Labour & Plant

Labour and Plant can be added to Tasks to track and forecast your daily resource demand.

Create Labour Resource

Creating Labour resource lets you build a reusable library of Labour to assign to Tasks.

To create Labour:

• Click your Project Title in the top left, then select Project Assets

• Select Labour from the menu

• Click

• Create your custom Labour resource by entering the Name, Labour Type and a Colour

• The Labour resource is added to the library of Labour the team can assign to their Tasks

Create Plant Resource

Creating Plant resource lets you build a reusable library of Plant to assign to Tasks.

To create Plant:

• Click your Project Title in the top left, then select Project Assets

• Select Plant from the menu

• Click

• Create your custom Plant resource by entering the Name, Plant Type and Colour

• The Plant resource is added to the library of Plant the team can assign to their Tasks

Assign Labour Resources to Tasks

You can assign as many Labour resources to each Task as you need. Once added to the task, they’re assumed to be needed for the entire working duration - keeping things simple and helping teams plan ahead.

To add Labour to a Task:

• On the Gantt, navigate to the column picker and toggle Labour

• Click the Labour cell for your Task & select the relevant Labour option from the dropdown menu

• Use the + / - buttons to increase or decrease the Labour quantity needed for the duration of the Task

Assign Plant Resources to Tasks

You can assign as many Plant resources to each Task as you need. Once added, they’re assumed to be needed for the entire working duration - keeping things simple and helping teams plan ahead.

To add Plant to a Task:

• On the Gantt, navigate to the column picker and toggle Plant

• Click the Plant cell for your Task & select the relevant Plant option from the dropdown menu

• Use the + / - buttons to increase or decrease the Plant quantity needed for the duration of the Task

View Forecasted Resources on the Gantt

Use the Resource Overlay in the Gantt to forecast Labour & Plant demand day by day. You'll see how much of each Labour or Plant is needed across the project, with a clear breakdown of which Tasks are driving that usage and who's using it.

To turn on the Labour Resource Overlay

• Click and select Resources

• Use the icons on the left to view Labour

• Hover over the numbers to view your Total and Project Utilisation

• Click to filter to either Crew or Individual Resource

• Click the Resources Configuration icon to switch between Tasks in View and Project Utilisation

• Hover over to see the daily breakdown

To turn on the Plant Resource Overlay

• Click and select Resources

• Use the icons on the left to view Plant

• Hover over the numbers to view your Total and Project Utilisation

• Click to filter to a specific Plant Type

• Click the Resources Configuration icon to switch between Tasks in View and Project Utilisation

• Hover over to see the daily breakdown

Filter by Labour

Filter by Labour to quickly review and manage work related to a particular Labour item across your plan.

Filter by Labour:

• Click and

• Select Labour in the first dropdown

• Select from Is, Is Not, Is Empty, Is Not Empty in the second dropdown

• Select your desired Labour item in the third dropdown

Filter by Plant

Filter by Plant to quickly review and manage work related to a particular Plant item across your plan.

To filter by Plant:

• Click and

• Select Plant in the first dropdown

• Select from Is, Is Not, Is Empty, Is Not Empty in the second dropdown

• Select your desired Plant item in the third dropdown

Report on Labour and Plant Demand

Power BI

Connect your Project as a datasource for Power BI to report on Labour & Plant Demand.

Aphex Insight

Utilise Aphex Insight to track Labour & Plant Resource Demand. See trends and drill down into specific Tasks to identify where each Labour and Plant Resource is allocated.