Margin calculator for the temporary staffing industry
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1. A system for providing margin calculations for staff in the temporary staffing industry comprising:
- a database comprising a plurality of electronic records, the electronic records comprising staffing margin calculation parameters;
a server, communicatively coupled to the database, the server generating staffing margin calculations based upon staffing margin calculation parameters; and
,a client device, communicatively coupled to the server, the client device displaying a staffing margin calculation interface to a user, the staffing margin calculation interface receiving staffing margin calculation parameters from the user and transmitting the staffing margin calculation parameters to the database by way of the server, the staffing margin calculation interface receiving staffing margin calculations from the server and displaying the staffing margin calculations to the user, the staffing margin calculation interface associating the staffing margin calculation parameters and the staffing margin calculations with an employee record and storing the employee record in the database by way of the server.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing accurate margin calculations for the temporary staffing industry. A database is provided to allow multiple users to enter parameters that impact the margin such as payroll, benefits, discounts, rebates, and per diem expenses. The system can also include external data sources for retrieving information that impacts margin, such as locale specific tax information. The combination allows temporary staffing providers to engage negotiate complex temporary staffing contracts while retaining a satisfactory margin.
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1. A system for providing margin calculations for staff in the temporary staffing industry comprising:
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a database comprising a plurality of electronic records, the electronic records comprising staffing margin calculation parameters; a server, communicatively coupled to the database, the server generating staffing margin calculations based upon staffing margin calculation parameters; and
,a client device, communicatively coupled to the server, the client device displaying a staffing margin calculation interface to a user, the staffing margin calculation interface receiving staffing margin calculation parameters from the user and transmitting the staffing margin calculation parameters to the database by way of the server, the staffing margin calculation interface receiving staffing margin calculations from the server and displaying the staffing margin calculations to the user, the staffing margin calculation interface associating the staffing margin calculation parameters and the staffing margin calculations with an employee record and storing the employee record in the database by way of the server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Computer program process code, tangibly stored on at least one computer readable medium and executable by a processor running on a computing device, the computer program process code comprising instructions for:
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storing a plurality of electronic records in a database, the electronic records comprising staffing margin calculation parameters; displaying a staffing margin calculation interface to a user on a client device; receiving staffing margin calculation parameters from the user via the margin calculation interface; generating staffing margin calculations on a server, the staffing margin calculations based upon the staffing margin calculation parameters in the database and the staffing margin calculation parameters received by the staffing margin calculation interface; and
,displaying the staffing margin calculations to the user via the staffing margin calculation interface; allowing the user to associate the staffing margin calculation parameters and the staffing margin calculations with an employee record via the margin calculation interface.
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