Case Study: Wandsworth Council

Wandsworth implement Asta Teamplan to tighten resource control

The Design Services Department is Wandsworth Borough Council's internal building consultancy, providing design and consultancy services, delivery of new build and the renovation and maintenance of council premises and other public buildings.
The department functions on a business trading account basis in competition with private sector practices so effective planning is essential
The nature of their projects vary considerably, seeing a project through its complete life cycle from concept through to delivery

The department was using a labour-intensive paper based process to manage projects
Resources were being managed in-effectively due to a lack of up-to-date project status information
Lack of a central database meant it was harder to forecast resource requirements and allocate teams to new projects
Manual timesheet system resulted in more hours being worked and booked than originally estimated. This resulted in clients being under-charged and delays in invoicing, contributing to loss of revenue

Asta Teamplan provides complete visibility over all work undertaken in relation to the available resources, enabling the department to work more efficiently
Integrated web-based timesheet system enables resources to accurately record and submit project progress in a timely manner
Asta Teamplan simplifies the billing process by automating the generation of invoices
The central database easily provides bespoke high-level reporting using live project data