Step up workforce planning solutions. Find the right talent, ensure employee engagement and retention, and align HR with business goals.
Use AI to improve decision making and successfully implement new workforce planning strategies. Create accurate AI-guided workforce plans and gap analyses based on changes in employee development, location, return to work, remuneration, retention, churn rates and strategic objectives.
IBM® Planning Analytics is an integrated workforce planning analytics and reporting solution that automates and streamlines HR management processes in one platform.
Plan for the ideal mix of remote and in-person work scenarios. Get a real-time consolidation of operational costs with human resources drivers and constraints, talent needs, and geographic factors–all in one easy-to-use collaborative workforce analytics software. Instantly see the impact on business goals and costs, skills gaps, and talent acquisition challenges associated with different workforce scenarios for truly effective workforce planning.
This IBM workforce planning software gives you full visibility into the current workforce, job market roadmap, staffing metrics and talent gaps. You'll have an easy way to determine the most efficient action plans and cost-effective methods to recruit, up-skill, train and do succession planning while optimizing costs, increasing employee productivity and reducing turnover rate.
With workforce planning solutions, forecast future human resources management demands accurately and rapidly. Forecast with metrics based on dynamic changes in headcount, location, compensation planning, employee productivity, employee retention and attrition. Perform what-if workforce analysis to determine HR costs, headcount planning, competencies needed and skill set gaps when you expand into new markets and product categories.
Align operational workforce planning and business strategy goals. Create transparency and collaboration across your organization by extending planning and analytics from HR to finance and other lines of business for better executive-level decision-making.
Respond with agility to changing business plans and staffing needs–from monthly to daily to hourly. Continuously assess current employee skill sets, determine workforce gaps and evaluate future workforce needs to achieve successful workforce planning.
Harness AI and augment human intelligence to factor in your forecast template patterns such as time of day, day of the week, seasonality, or a new product launch. See the impact on human capital volumes and business objectives.
Frequently asked questions
Flat files, such as spreadsheets, word docs, budgeting and forecasting applications, as well as ERP, CRM and any API can be integrated by IBM Planning Analytics with Watson.
Depending on your company's demands and requirements, the installation procedure can take between 8 weeks to several months.
The engine, a multidimensional database with a cell-oriented layout similar to spreadsheets, is at the heart of IBM Planning Analytics. Its cells are linked to the underlying database via your formulas. All of Excel's data visualization and analysis capabilities are available in a centralized platform.
Cross-industry use cases
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