{"id":391,"date":"2014-05-14T16:12:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T16:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portfolio-perspectives.planview.com\/?p=391"},"modified":"2016-11-18T10:54:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T16:54:38","slug":"improve-billable-field-utilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/improve-billable-field-utilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Busy to Improve Billable or Field Utilization? $6,000,000 a Year Busy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

During a recent Field Services conference, I asked the audience to make the following calculations:<\/p>\n

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  1. Multiply the Average Billable Hourly Rate (or Cost)<\/i> per person and the Average Number of Hours<\/i> that person should be \u201coff bench\u201d per year. (When we looked at industry averages, we came up with $200\/person X 2,175 and came up with $435,000 that represents how much an individual would contribute to the company\u2019s bottom line if they were 100% utilized.)<\/li>\n
  2. Now multiply that amount to the number of full-time, client-services personnel.<\/li>\n
  3. The last thing we did during our exercise was then to measure how much a 1% improvement on their current utilization would impact the company.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/p>\n

    \"AnnualSource: Resources as Revenue, 2014<\/a><\/small><\/figure>\n

    Imagine the group’s surprise when I saw companies with 500 service technicians and\/or billable consultants calculate that if they improved their processes with goal of seeing a modest 1% improvement the immediate effect to their bottom line was more than 2 million dollars a year!<\/p>\n

    According to recent research cited in the white paper, Resources as Revenue: Field and Professional Services in the Era of Economic and Human Resource Hurdles<\/i><\/a>, organizations that adopt effective resource management tools are seeing an average 3% improvement<\/i> in resource utilization. For the companies with 500 client services team members, that equates to over 6 million dollars a year!<\/b><\/p>\n

    The last question I asked this audience is, “How long can they afford not making these system improvements”.<\/p>\n

    Learn more: Claim your complimentary copy of the white paper Resources as Revenue: Field and Professional Services in the Era of Economic and Human Resource Hurdles<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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