Anyone have an app or Excel spreadsheet they use to keep track of utilization? We just switched systems and our new system doesn’t give us a real time balance of our utilization rate (cont)

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I use a spreadsheet. Found a discrepancy last year. Didn’t make a huge difference other than show the leadership that I care

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Plus, curious to know what others are using on their own to keep track. Please DM me if you’re willing to share your spreadsheet (just need to get started, can be dummy numbers) / app ideas!

We’d have to know your firms targets and expected hours of you to give anything meaningful. Putting one together takes maybe 15 minutes

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