Transparent management of workforce costs and capacity, GDPR compliant, fully integrated with business planning, and live within weeks.
Starting Point
Why Excel Prevents Effective Workforce Planning
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High Dimensional Complexity
Position, cost centre, region, FTE, part-time arrangements, hires and leavers, parental leave, and fixed-term contracts. Too many variables to manage effectively without a structured approach.
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Your Largest Cost Base. Your Biggest Planning Challenge
Workforce costs represent the largest share of the profit and loss account, but planning is often fragmented across spreadsheets, conflicting versions, and manual coordination processes.
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One Workforce, Two Different Realities
Late visibility of budget variances, declining forecast accuracy, and delayed decisions are the result of HR and Finance working with different numbers.
Solution
For HR and Finance. Finally, one source of truth.
- Headcount and vacancy planning without complexity
- Structured management of parental leave, fixed-term contracts, and vacancy backfills
- Integrated cost centre planning and organisational structures
- Clear visibility into workforce utilisation and personnel costs
- Workforce costs seamlessly integrated into financial planning
- Trusted versions, clear approvals, and full history, without spreadsheet silos
- Enhanced forecasting and scenario planning capabilities
- Budget, forecast, and rolling planning, seamlessly integrated
bdg ONE | People at a glance
What bdg ONE | People delivers.
CORE MODULE
Individual Employee Planning
A central solution for employee-level workforce planning, with filtering by cost centre, active and inactive FTEs, and an integrated approval workflow.
- Employee-level planning by cost centre
- FTE and headcount planning, including active and inactive employees
- Up-to-date view from the source system
- Planning versions and workflow approval
- Immediate visibility of the overall impact
- Multiple planners working simultaneously (40+)
Planning
Shifting Wizard — Workforce Movements
Flexible, multi-level P&L planning with dynamic version comparison, integrated sub-plans, and direct input.
- Filtering by P&L line items and hierarchies
- Variance analysis in absolute values and percentages
- Integration of sub-plans and direct inputs
- EUR / thousand EUR display toggle
- Actuals vs Budget based on best practice
- Energy-variant (Profit Centre)
Balance Sheet
Balance Sheet Planning
Comprehensive balance sheet planning with automatic currency conversion, monthly drill-down, and movement type analysis.
- Direct input of individual balance sheet accounts
- Integration from detailed sub-plans
- Automatic currency conversion
- Monthly drill-down and movement type analysis
- Flexible filter criteria based on user permissions
- DSO/DPO/DIO parameter configuration
CONFIGURATION
Pay Elements & Salary Components
Creation and configuration of all pay elements with general ledger mapping to the P&L, including seamless integration with the Finance Suite.
- TV-L, bonuses, and 13th-month salary
- Social security contributions, global and local
- Salary bands and salary increases
- General ledger mapping to P&L accounts
- Configurable FTE dependency
- Seamless integration with the Finance Suite
Analytics
People Monitor & Dashboard
Management view across all workforce costs without access to individual employee details. Actuals vs target, FTE development, workforce movements, and HR KPIs.
- Aggregated cost view for management
- Actuals vs target, FTE development, and workforce movements
- Salary components by department and cost centre
- HR KPIs: turnover, attrition, sickness rate
- People AI Analytics
- Variance & Employee Report
Administration
Workflow, Versions & GDPR Management
Multi-level approval management, version control with freeze and commit functionality, and a GDPR-compliant deletion concept for test servers.
- Multi-level planning approvals
- Version management and freeze functionality
- Export of current workforce costs
- GDPR-compliant deletion concept (test servers)
- User permissions and access management
- Documented data protection concept
Pricing model
A suitable package for every business size.
Basic
Fast onboarding for small businesses-
Employee-level planning
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FTE & Headcount Planning
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Training: 2 days / 2 people
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*Vendor licence < €15,000/Year
Advanced
Complete workforce management-
Shifting Wizard & Vacancy Planning
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Workflow & Approval
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Training: 2 days / 2 people
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* Vendor licence < €25,000/Year
Professional
Maximum governance & scalability-
2-tier environment & SSO/VPN integration
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GDPR-compliant deletion concept
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Training: 2 days / 8 people
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* Vendor licence < €35,000/Year
Implementation
Go live in weeks, not months.
01
Preparation
Templates and setup. Implementation including go-live, with standard configuration of the model and underlying logic.
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Mapping
Data integration via standard flat-file templates. Pay element configuration and general ledger mapping.
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Rollout
Training, go-live, and initial enablement. API integrations and customised reports available as optional extensions.
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Operations
Master data, workflows, and planning cycles, continuously secured through retainer add-ons.
the bdg ONE ecosystem
People is integrated from day one.
bdg ONE | People is designed for direct integration with Finance and is part of a broader ecosystem.
FINANCIAL FOUNDATION
bdg ONE | Finance
Workforce costs flow directly into the Finance module, keeping P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow always up to date.
INDUSTRY SOLUTION
bdg ONE | Energy
People planning for utility structures, integrated into the energy-specific planning landscape.
ESG solution
bdg ONE | ESG
CSRD-compliant reporting, from structured data collection through to machine-readable XBRL export.
Offering Model
Solution Fix. Custom. Retainer.
Layer 1 — Solution Fix
Fixed-price implementation
Pre-configured solution, defined scope, predictable budget.
- Package 1 Basic (up to 100 employees) — under €30,000
- Package 2 Advanced (101–750 employees) — under €50,000
- Package 3 Professional (> 750 employees) — available on request
Layer 2 — Custom Extensions
Time & Material
Custom extensions beyond the standard scope, priced based on effort.
- API/DB integration with individual HR systems
- Additional reports, dashboards, and input templates
- Custom pay elements and extensions
- Extended organisational hierarchies
Layer 3 — Retainer
Ongoing operations
Stability, continuous improvement, and support, secured over the long term.
- Continuity, master data, pay elements, and planning cycles
- Innovation, new releases, and power user enablement
- Proactive performance monitoring
- SLA Bronze / Silver / Gold as required
FAQs
Common questions from HR and Finance.
How can I plan workforce costs without Excel while still planning at employee level?
bdg ONE | People enables employee-level planning through a structured interface, covering headcount, FTE, salaries, pay elements, and vacancies. Cost centre owners plan within their respective areas, while management views aggregated cost development in the monitor. No version chaos, no parallel files, and full traceability.
How do workforce costs flow into the P&L without manual reconciliation between HR and Finance?
Through the commit function, HR plans in the People Suite and releases the approved version. Workforce costs then appear immediately in the Finance Suite, allocated by P&L accounts and cost centres. General ledger mapping is configurable. No exports, no pivot tables, no reconciliation rounds between departments.
How much does a workforce cost planning solution cost, and when does it make sense for a company?
We use Personio / Workday / SuccessFactors. Does the integration work?
Yes. bdg ONE | People supports integration with SAP SuccessFactors, SAP HCM, Personio, Workday, DATEV, and LODAS. Standard data integration is provided via flat-file templates. Direct API integrations are available as a custom extension on a time-and-materials basis.
How do we model parental leave, fixed-term contracts, and turnover in workforce planning?
Experience
bdg ONE | People live.
