Charging plan software, yes but for whom | Part 2: Management teams
Agathe Placet
Content manager
April 26, 2023
4 min
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If the operational success of a project is played on the ground, its strategic and financial success is decided above all behind the scenes, within the various departments of consulting firm or ESN.
And this success comes in 3 terms: Anticipation, information, decision... in other words, the mission of load plan software.
The first article in this mini-series of content dedicated to users of the tool This load plan has demonstrated all the interest of the latter for what we call operational actors.
Of the transmission and reception of information to consultants in the field at a simplified resource management by staffing managers through a optimized project monitoring by managers, load plan software has now become essential for the smooth operational progress of projects.
However, the success of a project can be judged as much by the quality of its operational execution as by its profitability, it could not be more logical that the master project management tool is not reserved for operational users only.
On the contrary, it must be accessible at every link in your business and in particular to the management teams, who guarantee this profitability.
Discover, through this second article, the place of The staffing tool within the teams of human resources, financial management but also top management.
85% of jobs in 2030 would not yet exist (Source: The Tribune).
While this means an urgent need for employees, especially consultants, to receive continuous training in order to remain in the market, it also means a real need for the human resources departments ofanticipate the skills needs of customers.
There is of course a need to anticipate future needs, in a prospective HR approach, but also, and even above all, a Anticipating the needs for skills in the short and medium term, thus making it central to the use, by human resources departments, of an lCharging plan software.
Thanks to a real-time visualization of available skills and experiences within the teams of consultants, but also those who are lacking, The staffing tool allows human resources toguide both their recruitment strategies, but also the training plans of employees.
Objective: to fill these Gaps skills allowing, on the one hand, to reach the operational quality level of execution sought and, on the other hand,broadening the scope of projects which the consulting firm or the ESN can answer.
En centralizing all employee data (experiences and skills, certifications, availability, but also interest in this or that type of project) but also the Field reality of the project as well as the outlines of customer requests, load plan software considerably increases the chances of making informed decisions by human resources departments.
Getting projects is good. Make some profitable projects, it's better. It is even essential for the survival of any consulting firm or ESN and it is the financial department that is in charge of it.
So how can we ensure that each project is beneficial even as they multiply and their complexity is increasing? This is the whole problem that the load plan tool solves by offering the teams responsible for financial management everything they need to manage the profitability of the business.
It starts with access to centralized data available in real time, starting with the evolution of turnover and costs at the global level and by project.
And how can we talk about cost management without talking about the ability of financial management to Allocate resources well And so In fine unto reduce the intercontract rate as much as possible. As many challenges as a Staffing software allows finance teams to take control.
Les managers of the consulting firm or the ESN are given the difficult mission of having a concrete knowledge of the progress of the main customer projects in progress while maintaining this capacity for abstraction necessary for determine the strategic axes to adopt to grow the business.
This double challenge makes certain functionalities of The staffing tool such as:
... in other words, functionalities that allow you to understand at a glance where the company is operationally and financially and the decisions to be made at a given moment.
Since staffing is the core of the reactor for consulting firms and IT services companies, each management stratum, from human resources to top management to financial management, testifies to the same needs.
It is about being able to quickly access information in order to make the most informed decisions possible, and even anticipate future difficulties.
This makes the use of load plan software crucial to the good management of the company with the aim of maximizing occupancy rates and therefore the profitability of each project.
Do you want to go deeper into the subject? We have lots of resources at your disposal to help you go further.
In addition to this subject, find our Template “The perfect load plan for a successful deployment”.
Also discover our white papers, guides, and checklists in the Resources tab.
See you soon at Napta!
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