Resource planning software for consultancy firms

Gain control over capacity and profitability, streamline planning, and develop skills in line with future demand. All in one flexible platform.

Illustration of the utilization dashboard in Timewax

Trusted by consultancy firms that have to deliver every day

Monitor margins with rate transparency

To remain competitive and profitable, consulting firms must have complete insight into both commercial rates and internal costs at all levels. With Timewax, you calculate margins at the project level in real-time.

  • Position level

    Define default commercial and cost price rates at the position level.

  • Resource level

    Set override values for the default rates at the resource level.

  • Project level

    Register the rates that have been agreed upon with the customer.

Consultancy firms

Central planning with consultant-level flexibility​

Consulting firms benefit most from a hybrid approach to resource planning: centralized planning to provide direction and decentralized planning to support consultants. This collaboration results in a highly accurate and realistic resource planning process.

Central planning

Central planning

Resource managers centrally plan resources and monitor capacity and profitability. The week planner clearly communicates this to their calendar.

Decentral planning

Consultants align their planning with current client appointments. The 2-way Outlook integration provides a single, central overview.

Manage skills strategically to meet future demand

For consultancy firms, knowledge is the core product—and managing it well is critical to success. Timewax enables you to assign the right people to the right projects and to keep skill data up to date as consultants grow. 

Drill down in skills and levels

Gain instant insight into how skills and skill levels are distributed within your organization. Simply click through to see not only the overall picture but also the distribution by department and position. This way, you’ll discover where expertise lies—and where there’s room for development.

Skill by position
Skill tree map

Insight into knowledge and expertise

The skill treemap dashboard shows you at a glance which skills are dominant and which are less developed. This helps you better understand knowledge within your organization, develop it effectively, and make strategic choices regarding capacity and growth.

Define skills and skill levels

Easily capture which skills and levels are relevant within your organization. This way, you can consistently record your employees’ capabilities. Based on these skills, you can qualify incoming work and effortlessly match it with the right resources.

Skill levels

Integrations for consultants

Our planning software integrates seamlessly with typical systems that consultancy firms work with.  We hook up to the systems that you have and that saves time.

Smooth

“The transition to the new situation in Timewax was smooth. Questions and issues that we had were addressed and resolved quickly by the Timewax team.”
Olaf van der Sanden
Olaf van der Sanden | Xibis
PROJECT TEAM MANAGER

FAQ

Do you have any questions? We’re happy to help.

Yes. Timewax supports international, multi-entity, multi-language, and hybrid organizational structures. You can configure multiple business units, countries, and structures within the platform and plan centrally and locally—giving you an organization-wide overview of capacity and deployment.

Yes. Timewax offers integrations (such as with Outlook and Google Calendar) that allow scheduled work to be automatically sent to employees’ calendars, so they can see their work and personal appointments clearly side by side.

Yes. Timewax supports planning at various levels—from overview planning at a high aggregation level to detailed resource planning at the daily or weekly level.

Yes. You can capture and use competencies and skills in scheduling, so you assign employees with the right skills to assignments—including alerts and certification/skill progression management.

Yes. You can quickly and easily adjust the schedule in Timewax.
Timewax has a visual drag-and-drop planning board that allows planners to work in a single overview. This allows you to drag bookings directly to make changes without complicated processes.

Yes. Timewax includes time tracking (time sheets) that employees can use to manually enter their actual hours worked or copy from their schedule.

Yes. Timewax offers reporting and analytics that allow you to view margins, revenue, budget comparisons, and performance indicators per project. This helps with financial management and optimization of project results.

Yes. Timewax supports multi-level rates and the linking of cost and revenue structures within the resource planning model, allowing you to capture and analyze financial insights at both the project and resource levels.

Yes. Timewax offers extensive search and filter functionality (by skills, availability, etc.) to find and efficiently allocate resources across the organization.

Yes. Timewax supports capacity and forecast planning, allowing you to predict and plan future utilization and help your organization anticipate resource issues and potential bottlenecks.

Success stories

Organizations choose Timewax to schedule faster, improve forecasting and deliver more profitably. Read how customers get a hold on capacity and project performance.

Traditional resource planning no longer works

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