Planning Production Software for Manufacturers and Job Shops

Planning production software helps manufacturers sequence work orders, assign operations to work centers, and understand whether due dates are achievable. Planify goes beyond simple task lists by modeling finite capacity, setup time, shift calendars, routings, and dependencies. That gives planners a realistic schedule the shop floor can execute, rather than a spreadsheet plan that breaks when priorities change.

Many ERP scheduling modules assume infinite capacity, meaning they may place more work on a machine or shift than the floor can realistically run. Finite scheduling respects actual constraints such as available hours, setup windows, move time, labor availability, and operation dependencies. Planify acts as the scheduling layer alongside your ERP, turning work order data into a more reliable production plan.

Yes. Planify is designed for teams that have outgrown Excel but still want a familiar planning experience. It keeps the spreadsheet-like usability planners know while adding constraint-aware logic Excel cannot reliably handle, including sequence-dependent setups, multi-operation routings, shift calendars, overtime rules, and full-board replanning when a rush order or machine issue changes the day.

Planify is built to work alongside ERPs rather than replace them. During onboarding, the team helps connect work orders, routings, work centers, and related production data through CSV, API, or database read patterns. It can support workflows with systems such as Epicor, SYSPRO, DELMIAWorks, Global Shop, Infor, JobBOSS, Odoo, NetSuite, and SAP Business One.

Planify includes what-if replanning for disruption scenarios such as rush orders, machine downtime, or priority changes. Planners can use Pretend mode to model the impact before committing changes, see which jobs slip, and compare response options. Once the best plan is chosen, the active schedule can be updated while preserving setups, shifts, and dependency constraints.

Yes. Planify places work inside real shift calendars, including first, second, and third shifts, weekend closures, holidays, calendar exceptions, and overtime authorization rules. This prevents jobs from landing on shifts that do not exist and helps planners understand whether capacity truly exists before promising a date or publishing a schedule to the floor.

Planify uses small-batch onboarding so implementations stay focused and practical. The team helps connect your production data, import work orders and routings, configure work centers and shift calendars, then run your first finite schedule with you. The goal is to get teams scheduling real work inside weeks, not quarters, without creating a separate multi-month IT project.

Planify is well suited for small and mid-sized manufacturers, job shops, machine shops, press shops, and operations with complex routings or frequent schedule changes. It is especially useful when Excel is too manual, ERP scheduling is too rigid, and the floor needs a plan that accounts for setups, labor, dependencies, and changing customer priorities.