See the capacity.Place the work.Follow the plan.
Put work orders on a board by line and shift, and see capacity, changeovers and cleaning before you commit.
Work finds its place on the line.
Follow one week's plan
Week 42 on two filling lines, and a rush order arrives mid-week.
Work orders on lines and shifts
Work orders sit on a board by line and shift.
Scheduling: workflow and records
1. Work orders on lines and shifts
Work orders sit on a board by line and shift.
Move them by dragging; open capacity and unscheduled orders stay visible.
Demand from sales orders feeds the work orders you plan.
- Planning screens
- Planning screens review manufacturing demand and production requirements alongside the board.
Results depend on the capacity and demand data you keep current.
Schedule board · week 42
Lines F1 and F2
- F1 · Mon–Tue
- WO-3301 · 500 ml
- F1 · Wed
- WO-3302 · 1 l
- F2 · Mon–Wed
- WO-3305 · 250 ml
- F2 · Thu–Fri
- Open capacity
- Unscheduled
- 2 work orders
Drag a work order to a line and shift.
2. Capacity, changeovers and cleaning in view
Each line's available hours, run time and load are shown.
Setup and cleaning between products stay visible to the planner.
Times come from your own changeover and cleaning rules.
- Sequencing
- Ordering products to reduce changeovers or cleaning is the planner's choice, with the board showing the effect.
Changeover and cleaning times are what you set, not V5 defaults.
Line F1 · week 42
Capacity view
- Available
- 2 shifts · 75 h
- Planned run time
- 58 h
- Changeover 500 ml → 1 l
- 1.5 h
- Clean before allergen-free
- 3 h
- Load
- 84 %
Changeover and cleaning times come from your rules.
3. Test a change before you promise
Drop the rush work order in and see what it pushes and whether it fits.
Material shortages show up from planning so the date isn't promised blind.
The planner decides what moves and confirms the date.
- Materials
- Material requirements come from MRP; see the MRP page.
V5 does not change the schedule or promise dates on its own.
Rush · SO-4418 · Customer B
Wants Friday dispatch
- Needs
- WO-3310 · 9 h on F2
- F2 Thu
- Fits · open capacity
- Materials
- Bottle 250 ml short
- Planner
- Moves WO-3310 to Thu
- Promise
- After material check
The board shows what moves; the planner decides.
4. Plan vs actual from the floor
Plan vs actual updates as operators record work on the shop-floor screens.
Late starts and their reasons are visible for the next planning decision.
Planners adjust the rest of the week with real status.
- Forecasting
- AI demand and yield forecasting is coming soon and is not part of scheduling today.
Status is only as current as what the floor records.
Week 42 · Wednesday
From shop-floor records
- WO-3301
- Complete · on plan
- WO-3302
- Started 2 h late
- Reason
- Changeover overran
- WO-3305
- Running · 60 %
- Planner
- Re-sequence Thursday
Status updates as operators record work.
Scheduling Between Demand and the Floor
Sales orders create demand, MRP checks materials, the board places work, and shop-floor records report back.
- Sales OrdersCreate the demand.See Sales Orders
- MRPChecks the materials.See MRP
- This pageSchedulingPlaces the work on lines.
- MESFloor records report back.See MES
AI and Scheduling
Plan from checked constraints
Plan from checked constraints
Ask V5 about work orders, equipment and production timing. Scheduling decisions should use verified inputs rather than a claim of live AI demand prediction.
Everything in this feature
What planning includes, and which plan each item needs. Compare plans
Visual scheduling
All plansDrag-drop board, finite capacity, sequence-aware.
Work orders
All plansWork orders, blending and packaging.
Shop-floor screens
All plansPlan vs actual from operator records.
Finite-capacity sequencing
Availability to confirmProposes an order across lines from calendars and changeovers; a planner decides.
AI demand and yield forecasting: coming soon, not available today. Availability to confirm: the capability exists in V5, but which plans include it, and whether it is enabled for you, is not yet confirmed — ask us. Planning results depend on current capacity and demand data. People make scheduling decisions.
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Open a sample report to review its contents, supporting references and how the record is built.
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Work Order Traveler
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What buyers ask us first about Production & Planning.
Does V5 replace our planning spreadsheet?
Scheduling and MRP give planners a board and suggested orders to review. Planners still decide what to run and when.
Can operators work from a tablet at the line?
Yes. The operator kiosk runs on tablets and shows one step at a time, recording what was done as the work happens.
Which plan includes electronic batch records?
Electronic batch and device records with e-signatures start on Professional. See Compare details on the pricing page for the full list.
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