Operations 

Getting orders is one challenge, executing them successfully is another. You need to ensure consistently high quality and timely delivery of the project orders you get, ensuring customer delight at all times.

Your business can work better when your people have the ability to quickly view and share data, collaborate more effectively and make smart, timely decisions. Applane PM Suite helps you manage and integrate every aspect of your business. It can seamlessly support and integrate other core business functions such as financial management and human resources. The consolidated offering is a boon for service-based businesses aiming to complete their projects on or before schedule while ensuring high quality standards.

Applane PM Suite enables optimal use of resources, as well as automation and tight management of all processes, tasks and milestones in a project. It covers the entire project cycle through the following modules:

• Project initiation which includes estimating, budgeting, forecasts, commitments and planning
• Resource allocation and costing capturing all cost elements such as time, purchasing, payroll, outsourcing and depreciation via Fixed Assets
• Task management which includes creating, assigning, tracking and ensuring completion towards project milestones

Applane PM Suite is designed to meet the needs of service-based organizations that manage several projects of various sizes giving your project managers tremendous visibility into your projects connecting your financial and project management capabilities. You can enjoy several features in the suite:

• Estimate project costs clearly beforehand to avoid your own cost overruns at a later date and surprising customers with increased costing
• Effectively allocate internal resources and increase billable hours
• Anticipate shifting demand across projects beforehand and plan accordingly
• Create and manage tasks and send automatic reminders to task owners before the due delivery dates ensuring efficiency in task management
• Setup project milestones and raise timely and accurate invoices through a seamless connection with the accounting process
• Manage project outsourcing if required by keeping the project control with you through numerous tracking tools
• Analyse project cost and resource efficiency reports generated through the system to learn and plan future projects more efficiently