (IT) domain.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein suitability of a functional unit for consolidation is determined by analyzing a plurality of parameters comprising vendor fragmentation, complexity of applications, criticality of applications, health index of applications, and people risk.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the contractor assessment comprises evaluating contractors on a plurality of attributes comprising service duration, responsibility, skill, knowledge, performance, and cost.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the application assessment comprises evaluating contractors on a plurality of attributes comprising business criticality, health index, process maturity, complexity, and risk.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the decision matrix comprises a functional area index and a vendor index.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the segmentation of the collected contractor data comprises placing the collected contractor data in the decision matrix based on the functional area index and the vendor index.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the vendor position is one of strategic vendor, niche vendor, specialty vendor, and preferred vendor.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein contractors within each functional unit are further targeted for consolidation based on dependency on the vendor and depth and breadth of the vendor, wherein the breadth of the vendor is a percentage of contractors from the vendor in the functional unit, and wherein the depth of the vendor is the percentage of contractors from the vendor working on niche and proprietary skills

18. The method of claim 1, wherein contractors within each functional unit are further targeted for consolidation based on size of the vendor, niche skill set, and value of the vendor, wherein a niche skill comprises expertise in proprietary software or specialization in unique technologies, and wherein the value of the vendor comprises value for money, overall performance, or satisfaction index delivered by the vendor.

19. The method of claim 7, wherein the vendor fragmentation is calculated based on a ratio of contractors to vendors within the functional unit.

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10. A system for assessing and consolidating contractor data from a plurality of data sources, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform the steps of;

collecting the contractor data from the plurality of data sources, wherein data sources comprise existing information systems, surveys and interviews;

segmenting the collected contractor data using a decision matrix, wherein the decision matrix comprises a plurality of predefined functional units, plurality of vendors and their roles and experience bands, wherein suitability of a functional unit for consolidation is determined by analyzing a plurality of parameters comprising vendor fragmentation, complexity of applications, criticality of applications, health index of applications, and people risk;

evaluating the segmented contractor data for its impact on ongoing business activities in the organization, wherein the evaluation of the segmented contractor data comprises performing at least contractor assessment and application assessment;

consolidating the evaluated contractor data to form at least one logical cluster within a plurality of predefined categories, wherein the predefined categories comprise functional unit, application platform, technology platform and service type; and

presenting the consolidated contractor data to a user.

11. The system of claim 10, the processor further configured to perform the steps of:

deleting contractor data corresponding to one or more contractors based on the evaluated contractor data.

20. The system of claim 10, wherein the vendor fragmentation is calculated based on a ratio of contractors to vendors within the functional unit.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer readable code that when executed by a computing device performs a method for assessing and consolidating contractor data from a plurality of data sources, the method comprising:

collecting the contractor data from the plurality of data sources, wherein data sources comprise existing information systems, surveys and interviews;

segmenting the collected contractor data using a decision matrix, wherein the decision matrix comprises a plurality of predefined functional units, plurality of vendors and their roles and experience bands, wherein suitability of a functional unit for consolidation is determined by analyzing a plurality of parameters comprising vendor fragmentation, complexity of applications, criticality of applications, health index of applications, and people risk;

evaluating the segmented contractor data for its impact on ongoing business activities in the organization, wherein the evaluation of the segmented contractor data comprises performing at least contractor assessment and application assessment;

consolidating the evaluated contractor data to form at least one logical cluster within a plurality of predefined categories, wherein the predefined categories comprise functional unit, application platform, technology platform and service type; and

presenting the consolidated contractor data to a user.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, the method further comprising:

deleting contractor data corresponding to one or more contractors based on the evaluated contractor data.