Revolutionize Your Animation Studio Management with TACTIC Resource: A Comprehensive Solution for Efficiency and Profitability

Abstract

Animation studios face numerous challenges in their day-to-day operations, from manual and error-prone Excel spreadsheets to a lack of visibility on profit and loss. Introducing TACTIC Resource, a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution designed to address these pain points. This white paper explores the key features of TACTIC Resource and how it can transform crew planning, budgeting, cost tracking, and financial reporting for animation studios.

Introduction

Animation studios often grapple with inefficient business processes and struggle to gain insights into the profitability of their production work. This section highlights the limitations of Excel spreadsheets and the need for a comprehensive solution like TACTIC Resource.

TACTIC Resource: A Game-Changer for Animation Studios

TACTIC Resource is a revolutionary product that offers crew planning, bidding, cost tracking, and financial reporting capabilities. By deploying TACTIC Resource in a SaaS model, studios can streamline their operations, reduce errors, and enhance profitability.

Key Features of TACTIC Resource

1. Animation Project Budget Planning:

Efficiently plan your projects in alignment with your bids using real-time budget calculations. TACTIC Resource enables you to add roles and plan role allocations based on bid allocation dates. Additionally, you can track margins by comparing bid rates with actual cost rates, providing invaluable insights into project profitability.

2. Crew Planning:

Effectively manage your crew's assignments across projects with TACTIC Resource's crew planning capabilities. This feature allows you to book multi-disciplinary crew members to projects while resolving any over-booking conflicts. Furthermore, the system facilitates tracking of holidays, vacations, and sick days, ensuring optimal resource allocation.

3. Scenario Planning:

TACTIC Resource empowers you to explore various "what if" scenarios for VFX project and crew resource planning. By defining multiple scenarios, you can evaluate different resource allocation strategies and make informed decisions. Additionally, real-time crew assignment tracking ensures accurate scenario comparison.

4. Software and Hardware Allocation Planning:

Effortlessly track software licenses and hardware assigned to crew members and projects with TACTIC Resource. This feature ensures efficient allocation of resources and enables you to identify any gaps or excesses in software and hardware inventory.

5. Real-Time Production Project Reporting:

Gain comprehensive insights into production projects with TACTIC Resource's real-time reporting capabilities. The system provides detailed crew utilization reports, complete project costs and hours reporting, and project margin analysis. Furthermore, you can track software and hardware assignments to crew members and projects, facilitating efficient resource management.

Benefits of TACTIC Resource

By leveraging TACTIC Resource, animation studios can streamline their operations, reduce manual errors, improve resource allocation, and gain better visibility into project profitability. This section highlights the numerous benefits of implementing TACTIC Resource.

Conclusion

TACTIC Resource is a game-changing solution that addresses the pain points faced by animation studios. By providing advanced features such as budget planning, crew allocation, scenario planning, and real-time reporting, TACTIC Resource empowers studios to optimize their operations, enhance profitability, and deliver outstanding animation projects.

To learn more about how TACTIC Resource can transform your animation studio, contact our team today.