Microsoft Commercial and Professional Services France

ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions

Real-time Analytics

One of the challenges with workforce planning is pulling all relevant data together. This often includes data from multiple systems, from internal HR and budgeting systems to external sources for job market data. It can take months to assemble the data, which is often outdated by the time a plan is constructed. Talent Solutions wanted to deliver faster, more impactful planning services to its customers. For that, a more advanced process using workforce planning software would be required.

Reported impact

Business outcome

The solution helped support improved HR planning and save costs compared to other strategic workforce planning (SWP) solutions. Consultants spend more time helping employees find new jobs, rather than compiling data and creating reports.

  • Cost Reduction
  • Productivity Improvement

Solution

ManpowerGroup’s Talent Solutions practice was in search of a solution for gathering and analyzing HR data to power its consulting practice, which was previously a time-consuming process that impeded workforce planning. The business used Microsoft Power Platform to create a solution that helps clients gather and analyze data. Data is displayed in Power BI and uses Power Platform dataflows and Azure OpenAI Service to create a holistic picture of workforce needs. The solution helped support improved HR planning and save costs compared to other strategic workforce planning (SWP) solutions. Consultants spend more time helping employees find new jobs, rather than compiling data and creating reports.

Solution architecture

5 products mentioned
  • Azure OpenAI Service
  • Power Apps
  • Power BI
  • Power Platform
  • SharePoint

Evidence from the source

ManpowerGroup’s Talent Solutions practice was in search of a solution for gathering and analyzing HR data to power its consulting practice, which was previously a time-consuming process that impeded workforce planning.
One of the challenges with workforce planning is pulling all relevant data together. This often includes data from multiple systems, from internal HR and budgeting systems to external sources for job market data. It can take months to assemble the data, which is often outdated by the time a plan is constructed. Talent Solutions wanted to deliver faster, more impactful planning services to its customers. For that, a more advanced process using workforce planning software would be required.
The business used Microsoft Power Platform to create a solution that helps clients gather and analyze data. Data is displayed in Power BI and uses Power Platform dataflows and Azure OpenAI Service to create a holistic picture of workforce needs.
The solution helped support improved HR planning and save costs compared to other strategic workforce planning (SWP) solutions. Consultants spend more time helping employees find new jobs, rather than compiling data and creating reports.
Transparency Evidence & methodology 45/100 reference value · 81% confidence · 1 source

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Scoring methodology

How scores are calculated

Customer Reference Value measures usefulness as a customer reference. Evidence Confidence measures the quality and traceability of available evidence, not independent verification.

Customer reference value45/100
  • Problem clarity20/20
    Measures whether the customer's operational problem is specific enough to compare.
  • Implementation depth0/25
    Rewards named components, data flow, integrations, and architecture detail.
  • Outcome specificity20/20
    Measures whether the reported benefit is concrete rather than a generic claim.
  • Quantified impact0/25
    0 metrics describe measurable impact.
  • Deployment scale5/10
    Rewards evidence of a live or scaled deployment and meaningful integration scope.
Evidence confidence81%
  • Source authority20/25
    The main evidence is an official vendor-published customer story.
  • Claim traceability21/25
    10 of 12 key fields link to a named source.
  • Direct evidence20/20
    4 direct source quotes retained.
  • Date provenance10/10
    The publication date comes from the source page or publisher.
  • Source transparency8/10
    1 source reference document publisher, URL, authority, retrieval, and supported fields.
  • Implementation specificity2/10
    Rewards source-backed components, data flow, quantified impact, and a specific outcome.
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Traceability

Sources & provenance

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  1. Microsoft

    ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions customer story

    First-party
    https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/18880-manpowergroup-azure-open-ai-service
    Source type
    Vendor-published customer story
    Published
    Oct 11, 2024
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    • Solution
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    • Solution components
    • Data flow
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Date evidence

  • Published on source page Oct 11, 2024 · Microsoft · First-party
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