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Workforce Planning & Resource Optimization with IBM Planning Analytics

Review use cases involving workforce management and resource optimization in IBM Planning Analytics.

June 15, 2023, 2pm-3pm EST

In this Webcast, we discuss the ways companies streamline and automate workforce planning, and facilitate resource management with IBM Planning Analytics. This fully integrated model provides a true 360° view of resources from both a cost and allocation, and key projects and initiatives perspective.

Key areas of focus include the following:

Workforce Planning

  • Direct integration with HR for employees and related attributes
  • Headcount planning at the name or functional level
  • Assumptions for new hires, transfers and terminations
  • Automated calculation of salary and benefits with global assumptions at the name / cost center (fringe) level
  • Employee related expenses, both one-time and recurring
  • Long range resource strategy based on key business assumptions
  • Annual budgeting and periodic monthly reforecast
  • Scenario planning and what-if analysis
  • Drill down and analytics of key headcount trends and drivers
  • Direct integration with P&L

Resource Management and Allocations

  • Capacity planning and long-term resource strategy
  • Allocation of resources to projects and initiatives
  • Global rate assumptions by project, client and other
  • Labor costing for internal and / or external customers / purposes
  • Comparison between budget / forecast and actual time spent at the activity level
  • Integration with P&L for revenue or allocated expense / labor cost
  • Utilization reporting
  • Bench / over-utilization report
  • Analytics with drill down to project, program, client, business or other level

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