SUCCESS STORY
Hakkoda Improves Project Margin by 10% with Kantata
Hakkoda enables data-driven organizations to innovate, automate, and uncover opportunity. Hakkoda was founded to help Snowflake customers realize the true value of their data.
10%
absolute improvement in average project margin
~5%
improvement in allocated resource utilization rate
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The Challenge
In just two short years, Hakkoda grew from just six to over 200 employees. The team needed a more sophisticated tool that could support this scale and provide the data and insights needed to effectively run the business. Hakkoda sought out a tool to streamline daily operations and plan for the future with confidence.
The Solution
Hakkoda leverages the data and insights from Kantata to more effectively track projects. According to Corey Ariss, VP of Operations & Technology, “Our overall project success and delivery has gone up because we’ve got the insights and the metrics to be able to see how projects are tracking.”
The team uses Kantata to more proactively and strategically manage resources, resulting in improved utilization rates and project margins. Corey shares, “The thing that I fell in love with the most was the resource planning functionality. Being able to visually see where people were staffed, what percentage are staffed, and where we can actually allocate them further, that was the primary driver for choosing Kantata.”
Benefits
- 3x increase in forecasting horizon, from 4 weeks to 3-6 months
- Improved project success rate and project margins
- More effective and proactive resource planning
- Reduced bench time between projects
“We went from focusing on the next 4 weeks to forecasting out 3-6 months ahead with Kantata, which has allowed us to keep our headcount growth aligned with our revenue growth, ultimately resulting in better overall margins.”
VP of Operations & Technology, Hakkoda
“I wish I would have moved to Kantata sooner. There were a lot of blind spots previously, and Kantata gives you the tools and the data you need to be able to run your business.”
VP of Operations & Technology, Hakkoda