The numbers professional services COOs and CFOs need to run the business

The three numbers that run a services business.

Utilization by team, role and site, always up-to-date
Margin per project, client and practice
A revenue forecast that includes weighted pipeline
Operating revenue recognition from live delivery data —

The board looks at last month's numbers to steer the next quarter

Most services leaders manage on numbers that are already history. Operating derives utilization, margin and forecast from your allocations and timesheets in real time, so you can discuss the business with an up-to-date, forward-looking view.

Utilization, current

Billable, non-billable and internal time separated, by person, team and grade.

Profitability, real time

Forward-looking profitability per project, client and geography.

Forecast with pipeline

Committed work plus weighted opportunities against the capacity you have.

Stop managing on last quarter

Every number is derived from the project data, so the gap between what happened and what you can see closes to days.

Utilization trends by team, office and grade

Revenue and margin by client and practice

Accurate numbers based on last month-end close

Visibility into portfolio-level numbers

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See the capacity problem early

A consulting firm runs on supply and demand: enough people, and enough work to keep them busy. Operating keeps both in one view, so a shortfall or a crunch shows up early.

Capacity forecast by role and seniority

Weighted pipeline from your CRM

Scenario views for deals and hires

Guide your team on what to sell and who to hire

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Build your own view of it

Native reporting covers the standard questions, and the MCP Server and REST API let you build custom reporting, or spin up a dashboard during a leadership meeting.

Native dashboards for the standard metrics

MCP Server for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot

REST API for your warehouse or BI tool

Exports for board and investor reporting

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Firms on Operating are feeling the difference

Anna Lehto

"Operating played a key role in improving our profitability and utilization. By optimizing processes and tracking, we achieved 40% growth."

"Operating played a key role in improving our profitability and utilization. By optimizing processes and tracking, we achieved 40% growth."

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Anna Lehto

CEO

70/30 Digital

James Shaw

"Last year, pre-Operating, we absorbed $250,000 in unbilled work due to inefficiencies. This year, it's down to $25,000."

"Last year, pre-Operating, we absorbed $250,000 in unbilled work due to inefficiencies. This year, it's down to $25,000."

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James Shaw

COO

Inventive.io

Timo Hyväoja

"We plan our tentative projects, forecast our revenue, and analyze any deviations in actual hours spent with Operating. There's no going back to the old ways."

"We plan our tentative projects, forecast our revenue, and analyze any deviations in actual hours spent with Operating. There's no going back to the old ways."

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Timo Hyväoja

CEO & Founder

Meltlake

Ville Loppinen

"We're about 150 people, in different locations and countries. We can keep things efficient and people-focused with a common view of our sales pipeline, allocations, and our team's skills and interests."

"We're about 150 people, in different locations and countries. We can keep things efficient and people-focused with a common view of our sales pipeline, allocations, and our team's skills and interests."

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Ville Loppinen

General Manager

Columbia Road

Alisha David

"I used to spend 3 hours per week updating data from CRM to resource allocation sheets. It only takes me 15-20 minutes with Operating."

"I used to spend 3 hours per week updating data from CRM to resource allocation sheets. It only takes me 15-20 minutes with Operating."

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Alisha David

COO

Supreme Optimization

John Kavaleff

"Fewer Excel sheets, a reliable future outlook—what's not to like! Centralizing our capacity planning and skill matrix Excels into Operating has made running the business easier."

"Fewer Excel sheets, a reliable future outlook—what's not to like! Centralizing our capacity planning and skill matrix Excels into Operating has made running the business easier."

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John Kavaleff

COO

IONA

Shawn St Mart

"We used to jump between HubSpot and Harvest all the time, but with Operating, it's all just there, working together."

"We used to jump between HubSpot and Harvest all the time, but with Operating, it's all just there, working together."

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Shawn St Mart

Delivery Lead

Furo

Petya Raykovska

"We switched to Operating to spend less time juggling tools and more time on client work. The reports, plus HubSpot and HiBob integrations, make that easy."

"We switched to Operating to spend less time juggling tools and more time on client work. The reports, plus HubSpot and HiBob integrations, make that easy."

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Petya Raykovska

Director of Ops.

Human Made

Brittany Meeks

"Operating is great—it's a new approach compared to our homegrown spreadsheet setup, but we're quickly getting smarter and gaining clarity, especially for staffing new projects."

"Operating is great—it's a new approach compared to our homegrown spreadsheet setup, but we're quickly getting smarter and gaining clarity, especially for staffing new projects."

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Brittany Meeks

Associate Managing Director

Winterberry Group

Jacqueline Enoch

"We replaced our complex finance projection spreadsheet, and now our HiBob leaves are visible in Operating, keeping our calculations up-to-date."

"We replaced our complex finance projection spreadsheet, and now our HiBob leaves are visible in Operating, keeping our calculations up-to-date."

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Jacqueline Enoch

CFO

Founder + Lightning

John Kavaleff

"Centralizing our capacity planning and skill matrix Excels into Operating has made running the business easier."

"Centralizing our capacity planning and skill matrix Excels into Operating has made running the business easier."

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John Kavaleff

COO

IONA

James Shaw

"Operating is the glue between Harvest time tracking, HubSpot, and our reporting. Both the native integrations, and the APIs are great!"

"Operating is the glue between Harvest time tracking, HubSpot, and our reporting. Both the native integrations, and the APIs are great!"

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James Shaw

COO

Inventive.io

Perttu Paarma

"We connected Operating to NetSuite ERP via APIs and integrated HiBob using the ready-made integration, replacing our homegrown, disconnected systems."

"We connected Operating to NetSuite ERP via APIs and integrated HiBob using the ready-made integration, replacing our homegrown, disconnected systems."

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Perttu Paarma

VP of Professional Services

Sievo

Ville Loppinen

"Operating replaced a ton of spreadsheets that used to link our CRM and time tracking systems."

"Operating replaced a ton of spreadsheets that used to link our CRM and time tracking systems."

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Ville Loppinen

General Manager

Columbia Road

Adam Grønbeck Andersen

"Operating replaced a bunch of custom built reports and eliminated the hassle of connecting pipeline, allocations and time tracking."

"Operating replaced a bunch of custom built reports and eliminated the hassle of connecting pipeline, allocations and time tracking."

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Adam Grønbeck Andersen

Partner

Intellishore

Alisha David

"Operating integrates with HubSpot and Harvest, automatically importing data to plan optimal project teams and workloads."

"Operating integrates with HubSpot and Harvest, automatically importing data to plan optimal project teams and workloads."

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Alisha David

COO

Supreme Optimization

Timo Hyväoja

"We integrated MS Dynamics CRM to Operating via the API, and use the ready-made Harvest integration. We also visualize our data in PowerBI."

"We integrated MS Dynamics CRM to Operating via the API, and use the ready-made Harvest integration. We also visualize our data in PowerBI."

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Timo Hyväoja

CEO & Founder

Meltlake

John Kavaleff

"It's great to have one place to plan all the projects and teams."

"It's great to have one place to plan all the projects and teams."

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John Kavaleff

COO

Iona

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