Real-time picture of your people business

Plan and allocate work. Find the right team for each project. Monitor planned capacity and utilization. Forecast ahead to know when to hire and what to sell.

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Operating helps plan upcoming projects and build a capacity forecast for agencies

Plan teams

Connect your CRM and organize all work in one place

  • See deals when they reach a chosen pipeline stage
  • Start planning early, add required skills and roles
  • Never lose track of an upcoming need

Off-the-shelf integrations with

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+ many more to come, based on your requests

Read more on the Harvest, Pipedrive, and HubSpot integrations.

--> What kinds of teams benefit from Operating?
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Horizon

List & filter upcoming work in one, organized place

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Add projects

From CRM or manually, also internal projects

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Roles and skills

Set these even before you know exactly when the work would start

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Transparency

Share plans with your whole team so that they know what’s up next

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Key metrics

How many open needs do you have right now? How many available people?

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Part of the routine

Use the Horizon to run your sales team’s regular meetings

Allocate

Solve the resource allocation puzzle: see both projects and people on a timeline

  • See everything you need to know at once
  • Detailed enough for day-to-day work effort scheduling
  • Flexible enough to show 4+ months ahead
--> How does Columbia Road manage staffing?
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Minimize time on bench

Start from who’s most available now

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Hours, days/week, or %

Assign workloads in the unit that makes sense for your business

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Sure and unsure

Distinguish between confirmed and tentative allocations

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Timing is essential

Find the perfect match based on availability and skill profile

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Powerful filtering

Filter by name, skill, role, location, etc

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Easy to edit

Paint allocations on a timeline and drag them around

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Public Holiday Calendars

Add public holidays automatically based on teams' locations

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See and manage time off, calculate impact on project workdays

Monitor

Make sure consultants are not overworked or underutilized and minimize revenue leak.

  • Connect your time tracking to follow planned capacity and actual hours tracked
  • Drill down to individual, project, and client level
  • Spot differences in utilization at a glance
--> Introduction to the planned vs. actual hours report

Two-way integration with

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Effortless data import from

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+ any software that supports “export all time entries”

Planned vs. actual hours comparison
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In sync with Harvest

Import and create clients, projects and people in Harvest to follow how plans play out

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CSV also supported

Not using Harvest? Worry not, your time tracking tool probably generates an export you can use

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Spot the differences

Adjust allocations whenever plans change – keep everyone informed on what’s expected

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Predict

All of the allocations and tracked time, summed up for your filtering pleasure.

  • See how much of your company’s total time goes to client work
  • Look at confirmed and tentative capacity on a monthly and weekly level
  • Order book + sales pipeline = the future of your business
--> How does Iona predict their digital commerce business?
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Probability, weighed

Use CRM deal probabilities to account for uncertainty

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Inform the recruiters

Identify which roles or skills are in high demand and when – know when to hire

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Steer the offering

See which offering areas your sales team should emphasise

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Advanced filters

Drill down to competencies, teams, and individuals.

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Client work, time off, and internal work

See how time is divided between billable work and other activities

Can I do _____ with Operating?

  • Can the people showcase their skills, interests and bio?

    -> Yes

  • Can anyone look up for what kind of projects they might be staffed in soon?

    -> Yes

  • Can I set part-time working hours for a consultant?

    -> Yes

  • Do you support different user permission levels?

    -> Yes, highly configurable

  • Can I replicate our company structure, teams, offices, etc.?

    -> Yes

  • Can I manage externals, subcontractors, freelancers?

    -> Yes

  • Do you support SSO?

    -> Yes. Okta, Azure, Google...

  • Can I add people to the talent pool before they’ve started work?

    -> Yes

  • Can I import people from our system XYZ?

    -> Yes, using our REST API or a .csv

  • Can I visualize everyone’s time tracking data?

    -> Yes, connect your time tracking system

  • Can I track utilization % and number of billable hours per person?

    -> Yes

  • Can I add internal projects and roles?

    -> Yes

  • Can I let people manage their own schedule?

    -> Yes

  • Can I let people manage their own weekly working hours and time off?

    -> Yes

  • Can you show a breakdown of everything, internal work, time off, etc.?

    -> Yes

  • Can I do account planning for a client account inside Operating?

    -> Yes, and link to all your
    other planning tools

  • Can I link to our files on Google Drive, Linkedin CVs, etc.?

    -> Yes

  • Can I use the professional profile and skills in development discussions?

    -> Yes

Download our Operating Routine for Staffing

Agencies and consultancies of all sizes – from a boutique to an international powerhouse – should operate efficiently. We wrote a Staffing Routine and a solid agenda for your weekly meeting. Get the guide.

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