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US 8,799,041 B2Granted
Calculating an amount of enterprise resource to be assigned based on received parameters
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsCipriano A. Santos, Andrei Fuciec, Dirk M. Beyer, Joachim Resch, Ernesto Brau, Shailendra Jain
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Abstract
A tool receives parameters relating to target enterprise objective of an enterprise, the cost of an enterprise resource associated with the enterprise, and an enterprise resource capacity. The tool calculates an amount of an enterprise resource to be assigned in an enterprise based on the received parameters relating to the target enterprise objective, the enterprise resource cost, and the enterprise resource capacity.
Claims16
An enterprise resource planning method comprising:
- receiving, by a tool executing in a system having a processor, parameters relating to:
- a target enterprise objective associated with an enterprise based on forecast activity of the enterprise;
- a cost of an internal workforce of the enterprise;
- a capacity of the internal workforce;
- and a cost of an external workforce;
- and
- calculating, by the tool, an amount of the internal workforce and an amount of the external workforce to be assigned based on the received parameters relating to the target enterprise objective, the cost of the internal workforce, the capacity of the internal workforce, and the cost of the external workforce, wherein calculating the amounts of the internal workforce and the external workforce uses a model that takes into account the received parameters and that enhances utilization of the internal workforce and a gross margin of the enterprise, wherein the model maximizes the utilization of the internal workforce.
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An enterprise resource planning method comprising:
- receiving, by a tool executing in a system having a processor, parameters relating to:
- a target enterprise objective associated with an enterprise based on forecast activity of the enterprise;
- a cost of an internal workforce of the enterprise;
- a capacity of the internal workforce;
- and a cost of an external workforce;
- and
- calculating, by the tool, an amount of the internal workforce and an amount of the external workforce to be assigned based on the received parameters relating to the target enterprise objective, the cost of the internal workforce, the capacity of the internal workforce, and the cost of the external workforce, wherein calculating the amounts of the internal workforce and the external workforce uses a model that takes into account the received parameters and that enhances utilization of the internal workforce and a gross margin of the enterprise, wherein calculating the amounts of the internal workforce and the external workforce to be assigned is based on the model that further takes into account a parameter to indicate that excess internal workforce is to be kept idle if allocation is not needed.
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A method comprising:
- providing a workforce allocation model that takes into account target revenue information, cost information of an internal workforce of an enterprise, cost information of an external workforce, and a capacity of the internal workforce of the enterprise;
- and
- solving, by a system having a processor, the workforce allocation model that enhances profitability of the enterprise and that enhances utilization of the internal workforce to determine an amount of the internal workforce and an amount of the external workforce to assign, wherein solving the workforce allocation model comprises:
- determining that a workforce gap cannot be filled with the internal workforce;
- and
- allocating a portion of the target revenue to an external vendor in response to determining that the workforce gap cannot be filled with the internal workforce, wherein the external workforce is provided by the external vendor.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause a computer to:
- receive parameters relating to:
- a target enterprise objective associated with an enterprise based on forecast activity of the enterprise;
- a cost of an internal workforce of the enterprise;
- a capacity of the internal workforce;
- and a cost of an external workforce;
- and
- calculate an amount of the internal workforce and an amount of the external workforce to be assigned based on the received parameters relating to the target enterprise objective, the cost of the internal workforce, the capacity of the internal workforce, and the cost of the external workforce, wherein calculating the amounts of the internal workforce and the external workforce uses a model that takes into account the received parameters and that enhances utilization of the internal workforce and a gross margin of the enterprise, wherein the model maximizes the utilization of the internal workforce.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.