Forecasting
Labor demand in real time
Knowing labor needs 6 weeks out is no longer enough. Get visibility into labor demand far into the future. Balance demand with productive labor, prevent unncessary overtime, and bid the right work.
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I just don't know how you'd manage over 100 people with spreadsheets and whiteboards. I just look at the spreadsheet hell that we went through before - every week we’d send something out to project managers, ask them to labor load their projects out for the month, then the meetings we had to have based on that spreadsheet - and it was “pencil-whipped"
Labor Forecasting in the RIVET Platform
Forecasting is the heartbeat of workforce management. Rivet takes what used to live inside spreadsheets, emails, and disconnected conversations and turns it into a living, dynamic, fully connected forecast that shows every project, every labor curve, and every future staffing need in one place.
Forecasting in Rivet gives contractors a single plan that aligns estimating, PMs, operations, field leadership, and executives—so labor demand becomes predictable, staffing becomes proactive, and surprises become rare.
- Project teams can forecast every job consistently
- Pick from industry-standard Labor Curves
- Fine-tune your Labor Curve to the project you’re planning
- Operations leaders can view published and draft Forecasts across all project managers
- See total active workforce hours against forecasted hours
- Use the Search feature to find information quickly
- Schedule employees to forecasted positions right from the job plan
- Have a head-start on positions that need assigned workforce
- Ramp up and ramp down with predictability
- Build custom charts that quickly highlight the data you need
- View labor by region, division, or local
- Always know how much labor you’ll need for current and in-pursuit jobs
Predictable staffing
See labor needs months ahead, make proactive decisions instead of reactive decisions that cause lost productivity and margin fade
Cleaner project transitions
Balance needs across projects, ensuring timely ramp-ups and preventing unnecessary overtime that erodes margin.
Better hiring decisions
Know exactly what you need across your project portfolio, have records of everyone who has worked for you before.
Stronger financial controls
No more outdated information, always compare the latest plan against the latest budget and actuals.
Companywide alignment
Estimating, get-work, project managers, operations are all operating from the same plan.
Competitive advantage
Win the right work by proving your capacity in bids and owner meetings.
Sync with the systems that power your business
Built to seamlessly integrate with critical business systems like Foundation, Sage, and Jonas. RIVET's integrations ensure real-time information sharing across platforms, eliminating double data entry and keeping your workforce management synchronized with your existing operations.
Resources
Labor Forecasting Resources
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