Anaplan Accelerator: Professional Services Planning

Accordion’s Professional Services Planning Anaplan Accelerator is a fully built solution that helps consulting firms and other resource management groups better plan capacity and the financial and headcount impact of supply and demand management.

• Automate the sourcing of existing employee roster from your HRIS system for a real-time view of existing employees and third party resources by geo, level, specialization and other key attributes
• Assign resources to active clients and project activities based on time tracking system data or manage directly in the solution
• Plan for assumptions around vacation, utilization targets, working calendars and other broad drivers of resource availability
• Maintain a consistent, real-time view of resource assignments – with the ability for resources to self-manage their future project time forecasts
• Quickly search for resources that align with new opportunities based on availability, skillsets, and other attributes

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• Integrate in flight opportunities from your CRM system to drive confidence weighted estimates on future resource needs.
• Plan full year demand needs by allocating budgeted revenue targets to individual clients, projects, and resources
• Quickly flex “what if” assumptions that drive resource needs – such as project staffing assumptions
• Easily analyze supply and demand imbalances and develop a more focused hiring, upskilling, and cross-training plan

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• Forecast project financials – including margin, burn rates, and billings plans
• Scenario model changes to your margin drivers, like billable rate increases and internal cost profiles, to see how profitability is impacted
• Easily summarize financials by key business views and drill into detail on areas of focus
• Integrate workforce costs with broader financial plans and budgets

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In addition to the “Professional Services Planning “ accelerator featured above, Accordion offers a variety of “Anaplan Accelerators” prebuilt to expedite your deployment process, improve ROI, and reduce implementation risk. Explore them: