General definition: Operational Workforce Planning involves the short- to medium-term planning of workforce requirements to ensure that the right number of employees with the appropriate skills are available to meet organizational needs. Organizations deploying this use case will be able to anticipate and respond to workforce demands driven by business cycles, operational changes, and immediate project requirements.
Value it delivers:
- Helps organizations ensure optimal staffing levels
- Helps organizations minimize workforce gaps
- Improves org operational efficiency
How Anaplan delivers that value: Anaplan offers features for forecasting workforce demand, analyzing workforce supply, and identifying potential skill gaps. It includes a user-friendly interface for scenario modeling, workforce allocation, and scheduling, allowing for agile adjustments to workforce plans. The solution integrates with human resources and operational systems to provide real-time data on workforce availability and capabilities, supporting effective decision-making.
Typical inputs for this use case:
- Historical workforce data
- Current staffing levels
- Business forecasts
- Operational metrics
- Payroll data
- Vendor Contract data
What this use case feeds into:
- Anaplan use cases:
  1. Workforce (HR): Strategic Workforce Planning (including Skills)
  2. Workforce (HR): General Staffing
  3. Workforce (HR): Contact Center Staffing
  4. Workforce (HR): Project Staffing/Project-based Staffing
  5. Workforce (HR): Location Staffing
  6. Workforce (HR): Salary and Merit
  7. Workforce (HR): Bonus and Equity
  8. Finance: Financial Headcount Planning
  9. Finance: OpEx Planning and Forecasting
  10. Supply Chain: Spend Analysis (For contractor/contingent worker spend)
  11. Sales & Marketing: Territory Planning
  12. Sales & Marketing: Sales Capacity Planning
- Other business benefits:
  - Improved productivity through efficient resource utilization
  - Reduced labor costs by avoiding overstaffing or understaffing
  - Enhanced agility in responding to market and operational changes
  - Better alignment of workforce capabilities with business strategies

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