04 — Product · PR-410
Kantata
A cloud system for consulting and other project-based services firms that plans who works on which engagement, tracks delivery, time and expense, and turns that work into project financials and invoices. Formed from the combination of Mavenlink and Kimble and sold as per-user subscriptions.
// FIG. 04 · Capability coverage
Each tile is an L1; the bar is how many of this product's capabilities realize something beneath it. Our judgment, not a vendor claim.
Direct & Govern
Finance
People & Workplace
Customer & Market
Products & Services
Operations & Supply
Technology & Data
Resilience & Responsibility
Industry L1s
- Plant Operations0
- Production Planning & Scheduling0
- Maintenance & Reliability0
- Manufacturing Quality & Compliance0
- Industrial Engineering & Continuous Improvement0
- Plant Safety & Environmental Compliance0
- Dealer & Distributor Network0
- Aftermarket & Service Parts0
- Platform Engineering0
- Software Product Release0
- Site Reliability0
- Developer Experience & API Ecosystem0
- Subscription & Tenant Operations0
- Product Analytics & Experimentation0
- Trust & Compliance Assurance0
- Open Source & Community0
- Merchandising & Assortment0
- Store Operations0
- E-commerce & Omnichannel0
- Category & Trade Promotion0
- Loss Prevention0
- Consumer Insights0
- Store Network & Real Estate0
- Returns & Reverse Logistics0
- Network Planning & Engineering0
- Network Build & Field Operations0
- Network Operations & Assurance0
- Subscriber Order & Activation0
- Usage Charging & Subscriber Billing0
- Content & Programming0
- Advertising Sales & Operations0
- Communications Regulatory Obligations0
Product capabilities · 9
- PC-410.10
Resource Management
coreMatching of people to engagement roles by skill, availability and cost, with a forward view of utilization, bench and unfilled demand.
- PC-410.20
Project Delivery
corePlans, tasks, milestones and status for each client engagement, with collaboration between the delivery team and the client.
- PC-410.30
Time Tracking
coreTimesheet entry against projects and tasks with approval workflows, feeding utilization, cost and billable hours.
- PC-410.40
Expense Management
partialEntry and approval of project expenses with receipts, marked as billable or not, for passing to invoicing and reimbursement.
- PC-410.50
Project Financials
strongBudgets, rate cards, forecasts and margin for each engagement, comparing planned and actual cost and revenue as work progresses.
- PC-410.60
Billing and Invoicing
strongGeneration of invoice drafts from time, expenses, fixed fees and milestones under each engagement's billing terms, for posting to the finance system.
- PC-410.70
Service Insights
strongReporting and dashboards on utilization, delivery health, backlog and profitability across the services portfolio.
- PC-410.80
Resource and Capacity Planning
partialForward planning of headcount and skills against the pipeline of sold and probable work, including scenarios for hiring or contractor use.
- PC-410.90
Project Templates and Methods
partialReusable project templates that encode the phases, tasks and roles of each service offering so new engagements start from a standard plan.