Resource Management

Best Practice Scenario: Resource Management

The Resource Management business scenario is designed to meet the basic needs of a resource manager in a professional services company. Key capabilities include integrated access to data of internal employees and external service contractors, including information on skills and availability, utilization, and information specific to Project and Time and Labor Management. The main focus of the application is on creating an integrated database of resources to enable the resource manager to find the best candidates in terms of suitability and availability, staff projects with resources, and monitor resource utilization.

 

Process Flow details Resource Management

Roles involved to Resource Management

• Resource Manager

Business Value of Resource Management

For midsize companies in professional services industries, this process provides the ability to find and assign resources that have the right skills and are available at the right time for project staffing. You can improve resource efficiency and increase utilization by finding the best internal and external candidates in terms of suitability and availability.

SAP Business ByDesign helps to efficiently manage and staff internal and external projects through pool management using parameter-driven searches.

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[caption id="attachment_202166" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] De Business Flow van Resource Management binnen SAP Business ByDesign[/caption]

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Key Benefits of Resource Management

• Enables the resource manager to manage operative and daily project-related business activities
• Is integrated with Time and Labor Management to record time against projects and to determine project availability (absence data)
• Provides a comprehensive and structured view of the availability and experience all resources
• Works with pragmatic concept of “earliest availability“
• Availability calendar allowing initial resource allocation and later actualization of commitment data
• Offers simple and rapid resource search functions
• Advanced search for sophisticated searches
• Activity tracking is fully integrated within keyword-based resource search

Application

• SAP Business ByDesign

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