Schedulingvisual, finite, and constraint-aware.
A schedule the floor will actually follow because it respects the constraints the floor actually has.
A schedule that re-plans itself when reality changes.
Tap a "what if" — an operator out, a material slipping, a cal due. The Gantt re-flows around every constraint: skill, instrument cal, BOM, shift, eBMR readiness.
The plan you're looking atwas negotiated 80 milliseconds ago.
Every constraint — equipment availability, operator skills, shift calendars, material readiness, changeover penalties, customer promise dates, regulatory hold windows — is a chip on the table. When a chip moves, V5 re-bargains the entire plan against the same constraints and shows you the new feasible schedule before you can refresh.
Line B goes down at 09:18. The plan rewrites itself.
Watch the timeline cycle: before the breakdown, the alert moment, and the re-negotiated plan. WO-919 hops to Line C because its skill profile matches. WO-922 slides into Line A's open slot because its changeover cost from Lot B is lowest there.
Seven axes, one feasible answer.
The changeover starts before the last unit drops.
V5 doesn't wait for "line ends." It pre-stages the next lot, pages the cleaning crew, and books the QA pre-release window while the current run is still flowing. The lines you optimize are the ones that don't sit cooling.
- 08:54Last unit of Lot B falls off
- 08:55Auto-CIP cycle starts (cleaning crew paged)
- 09:08Lot D staged at LINE-A by FEFO-aware picker
- 09:14QA pre-release check signs the clean line
- 09:18First unit of Lot D — zero idle time
Every plan change updates a promise date in real time.
Available-to-promise is computed from the live plan, not a nightly snapshot. Sales sees the same truth as the planner.
If a re-plan pushes a ship date by 2 days, the customer portal updates the same minute and a notification fires.
Simulate "what if WO-925 jumps the queue?" — see the cascading promise impact before clicking commit.
A plan that's always feasible is a plan you can actually run.
Curious how the planner actually behaves?
One scheduler. Every constraint. No glue code.
The planner is the centre of gravity. ERP, MES, maintenance, people, materials and customer promises are wired in — not bolted on.
Sales orders, forecast and safety-stock pulled two-way; firm-up posts confirmed dates back.
Crew rosters, skills and shift calendars constrain the plan — no batch lands without qualified people on hand.
iCal/.ics per crew, per asset, per shift — drops straight into Outlook / Google Calendar.
Schedule is the authority for what kiosks show. No un-scheduled batch starts without an override.
PM windows, calibration due dates and downtime are first-class constraints — not a side spreadsheet.
Promise dates and shipment ETAs flow to customers automatically — fewer 'where's my order' calls.
- ERP demandTwo-way
Sales orders, forecast and safety-stock pulled two-way; firm-up posts confirmed dates back.
- Labour & shiftsSkills-aware
Crew rosters, skills and shift calendars constrain the plan — no batch lands without qualified people on hand.
- Calendar feeds.ics
iCal/.ics per crew, per asset, per shift — drops straight into Outlook / Google Calendar.
- MES · kioskLive
Schedule is the authority for what kiosks show. No un-scheduled batch starts without an override.
- Maintenance & OEEConstraint
PM windows, calibration due dates and downtime are first-class constraints — not a side spreadsheet.
- Customer portalAuto-push
Promise dates and shipment ETAs flow to customers automatically — fewer 'where's my order' calls.
Not sure if V5 talks to your stack?
The edge cases buyers always ask about.
Real schedules break the moment reality shows up. Watch V5 absorb the three hits planners dread — without anyone re-keying a thing.
What-if before you commit
Drop the rush in. V5 instantly shows which orders slip, by how much, the overtime cost, and any allergen conflicts that open up. Commit only when the trade-off is acceptable.
Amber cascades, customers warned
Affected WOs auto-flag amber. The customer portal updates promise dates. CSRs get a digest of who needs a call — before customers email in.
Skills matrix re-checks coverage
Every scheduled step re-validated against the skills matrix. Steps that need a specific competency surface as blocked until reassigned — nothing runs uncovered.
Got an edge case the team's worried about?
Just ask V5 — it knows the product cold.
Pick a question or type your own. V5 answers grounded in how production scheduling — drag-drop work orders & finite capacity | v5 ultimate actually behaves on the floor.
The rest of the platform this plugs into.
V5 isn't a bolt-on. Every module shares the same data, the same audit trail, the same operator. Pick where to look next.
Maintenance
Asset performance built into the kiosk. PM schedules, live downtime reasons, OEE roll-ups, condemn / decommission with full history.
MES
Operator-led execution: scan-gated dispense, step-by-step kiosk, equipment + scale integration, live yield. Built for regulated process & discrete manufacturing.
Notifications
Twilio SMS + transactional email. Recipe-defined triggers (OOS, hold, late, deviation). Unsubscribe + audit-logged delivery.
Customer portal
White-label customer portal. Read-only access for customers and their auditors. Lot/serial trace, CoA, pack docs, notifications — your branding.
Keep your ERP. V5 extends it to the floor.
V5 extends your existing ERP / accounting system down to the shop floor and closes the compliance loop. Bidirectional adapters for the major ERPs.
V5 AI
Not one chatbot — nine purpose-built AI specialists across Formula, Quality, Doc Intake, Invoice, Material Issue, Reorder, Demand, Scorecard, Daily Brief, Label Design and Ask V5. Grounded in your tenant data, RLS-bound, model-swap per assistant, human e-sign on every regulated action.
Got questions, or want to see it on your shop floor?
Ask V5 — our code-aware assistant — or spin up a workspace. Both are free.