Aquent, a firm that specializes in solutions for marketing and creative services organizations, has released RoboHead 3.0, an enhanced version of its Web-based project management tool. Originally launched in June 2004, the number of RoboHead users has more than doubled in 2005, and the solution is now in use at a number of Fortune 500 companies.
RoboHead 3.0 includes new or updated capabilities in two critical areas of creative services operations: time/resource tracking and freelance payroll management.
Time/Resource Tracking
Aquent has extended the metrics and tracking features of RoboHead to improve time and resource management. In addition to tracking projects at the task level, RoboHead now also tracks nonproject time, resource activities, and budget versus actual expenses. In addition, it is now possible to associate billing rates with activities so that jobs can be accurately invoiced or charged back to a client.
“Aquent has long championed the value of metrics and measurement for creative services organizations,” said Chris Moody, president, Aquent Technologies. “With RoboHead’s improved time- and resource-tracking features, our clients have all the data they need to manage the overall performance of their marketing and creative organizations.”
Freelance Payroll Management
In a feature unique to the marketplace, Aquent has integrated RoboHead’s time-tracking capability with the company’s own payroll system to simplify invoicing and payment of freelancers. “Aquent processes more than 3,000 paychecks a week, so we know how to get creative talent paid quickly and efficiently,” said Moody. “Many of our clients manage a large team of freelancers and are forced to manually process scores of time cards and invoices each week. Since RoboHead users are already tracking their hours in the system, it requires just the click of a button to have the freelancers paid via Aquent’s payroll service. This completely eliminates the need for clients to process separate invoices for each freelancer.” Moody noted that clients also benefit from their freelancers’ use of RoboHead’s project tracking and collaboration features.
RoboHead focuses on three key areas: project and resource management, communication and collaboration, and digital library storage. With no software to buy or difficult processes to master, RoboHead is an affordable, easy-to-use solution for organizations challenged by too many projects, tight deadlines, and reduced budgets. To learn more about RoboHead, please visit www.robohead.net/info.
About Aquent
Aquent (aquent.com) is a global professional services firm that delivers staffing, consulting, and outsourcing solutions for marketing and creative services. Through a network of nearly seventy branches worldwide, Aquent has made over 400,000 matches of contract and full-time professionals with client companies worldwide. The company is headquartered in Boston , Massachusetts.
This article was last modified on January 6, 2023
This article was first published on May 16, 2005
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