The latest release of Resource Process Manager by Fourthlink now includes a new set of assignment screens designed to make the job of the professional scheduler even more efficient. With these new tools, schedulers can easily process requests for individuals, teams, or resources by role. Alternatively they can search by skill and/or availability. Project or firm management can easily see assignments by client, by project and by task for three full months and communications with field staff is facilitated with FourthLink's automated notification system.

White Paper: Re-Integrating IT in the Professional Services Firm (link to PDF brochure)

In what seems like a technological heartbeat, business computing has been transformed from a highly centralized function performed on castle-sized equipment and overseen by wizards and magicians to desktop-based distributed systems easily manipulated by the average office employee. While the benefits of inexpensive, distributed personal computing are manifold, there are significant drawbacks to the distributed model: These include high rates of inaccuracy, major security deficiencies and delays in providing information to those whose responsibility it is to make the decisions which direct the enterprise. In this white paper, we explore the costs, both tangible and intangible, of non-integrated systems and discuss the benefits of integrated software solutions.