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Being able to capture present and near-future data with ��«ӰҵAPP has been incredibly helpful, but the Mesh team is also using ��«ӰҵAPP to maintain a backlog of their past project data and forecast ahead. “We’re still working on it,” Maesch said, “But the goal is to forecast a quarter ahead—to nail down our resource allocation for three months out.” And they are “very, very close to reaching that forecasting goal” with ��«ӰҵAPP. According to Zeronik, “That is the killer feature for us.”

Ultimately, ��«ӰҵAPP is helping the Mesh Systems team leverage data to understand when they need to hire the right staff and evaluate the capabilities of their existing team—and it’s happening with enough lead time to put them ahead of the curve so they maximize efficiency and revenue. “��«ӰҵAPP’s biggest value proposition for us is that it's helping us look at what projects are coming in versus what’s rolling off and determine how to optimize our resources,” Zeronik said. “If you have a couple simultaneous projects, you can manage it, but right now, we have 20 simultaneous projects and 60 engineers. There’s just no way we can do that without an intelligent, database-driven tool like ��«ӰҵAPP. And it’s only going to get harder. Our business is growing, so those 20 projects are going to be 25 plus next year—with 70 plus engineers.” 

Most recently, Mesh Systems used the data ��«ӰҵAPP provided to identify where to expand their team. 

Additionally, ��«ӰҵAPP has helped Mesh Systems improve time tracking with partners. “Before ��«ӰҵAPP, we didn’t have any capability to track time with our partners,” Maesch said. “So we’re taking advantage of that to its fullest, too, and it’s turned out to be a great asset, especially when it comes to tracking time and filling out invoices.” According to Maesch, “From an operational standpoint, ��«ӰҵAPP has been a huge help in being able to close out our months quicker—and we're able to keep better track of how to build these projects. ��«ӰҵAPP has completely changed how we interact with our partners. It's made us more efficient and more in-tune with what's happening.”

In terms of ��«ӰҵAPP’s onboarding and customer service, Mesh Systems has been incredibly pleased. “If there was one thing that I could shout from the rooftops about ��«ӰҵAPP, it would be that the customer success model is one to replicate.” In fact, it’s given the Mesh team the confidence that they’d, one, implement ��«ӰҵAPP correctly to get the most out of the tool and, two, that ��«ӰҵAPP would heed the feedback that they provided to continually make the application better. “More important than even the tool itself has been ��«ӰҵAPP’s commitment to our success using the tool,” Zeronik said.

When asked what advice he’d give to other firms about resource allocation, Zeronik had this to say: “If you're a professional firm—and you live in this dynamic state with engagements concluding and new ones coming in—then you can’t manage resource allocation and optimization at scale without a resource planning tool like ��«ӰҵAPP. Full stop.”