{"id":12837,"date":"2022-08-04T10:09:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/?p=12837"},"modified":"2024-08-20T14:51:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T14:51:04","slug":"infographic-reasons-why-you-shouldnt-use-excel-for-resource-planning","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/blog\/infographic-reasons-why-you-shouldnt-use-excel-for-resource-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic: 7 Reasons Why You Shouldn\u2019t Use Excel for Resource Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier resource planning used to be limited to basic allocation and scheduling, for which spreadsheets sufficed. However, with evolving business processes, it now includes components such as forecasting, capacity planning, and more. Therefore, spreadsheets are no longer feasible for effective resource management.<\/p>\n<p>As they lead to data silos, are error-prone, leading to internal conflicts and data duplication. Thus, it is crucial for firms to implement a resource management software that will help them streamline the workflow, create effective resource plans, ensuring project success.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18462 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning.png\" alt=\"7 Drawbacks of Using Spreadsheets for Resource Planning\" width=\"875\" height=\"2065\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning.png 875w, https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning-127x300.png 127w, https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning-434x1024.png 434w, https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning-768x1812.png 768w, https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning-651x1536.png 651w, https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning-868x2048.png 868w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 875px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 875\/2065;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18462 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning.png\" alt=\"7 Drawbacks of Using Spreadsheets for Resource Planning\" width=\"875\" height=\"2065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning.png 875w, https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning-127x300.png 127w, https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning-434x1024.png 434w, https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning-768x1812.png 768w, https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning-651x1536.png 651w, https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7-Drawbacks-of-Using-Spreadsheets-for-Resource-Planning-868x2048.png 868w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier resource planning used to be limited to basic allocation and scheduling, for which spreadsheets sufficed. However, with evolving business processes, it now includes components such as forecasting, capacity planning, and more. Therefore, spreadsheets are no longer feasible for effective resource management. As they lead to data silos, are error-prone, leading to internal conflicts and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","categories":[48],"tags":[],"coauthors":[160],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/12837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12837"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saviom.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=12837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}