Managing a nature park

A nature park covers a vast area with sensitive and protected terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Its tasks include

• Ongoing monitoring to ensure the preservation of animal and plant species.
• Supervision and responsible management of tourism and leisure activities.
• The implementation of ecological programmes to restore natural environments.
• Raising public awareness through educational workshops and events.
• Fast, efficient management of unforeseen environmental incidents.
• Collaboration with a wide range of scientific, institutional and community partners.

These activities require rigorous organisation of qualified human resources, effective coordination of field teams and optimum management of specific technical equipment.

Before adopting PlanningPME, the parks faced several major obstacles due to insufficiently centralised management:

Complex management of human resources

Teams split between offices, remote working and field operations (maritime and land patrols, scientific diving, ecological maintenance) posed major challenges in terms of the efficient and consistent allocation of human resources.

Difficulty in managing absences

The complex monitoring of absences (annual leaves, sick leaves, compensatory time-off, other leaves such as maternity and paternity leaves) had a direct impact on operational efficiency and continuity of projects.

Poor visibility of project progress

Without a centralised tool, it was difficult to accurately monitor the progress of the various assignments, affecting responsiveness to unforeseen circumstances and day-to-day management.

Fragmentation of internal communication

The lack of a centralised platform often led to inefficient exchanges between the administrative departments and the teams on the ground, hampering rapid and appropriate decision-making.

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PlanningPME has enabled a complete overhaul of the management of nature park schedules, by responding precisely to these challenges:

Centralisation and optimisation of schedules

PlanningPME now brings all information together in a clear, intuitive interface, enabling optimum allocation of human and material resources according to skills, availability and operational constraints.

Automation and fluidity in the management of unavailabilities

The software automatically integrates all forms of unavailability, considerably reducing planning errors and facilitating proactive absence management.

Real-time monitoring of projects and tasks

Each job is tracked according to its status (not started, in progress, completed), providing precise, up-to-date visibility of the progress of operations in the field, facilitating responsiveness and rapid decision-making.

Significant improvements in internal communication

Centralising data ensures better transmission of information between administrative and field teams, enabling optimum coordination and a better response to environmental emergencies.

Since implementing PlanningPME, the nature parks have seen a number of concrete improvements:

• A significant reduction in the time spent on planning and administration.
• A clear reduction in team assignment errors.
• Increased operational availability of specialist teams.
• Greater responsiveness to environmental contingencies and emergencies.
• Smoother internal communication, facilitating inter-departmental coordination
• Overall gains in productivity and operational efficiency.