Leading companies run their external workforce with Pactos

Vaillantunique PersonalserviceVolvoKNUTH WerkzeugmaschinenNoerpel GruppeHive TechnologiesManpowerSCS Supply Chain StaffingBürgerTalent Spring Expertum
The situation today

External personnel costs are managed inefficiently today

Many companies still manage their external workforce with Excel, phone calls and paper. That works as long as the processes stay manageable. As volumes grow, reviews come up or invoices show discrepancies, things quickly become hard to keep track of.

Excel

No overview

Every site keeps its own Excel lists. Anyone who wants to know who is on assignment where, at what rate and until when, often has to gather the information first.

Phone and email

No speed

A staffing request goes out to several providers, replies come back one by one, and approvals run over phone or email. The current status quickly ends up scattered across different inboxes.

Paper

No evidence

Timesheets, clearance certificates and temporary staffing licenses often still exist as printouts or attachments. When a deadline passes, in the worst case it only comes to light at the next review.

The solution

Pactos brings external workforce management into one shared system

With Pactos, you manage external workers and staffing providers centrally. Staffing requests, selection, records, hours and invoices interlock in one end-to-end process.

Staffing provider

Candidate management ERP
Pactos Vendor Management System
  1. 01 Source Raise a staffing request, run a tender, select candidates
  2. 02 Manage Keep assignments, times and records up to date
  3. 03 Pay Verify what was delivered, invoice and approve
ERP Time management Accounting

Client company

From job template to invoice in one end-to-end process

Job templateStaffing requestApprovalDistributionSelectionAssignmentTimesAsk
Step 1 of 7 · job template

Save the template. It serves as the basis for every staffing request.

Order picker, night shiftTemplate
RoleOrder pickerQualificationForklift licenseShift modelThree shifts, Mon–FriSiteNorth plant, hall 3
Mandatory records
Forklift licenseNight shiftSafety instruction
Pre-filled
RoleQualificationShift modelRecordsin every new staffing request, without retyping
Job templateSource
Staffing request6 places
taken from the job template
6 ×Period 09/01 – 11/30/2026
Vendor groupsin order
AfirstBafter the deadlineCafter thatGroup B only starts if A does not fill the request
Approval stages
configurable per role
Operationsapproved 09:14ProcurementreceivedFinancewaiting
Approved09:14
approvedGroup AGroup BGroup Cgoes straight to the provider groups
Paco · ABC logic
Distribution templateTemplate
Order and deadline per stage
1Group Arunning2Group Bafter the deadline3Group Cafter that
Priority 1sent
Nordwind PersonalacceptedRheinkraft Personalopen
Priority 2scheduled
starts automatically once the priority 1 deadline passes
Süd-LogistikscheduledIsar Zeitarbeitscheduled
3 proposals · Nordwind
MBMilan Brandt
Nordwind Personal · available from 09/15
Forklift licenseGerman B1
LSLena Sander
Nordwind Personal · available from 10/01
Night shiftGerman B2
AHAnna Hoffselected
Nordwind Personal · available from 09/01
Forklift licenseNight shiftGerman B2
CVPaco
Forklift licenseNight shift 3 yrs.German B2Fit 91 %WhyForklift license on recordNight shift, 3 yearsavailable from 01/09
Pipeline
NewScreeningInterviewHired
AHAnna HoffAssignment
North plant, hall 3 · from 09/01/2026
Automatic checkPaco
DuplicateBlacklist
Personnel filedigital
A1 certificateTemporary staffing licenseSafety instructionall records valid
Staff leasing contractE-signature
Staff leasing contract
ClientStaffing providerboth sides sign in the platform
AH39.5 hoursweek 36
from time tracking, not retyped
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Time to fill12 months
from the request to the first day on assignment
Automatic checksPaco
Equal Pay in 84 daysMaximum assignment period 8 of 18 monthsUtilization 98%
Invoice verificationautomatic
The timesheet flows into the invoice with error checking
Assignments per provider
Nordwind PersonalSüd-Logistikmore
Paco · Pactos Companion
Pacoin the product
What did Nordwind cost us in September?
184,200 € across 32 assignments at two plants. Every invoice has been checked.
Can you compare that with other providers?
Rheinkraft is close behind; Süd-Logistik and Isar are well below.
Cost per staffing providerSeptember
Nordwind Personal184.200 €32 assignments2 plantsall invoices checked
ComparisonPaco
NordwindRheinkraftSüd-Log.IsarSeptember, all checked invoices

What measurably changes in daily work

70 %

less administrative time

Staffing requests, approvals, records and invoices come together in one system instead of being scattered across Excel and email.

20 %

fewer invoicing errors

At KNUTH, consolidated invoices are reconciled automatically against records and approvals.

100 %

of AÜG deadlines monitored

Maximum assignment period, Equal Pay and expiring licenses are checked automatically.

The vision

What we want to achieve with Pactos

Satellite image of Europe by day: the continent with the Alps and its coastlines under fields of cloud, the Atlantic beyond

We build the AI to orchestrate the workforce of the future: the right skills, at the right time and in the right place.

What customers achieve with Pactos

"Through the Pactos platform we not only filled 5 positions with skilled workers within three weeks, we cut costs at the same time."
Philip KnuthManaging Director, KNUTH Werkzeugmaschinen
“For us, it was above all the entire contract cycle […]. For my colleagues, transmitting candidate profiles, times and reports has become much simpler. The integrated systems save manual effort.”
Biljana StojanovicManager Strategic Account Development, unique Personalservice
Group photo of the Talent Spring team in a bright office
"Pactos has improved our customer communication dramatically. We used to spend hours sending emails to clarify simple project details. Now we can communicate in real time, share files and gather feedback – all in one place."
Karim SuhmManaging Director, Talentspring
HIVE logistics center from the air, trucks at the loading bays
"The process with Pactos was incredibly simple. We received the first quotes from staffing providers in next to no time. The quotes were easy to compare and we could pick the right partners quickly. It has never gone this fast and this smoothly. Pactos saved us a great deal of time looking for new staffing providers."
Yasmine ShakerJunior People Manager, HIVE
Data security

Verifiably certified

ISO 27001 certified, GDPR-compliant, EU AI Act obligations met — hosted in the EU.

  • Seal: ISO/IEC 27001 certified, issued by Proks Certification ISO/IEC 27001certified
  • Mark: EU General Data Protection Regulation GDPRcompliant
  • Mark: EU AI Act compliant EU AI Actmet
To data security
Integrations

Connect systems instead of retyping data

To the integrations

Highly rated on leading software review portals

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

More answers on the FAQ page.

What is Pactos?
Pactos is a Munich-based B2B software company that lets large organizations manage external staffing providers centrally — from the staffing request through digital records of delivery and approvals to compliance and invoicing.
Pactos is aimed at companies that work with staff leasing and other forms of external workforce, as well as the staffing providers that serve these clients.
Pactos is a solution for staff leasing. It simplifies how client companies using staff leasing and their staffing providers work together.
Which products are there?
Pactos connects companies and staffing providers in one shared process. The software covers the path from sourcing to ongoing administration and supports it with AI features.Vendor Intelligence, Compliance Intelligence, Tender Intelligence and Workforce Intelligence.
How does Pactos work?
Pactos is the interface between temporary work agencies (staffing providers) and hirers (client companies). Our AI-supported software maps the whole process, from sourcing to administration, in a way people can actually use.
Can Pactos be integrated with our systems?
Yes. Pactos offers open interfaces to ERP and HR systems, via REST API or file-based. Your leading system remains the data source; Pactos runs the processes around the external workforce.

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