Multiple spreadsheets
Several versions of the same file, with no single source of truth.
From spreadsheets to a shared scheduling solution
Coordinating technicians, machines and orders with scattered spreadsheets quickly becomes a brake on growth. Discover how industrial assembly companies are simplifying scheduling with a shared solution, connected to your ERP.
Key takeaways
Industrial assembly companies outgrow spreadsheets when technicians, machines and orders can no longer be tracked on one shared view. A shared schedule connected to your ERP gives production and sales the same up-to-date information, lets you reassign resources in a few clicks and removes double data entry.
In most industrial assembly and machine-building companies, scheduling still runs on multiple spreadsheets, updated by hand and shared by email.
Several versions of the same file, with no single source of truth.
Hours spent cross-checking multiple files instead of scheduling.
Hard to see in real time which technicians, machines and workstations are free.
Last-minute rescheduling — breakdowns, customer requests — managed over the phone or in chat.
Sales and production teams can’t see what’s happening on the shop floor.
Wrong or outdated information creates management problems along the whole process.
Scheduling software solves these challenges with only a few changes to how you work:
PlanningPMEis designed to be adopted right away by the whole team, with no special technical skills required. Its visual interface shortens the learning curve and lets every user manage their own schedule from day one.
An unexpected event, a breakdown, a customer needing urgent service: reassign an available resource in a few clicks, without redoing the whole schedule.
Automation connects your schedule to your ERP and synchronizes information between the office and the shop floor, avoiding double data entry and keeping a single source of truth. See the data import module and the PlanningConnect automations.
Hosted data meets the compliance requirements of European companies, including GDPR, with controlled access for every team member.
With a consolidated view of every resource and ongoing project, management gets the visibility needed to plan ahead for workloads instead of reacting to last-minute emergencies. Job and time management adds budgets and actual hours per order.
PlanningPME and PlanningConnect work together to bring the whole company onto a single, always up-to-date schedule. From the shared calendar to process automation with your ERP, every feature is designed to reduce time spent on scheduling and increase visibility over production and orders.
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“PlanningPME software has given us a simple and flexible planning, it has improved the organization of our company, it has allowed us to speed up the planning process and make it accessible to more people.”
“Our initial requirements were to find a computer-based and shared support system for internal production planning and product installation at the end customer. The requirements were completely met.”
Yes — PlanningConnect connects the schedule to your existing ERP through data import and automations, so information flows between office and shop floor without double data entry. Data can also be exported to Excel and Power BI.
PlanningPME is accessed from a browser and has a visual interface that needs no technical training, so teams can start scheduling within days. Our support team guides you through the initial setup.
Yes — the availability of technicians, machines and workstations is shown on one screen, and you can reschedule with a simple drag and drop. The Gantt view is part of the PlanningConnect modules.
Yes — hosting meets the compliance requirements of European companies, including GDPR, with access rights managed for every user and a tracked history of schedule changes.
PlanningConnect has three flat-rate plans with unlimited users: Easy from €75 per month, Project from €150 per month and Time & costs from €230 per month, with a discount when billed yearly. See the plans and prices page for the details.