Software for capacity planning in mid-sized industry
Rillsoft Project is a capacity planning software for mid-sized industrial companies with multiple parallel projects. It compares the resource demand of all projects with the available personnel and machine capacity – based on roles and qualifications, before any concrete person is assigned.
Unlike generic project management tools, the software does not only show which tasks are pending. It calculates whether the committed capacity is actually available – even when several projects compete for the same resources.
Who is Rillsoft Project as capacity planning software relevant for?
- Project managers, resource managers and PMOs responsible for several parallel projects
- Mid-sized industrial companies with 20 to 200 employees
- Industries with bottleneck resources such as mechanical engineering, engineering offices and production
- Companies that find spreadsheets or task management tools no longer sufficient for capacity questions
Capacity leveling based on roles and qualifications
Capacity planning in Rillsoft Project enables fast and precise analysis, control and steering of all resources:
- Demand analysis for employees with specific roles and qualifications
- Free capacity and workload for roles and employees available at any time
- Identification of the tasks that cause workload, including evaluation of room within buffer time
- Shortages caused by missing personnel capacity are calculated exactly and marked in red
- Over-coverage from free capacity is highlighted in blue
- Capacity leveling can be analyzed graphically
Location-based resource and capacity planning
The Resource Allocation function enables location-based resource and capacity planning. Employees can be assigned to a specific location when needed – including availability checks and travel-time consideration. The capacity leveling for the machine pool works analogously to the personnel use case.
Cross-project workload in the multi-project portfolio
In a multi-project environment several projects access the same resource pool. Rillsoft Project shows the cross-project workload of roles and employees – bottlenecks become visible in the planning phase, not only during project execution.
Connection to resource planning and multi-project management
- Resource planning – manage personnel, machines, materials and qualifications centrally
- Multi-project management – plan multiple projects with a shared resource pool
- Staff scheduling – assign employees with workload and qualification visibility
- Project controlling – plan/actual comparison for capacity, dates and effort
Operating modes for capacity planning
Rillsoft Project is a Windows desktop client. For cross-project multi-user capacity leveling, Rillsoft Integration Server (on-premise) and Rillsoft Cloud (hosted) are available.