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It turns a wall of numbers into something you can actually scan in a Monday morning meeting.",{"type":188,"attrs":522,"content":523},{"level":190,"textAlign":58},[524],{"text":525,"type":106,"marks":526},"How to calculate resource utilization in Excel (with real examples)",[527,529,532],{"type":196,"attrs":528},{"color":55},{"type":199,"attrs":530},{"id":531},"how-to-calculate-resource-utilization-in-excel-with-real-examples",{"type":109},{"type":102,"attrs":534,"content":535},{"textAlign":58},[536],{"text":537,"type":106},"The number one question I get from operations managers switching from gut-feel resourcing to data-driven planning is: \"How do I actually measure utilization in a spreadsheet?\"",{"type":102,"attrs":539,"content":540},{"textAlign":58},[541],{"text":542,"type":106},"Utilization isn't one number. It's a set of related metrics, and confusing them leads to bad decisions.",{"type":188,"attrs":544,"content":545},{"level":383,"textAlign":58},[546],{"text":547,"type":106},"The three utilization formulas you need",{"type":86,"attrs":549},{"id":550,"body":551},"8bb263a6-5e8b-49c0-b99b-1efe46dab5fc",[552],{"_uid":553,"component":353,"tableHtml":554},"i-f83779e3-c3ce-431f-b249-0492e87b3722","\u003Ctable style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;margin:1.5rem 0;border:1px solid #d1d5db;\">\n\u003Cthead>\n\u003Ctr>\n  \u003Cth style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db;padding:12px 14px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;background-color:#f8fafc;\">Metric\u003C/th>\n  \u003Cth style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db;padding:12px 14px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;background-color:#f8fafc;\">Formula\u003C/th>\n  \u003Cth style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db;padding:12px 14px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;background-color:#f8fafc;\">What it tells you\u003C/th>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003C/thead>\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n  \u003Ctd style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db;padding:12px 14px;vertical-align:top;\">\u003Cstrong>Overall utilization\u003C/strong>\u003C/td>\n  \u003Ctd style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db;padding:12px 14px;vertical-align:top;\">Total Logged Hours / Available Hours x 100\u003C/td>\n  \u003Ctd style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db;padding:12px 14px;vertical-align:top;\">How much of your team's time is being used (billable + non-billable)\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003Ctr>\n  \u003Ctd style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db;padding:12px 14px;vertical-align:top;\">\u003Cstrong>Billable utilization\u003C/strong>\u003C/td>\n  \u003Ctd style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db;padding:12px 14px;vertical-align:top;\">Billable Hours / Available Hours x 100\u003C/td>\n  \u003Ctd style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db;padding:12px 14px;vertical-align:top;\">What percentage of time is generating revenue\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003Ctr>\n  \u003Ctd style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db;padding:12px 14px;vertical-align:top;\">\u003Cstrong>Capacity remaining\u003C/strong>\u003C/td>\n  \u003Ctd style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db;padding:12px 14px;vertical-align:top;\">Available Hours - 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The ideal target for professional services teams tends to fall between 70–80%. But notice Priya is at 60% billable utilization. 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The gap between \"tracking hours\" and \"managing capacity\" is where most teams lose visibility, and revenue.",{"type":188,"attrs":613,"content":614},{"level":190,"textAlign":58},[615],{"text":616,"type":106,"marks":617},"When does Excel stop working for resource management?",[618,620,623],{"type":196,"attrs":619},{"color":55},{"type":199,"attrs":621},{"id":622},"when-does-excel-stop-working-for-resource-management",{"type":109},{"type":102,"attrs":625,"content":626},{"textAlign":58},[627],{"text":628,"type":106},"This is the question I hear most often, and the honest answer is: sooner than most teams realize. I've watched agencies double in size while their resource spreadsheet stayed exactly the same, held together with duct tape and a prayer.",{"type":102,"attrs":630,"content":631},{"textAlign":58},[632],{"text":633,"type":106},"Here are the patterns that signal it's time to move on:",{"type":188,"attrs":635,"content":636},{"level":383,"textAlign":58},[637],{"text":638,"type":106},"The five breaking points",{"type":640,"attrs":641,"content":643},"ordered_list",{"order":642},1,[644,655,666,677,688],{"type":99,"content":645},[646],{"type":102,"attrs":647,"content":648},{"textAlign":58},[649,653],{"text":650,"type":106,"marks":651},"Version control chaos:",[652],{"type":109},{"text":654,"type":106}," Three people have three different copies of the resource plan, and nobody knows which one is current.",{"type":99,"content":656},[657],{"type":102,"attrs":658,"content":659},{"textAlign":58},[660,664],{"text":661,"type":106,"marks":662},"No real-time visibility:",[663],{"type":109},{"text":665,"type":106}," Your spreadsheet shows last Friday's allocations. By Tuesday, everything's changed, but the sheet hasn't.",{"type":99,"content":667},[668],{"type":102,"attrs":669,"content":670},{"textAlign":58},[671,675],{"text":672,"type":106,"marks":673},"Manual update burden:",[674],{"type":109},{"text":676,"type":106}," You're spending 2–5 hours per week just maintaining the spreadsheet instead of making decisions with it.",{"type":99,"content":678},[679],{"type":102,"attrs":680,"content":681},{"textAlign":58},[682,686],{"text":683,"type":106,"marks":684},"Cross-project blind spots:",[685],{"type":109},{"text":687,"type":106}," You can see individual project allocations, but you can't get a single view of a person's total workload across all projects.",{"type":99,"content":689},[690],{"type":102,"attrs":691,"content":692},{"textAlign":58},[693,697],{"text":694,"type":106,"marks":695},"Forecasting is guesswork:",[696],{"type":109},{"text":698,"type":106}," You can track what happened last week, but you can't model what happens if you sign two new 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He’s spent the past 10 years writing for agencies and SaaS companies, mostly about tech, tools, and smarter ways to work. 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