The rapid transformation of business models and digital innovation has brought change across the professional services industry. Most professional services firms have adopted working remotel… Read More

For most organizations, choosing to implement time tracking is a no-brainer. Accurately tracking work hours leads to smarter business decisions, better management, and improved productivity… Read More

Missouri: New Leave for Victims of Domestic & Sexual Violence Effective August 28, 2021, Missouri’s new Victims Economic Safety and Security Act (VESSA) shall provide leave and rea… Read More

Today, as the remote and hybrid workforce continue to rise, web timesheets have become indispensable to track employee time. At Replicon, we’ve been improving our web timesheets to mee… Read More

When it comes to having a profitable business, the two things that everyone wants to keep track of are project hours and employee productivity. Continuous innovations across the world have t… Read More

Innovative Platform for Global Workforce Management & Labor Compliance Delivers a Single Source of Truth For Time & Gross Pay Redwood City, Calif. – Aug 24th, 2021. /PRNew… Read More

Professional services businesses are losing revenue through gaps and inefficiencies and need newer, simpler ways to improve their revenue and minimize revenue leakages while finding ways to… Read More

For companies, ensuring compliance with labor laws is a challenge but its importance cannot be understated. Between 2010-2019, US businesses paid $5.3 billion to settle wage and hour labor d… Read More

There is a change happening in the professional services landscape. It is becoming harder to recruit and retain employees. The globalization of the marketplace has increased competition for… Read More

If you are a service or project-based organization and are using Microsoft Dynamics or planning to use it in the future to manage your sales and accounting operations, then we have good news… Read More

How do professional services firms drive growth in a world of disruption? With shifting business models, changing customer expectations, and intense business pressures, professional services… Read More

By Steve Brooks – August 16, 2021 Within the PSA sector, it was a fairly quiet week. After nearly two years with little to announce, Function Point revealed a proofing tool for creativ… Read More

In today’s world, every organization is trying to provide its employees the best in terms of compensation, benefits, and more. One of the significant parts of that is benefits like pai… Read More

Greece: Amendment to Greek Employment Law Greek Law 4808/2021, published in the Government Gazette on 19.06.21, introduced significant changes to the employment law in view of the new econom… Read More

Professional services automation (PSA) is an integrated platform that enables project-based organizations to achieve on-time project delivery, more accurate project estimates, and increased… Read More

By Steve Brooks – August 11, 2021 Less than a year after the launches of Polaris PSA, Replicon has launched Polaris PPM. Like its PSA solution, the PPM is marketed as a Self Driving PP… Read More

Introduces The World’s First Self-driving PPM, Delivering More Results with Less Hassle. Redwood City, CA – Aug 11th, 2021.  – The ​Polaris PPM solution launched… Read More

There has been a noticeable shift in the way organizations and employees go about their work in the last couple of decades, from an office-focused mindset to a more mobile one. A significant… Read More

Let’s face it: nobody enjoys filling out timesheets. Getting skeptical users to adopt a time tracking software and use it diligently is an uphill task. There are several reasons why em… Read More

With the rising complexities of automation and remote working, the term “project management” has certainly come to encompass a lot of things, making it harder to find the right d… Read More

As a business leader, you do your best to make your service organization successful. You invest in the latest technologies, hire the best candidates, and get all the essential resources to r… Read More

Before initiating a project, professional services firms want to know how much profit and revenue they can generate for the company. Return on Investment (ROI) analysis helps firms to evalua… Read More

Benjamin Franklin once said, ‘Time is money’ and nowhere is truer than in business. Time is a strategic asset that is extremely limited. Businesses that use their limited time pr… Read More

Every enterprise is looking for ways to improve its bottom line and gain profit in a given time. From hiring the right talent to training their existing employees, organizations spend signif… Read More

“The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world.” – Charles Malik Remember how the project management industry looked a decade ago? There was very… Read More

John F. Kennedy once said, “Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future.” Nowhere is this more apparent than in the… Read More

The need for Software as a Service (SaaS) — a modern business model for application software — continues to pick up speed as more and more businesses realize its value. Business… Read More

Profitability is the key that defines whether a professional services firm should pursue a project or not. Project profitability is the standard against which firms measure if it’s wor… Read More

Between increasing competition and a difficult economy, the struggle for professional services firms to maintain profit margins has never been more challenging. Firms need to keep a close ey… Read More

Polaris PSA Aligns Sales, Delivery, Finance & HR teams in professional services Redwood City, Calif., June 29, 2021.  – ​Polaris​ PSA today announced it has launch… Read More

As organizations started adopting a remote or hybrid approach to work over the last year, leadership and management have had to balance priorities and goals with employee wellness. Not only… Read More

As digital technology evolves, professional services organizations must transform their business operations too or risk losing productivity and efficiency to the more forward-thinking firms… Read More

Complying with labor laws is not only about avoiding fines, but also about treating your employees fairly and giving them the right compensation for the services they render to your organiza… Read More

Over the last two decades, Agile methodology has come a long way. It helps organizations be flexible and lead projects to their end goal within the predetermined timeframe and budget. The Ag… Read More

There is no doubt that the pandemic has tested the ability of professional service firms to deliver projects and services on time and within budget. With teams working remotely, managers hav… Read More

Whenever an organization takes on a project, the endgame is always to generate profitability. To achieve that profitability, the organization needs to make smart and strategic decisions whil… Read More

Increases in Paternity Leave and related Allowance As of July 1, 2021, the duration of paternity leave is increasing from 11 to 25 days, which will include weekends as well. The 25 days will… Read More

Switzerland Introduces New Paid Childcare Leave  Currently, working parents of seriously ill or injured children apply for unpaid leave or temporarily give up work altogether to care fo… Read More

The Time Intelligence Platform Enables Businesses to Manage Time as Their Most Valuable Asset Redwood City, Calif – June 15, 2021.  – Replicon today announced it has launche… Read More

What is digital transformation? To put it simply, digital transformation is the adoption and integration of digital technologies to transform all areas of business functions. It can fundamen… Read More

A few years ago, Sweden was in the headlines for experimenting with a six-hour workday. Fast forward to today and many more nations have since begun to give serious consideration to a shorte… Read More

Virginia Enacts Overtime Wage Law Effective July 1, 2021, Virginia employers will be subject to new state overtime pay requirements. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law the Virgi… Read More

If you are an organization or a business leader who needs to identify and adequately plan their time and objectives, you know how difficult it is to track employee time. While paper-based sy… Read More

Every professional services company understands that the art of executing projects is unique and complex. It requires insights for agile responses; it also needs to rapidly keep resources un… Read More

Digital technologies drive innovation, profitability, and relevance in the marketplace for any organization from any industry. But what does business transformation mean really? Has it been… Read More

The stability and success of any services organization like IT services or engineering services depends on maintaining a strong cash flow. An effective billing management strategy is a criti… Read More

New Paternity Leave in Ukraine The Ukrainian Parliament signed into law, Law No. 1401-IX on April 15, 2021, which shall provide equal parental rights to a father. The law is effective from M… Read More

Today, wherever you look, everyone’s talking about the cloud. Rampant innovations and the cloud era are changing how businesses operate. Digital transformation has led companies to bec… Read More

In the wake of the global pandemic, many organizations around the world chose to put their employees on furlough to rein in costs. However, employers must now be ready to tackle the challeng… Read More

The Self-driving PSA Helps Services Firms Uncover Revenue and Profit Opportunities REDWOOD CITY, Calif – May 18, 2021.  – ​Polaris​ world’s first self-driv… Read More

Labor laws worldwide mandate employment policies where every employee is entitled to vacations, time-offs, and overtime pay. The laws vary from region to region and the onus of compliance fa… Read More

Instinct or insight? Gut feeling or hard data? What do your business leaders and teams rely on while making decisions? You might be surprised to know that two-thirds of the CEOs make decisio… Read More

For any business, time is as important as capital, assets, and resources for its success. On average, employees contribute their time towards: Operational expenditures Increasing efficiency… Read More

Of all the processes that a business must undertake, forecasting financials is one of the most important. Forecasting allows for informed strategic decisions, so it makes sense that it shoul… Read More

Of all the processes that a business must undertake, forecasting financials is one of the most important. Forecasting allows for informed strategic decisions, so it makes sense that it shoul… Read More

By Steve Brooks – May 03, 2021 Last week SD Worx made a strategic acquisition in the Nordics, buying Aditro. IFS announced its Q1 results with significant growth in its service managem… Read More

Estimating project costs to near accuracy is a tricky and stressful job. If you get it right, you complete a project successfully within the set time and budget. But if you get it wrong, you… Read More

Replicon’s Time Intelligence Platform Delivers a Single Source of Truth for Time REDWOOD CITY, Calif – April 28, 2021.  – ​Replicon​ ​announced today… Read More

As enterprise organizations grow, they need additional resources to handle any new requirements that may come their way, including adding new locations. However, an increased workforce means… Read More

COVID-19 Time – Off Regulations in US & Canada With the onset of the pandemic (COVID – 19) in 2020, various laws have been enacted at federal and state levels in the United S… Read More

There aren’t many people who enjoy sifting through a mountain of paperwork. If you haven’t yet found a reliable time tracking software solution, dealing with the hassle and heada… Read More

Today, professional services firms use some combination of ERP, CRM, HRIS, PPM, or other software along with their PSA solution. These systems serve different purposes, host different and ov… Read More

When you’re an enterprise operating at a global scale with a team of employees working from home, one of your major concerns is proper resource allocation. When it goes wrong, your com… Read More

Does your professional services organization deliver? When you provide services to paying customers, how, when, and what you deliver are your top priorities. Think of it this way: if you ord… Read More

When it comes to PSA, automation is (literally) the name of the game. We turn to machine learning and AI to make our processes easier and cut down on the time we spend manually allocating ho… Read More

After an enormously challenging year, professional services firms are trying to get back on track to achieve their growth and profitability goals. To do so, it has become more important than… Read More

Imagine traveling in a boat that has a small hole at the bottom. The boat is slowly filling with water, and unless you do something to fix that hole, it will eventually sink, taking you with… Read More

One of the most time-consuming tasks within professional services is managing a billing system and tracking hours. Simplifying and automating your project billing and invoice management can… Read More

Payroll processing is one of the most crucial and complex operational processes for any organization — be it big or small. The payroll processing team has to gather accurate time and a… Read More

“When Does Stand by Duty Count as Working Time”: Guidelines provided by European Court of Justice In a judgment dated March 9, 2021, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has estab… Read More

Back in the pre-pandemic days, when everyone worked from an office space, water coolers and break rooms used to be the primary hub where project managers would casually catch up with their t… Read More

For small businesses in dire need of cash after 2020, there is good news from the US government. Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans are back to strengthen the economy and provide the mu… Read More

A common New Year’s resolution for most people includes, in some form, wanting to manage time better, being more productive at work, and focusing on what matters in life. If you are a… Read More

In a post-pandemic world, service businesses need newer, simpler ways to improve profit and revenue inefficiencies. They know that they are losing money through gaps and inefficiencies. If y… Read More

After all the chaos and unpredictability of 2020, businesses were waiting to hear some good news. Therefore, it will be a relief for many businesses to hear that the United States Government… Read More

“Remember that time is money.” — Benjamin Franklin No matter what kind or size of business you own, employee and time management are the keys to making your business profit… Read More

Your company has likely already invested a lot of money in its project time tracking platform, especially if you’re currently using an on-premise system. However, in the wake of the CO… Read More

One of the highest time-related costs for a project is administrative tasks. These small tasks add up, taking your team’s time away from working on projects and adding to your bottom l… Read More

Certification Helps Replicon Gain Significant Competitive Advantage in Large, Global Deployments Redwood City, CA – March 03, 2021.  – ​Replicon​ ​the Time… Read More

As experts in enterprise resource management, we’re always impressed by highly skilled project managers. Program management is no easy feat. Getting advice from others in your industry… Read More

By Steve Brooks – February 19, 2021 Replicon has announced that Readiness IT, a digital transformation consultancy with more than 400 people headquartered in Portugal, has selected Pol… Read More

Preparing project budgets is perhaps one of the most challenging parts of project management, especially for bigger and more complex projects. With budgets getting tighter, managers need sma… Read More

South Korea Amendments to Equal Employment Opportunity and Work-Family Balance Assistance Act (EEA) and Labor Standards Act On 2 August 2019, the Korean National Assembly passed amendments t… Read More

If time is your most precious resource, what comes in a close second? The resources themselves — your people. When your time and resources are managed optimally, you’ll likely se… Read More

When the pandemic pushed the majority of employees to work from home, business leaders and project managers came under mounting pressure to run operations, projects, and resources remotely… Read More

The Self-driving PSA Provides A Single Source of Truth for Time, and Simplifies Resource Planning for Improved Staffing. Redwood City, CA – February 17, 2021.  – Polaris tod… Read More

The pandemic-led recession and the slow, uncertain recovery have kept businesses on their toes. The new reality is confronting services and project-based companies with new operational chall… Read More

When the pandemic sent the global workforce to work remotely, businesses had to quickly find a way to enable their employees to manage their time and attendance to ensure labor compliance an… Read More

Being a project manager is a delicate job. Getting people and processes moving in the same direction is beyond a traditional college degree or job title. It requires interpersonal and organi… Read More

Client services team exceeds customer expectations while adapting to the new normal REDWOOD CITY, CA & LAS VEGAS, NV — February ​11​, 2021​ — Congratulation… Read More

For many businesses, absence management and online time and attendance tracking is an afterthought. And yet, accurate time and attendance data can add up to millions of dollars on your busin… Read More

What does project success look like to you? To most project managers, a project is counted as a “win” when it’s completed on-time, within budget, and with the intended outc… Read More

The professional services automation (PSA) software market has shown no sign of slowing down. With a CAGR of 11.7 percent, the market is expected to hit $16 billion by the end of 2025. The e… Read More

Time is our most valuable resource, but it is often the most challenging to manage. It can’t be stored, so instead we must “use it or lose it.” The trick is in using it wis… Read More

Do most of your projects miss deadlines or go over budget? Do your project managers have a hard time managing project delivery or planning resources? Does your finance/billing team spend a l… Read More

Accurate time tracking is vital to your company’s operation, not only for the purposes of meeting project goals and staying on budget, but also for the valuable data it generates relat… Read More

Consider this hypothetical scenario: a partner in your professional services organization is trying to close a large deal that a competitor is also trying to win. The project costs and deliv… Read More

A comprehensive expense tracker can provide your organization with clear insights into how corporate time and dollars are being spent and help you identify unnecessary costs, strains, time-w… Read More

Overwhelmed project managers. They are not hard to find. And if you look closely, you’ll probably find a few right within your organization. As it is, project management is stressful … Read More

Time. Regardless of how well your organization performs year over year, time is one thing that you can’t order more of. There are no do-overs, no second chances, and no excuses. When y… Read More