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 AssetsSelect
Labourfrom the menuClick
Create your custom Labour resource by entering the
Name,Labour Typeand aColourThe 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 AssetsSelect
Plantfrom the menuClick
Create your custom Plant resource by entering the
Name,Plant TypeandColourThe 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 
LabourClick 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 PlantClick 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 ResourcesUse the icons on the left to view
LabourHover over the numbers to view your Total and Project Utilisation
Click
to filter to either CreworIndividual ResourceClick the Resources Configuration icon
to switch between Tasks in ViewandProject UtilisationHover over
to see the daily breakdown
To turn on the Plant Resource Overlay
Click
and select ResourcesUse the icons on the left to view
PlantHover over the numbers to view your Total and Project Utilisation
Click
to filter to a specific Plant TypeClick the Resources Configuration icon
to switch between Tasks in ViewandProject UtilisationHover 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
Labourin the first dropdownSelect from
Is,Is Not,Is Empty,Is Not Emptyin the second dropdownSelect 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
Plantin the first dropdownSelect from
Is,Is Not,Is Empty,Is Not Emptyin the second dropdownSelect 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.