Task allocation / Traffic  Management

Once you grow beyond a handful of people, agency traffic management becomes significantly more demanding. In a fast moving environment, staff scheduling and job scheduling can become very labour intensive, especially if you don't have the correct tools to assist you. This is often seen where inhouse developed spreadsheet solutions are being used for staff scheduling, as data is having to be constantly manually updated.

Synergist offers a far more powerful and efficient job trafficking solution. Using the information already entered within the estimate and timing plan, Synergist can present the traffic manager with a list of all the tasks that need allocating to either an individual resource or team of resources. Optionally, these allocated tasks are presented to the relevant resource as a pre-populated timesheet showing the due date and hours budgeted to complete the work.

This eliminates the need for manually re-entering data and ensures everyone benefits from the latest information. In addition powerful reporting tools developed specifically for capacity planning purposes give excellent visibility of the current loading on departments, teams or individuals. This allows the traffic manager to make quick informed decisions about the implications of changes to timing plans, staff availability etc.