New partnership connects AI-powered resource planning with automated time capture as firms struggle with visibility into capacity, profitability, and delivery risk.Laurel, the work intelligence platform for professional services, and Dayshape, the AI-powered resource management platform trusted by Big Four and top-tier professional services firms globally, have announced a partnership to help firms identify and eliminate revenue leakage.
The partnership brings together Dayshape’s AI-powered resource planning platform with Laurel’s automated work intelligence technology, giving businesses a clearer view of how work is planned, delivered, and billed across the organization.
Laurel automatically captures work activity across meetings, emails, documents, and digital workflows, reducing reliance on manual time entry and improving the accuracy of operational and financial data.
That data feeds directly into Dayshape’s real-time resource planning and project financial features, enabling firms to make smarter decisions around staffing, profitability, pricing, and delivery risk – before issues impact the bottom line. Dayshape customers typically see a 5% increase in utilization, while Laurel users capture an average of 28 additional minutes per day. Both report profit increases of 11% – together, the potential is even greater.
Where most scheduling tools assign the best available person to each role one at a time, Dayshape's AI evaluates the entire organization simultaneously, identifying the optimal allocation across all engagements. Laurel captures what actually happens – automatically recording professional time and generating accurate work intelligence that firms can use to bill precisely and manage engagements more profitably.
Together, the platforms deliver an end-to-end view of resourcing economics, helping firms identify margin leakage earlier, improve forecasting accuracy and maximize billable utilization across teams. By connecting how work is planned with how it is actually performed, firms can make decisions based on real project performance - not incomplete timesheet data.
The partnership comes at a critical time for the industry. Professional services firms are under increasing pressure to improve productivity and profitability. Dayshape’s research shows 42% of firms missed revenue targets last year, while only 25% of leaders say they feel confident in their organization’s ability to plan long term. Two thirds (38% of firms lack clear visibility into team capacity and availability and a similar number (37%) lack real-time profitability insight by team or project. Through this partnership Dayshape and Laurel will address visibility and time keeping friction points, reducing potential impact on the bottom line.
The partnership also strengthens the capabilities of each platform. Dayshape's scheduling data gives Laurel richer context for matching captured time to the right matters and engagements. Laurel's verified time actuals make Dayshape's plan-versus-actual reporting more accurate, improving every utilization report and engagement financial the platform surfaces. Both companies serve the world's leading professional services firms and are part of the Microsoft and Workday partner networks, simplifying joint deployment for customers.
Matt Cockett, CEO of Dayshape says: "What Dayshape does so well is provide a forward-looking view of a business enabling companies to plan optimally and course correct as they go. Laurel ensures every minute of work is captured accurately, without adding any extra effort for teams. We know that time data in professional services has historically been difficult to manage. Laurel’s technology means that it doesn’t need to be - which is exactly why this partnership makes sense.”
Ryan Alshak, CEO and Co-Founder of Laurel, says: "Most firms know they have a data problem. They just don't know how bad it is until they fix it. Laurel gives firms an accurate picture of how time is actually being spent and what it's producing. Connecting it with Dayshape's scheduling and revenue engine means customers finally have the planning layer and the execution layer talking to each other."
Together, the platforms attack margin from both directions. Dayshape prevents leakage at the point of resourcing decisions. Laurel recovers it at the execution layer. Firms running both gain control over the full margin picture.
About Dayshape
Dayshape is the AI-powered resource management platform built for large professional services firms. By combining real-time project financials with holistic resource scheduling, Dayshape enables firms to staff engagements optimally and protect margins.
About Laurel
Laurel is the work intelligence platform for professional services. Firms use Laurel to automate timekeeping, understand what's driving profitability, and prove the ROI of their AI investments.
