Shop Scheduling Software for Job Shop Manufacturers

Job shop scheduling is the process of sequencing custom or low-volume work orders across machines, departments, people, and due dates. Unlike repetitive production, job shops deal with changing priorities, unique routings, setups, and dependencies. Effective job shop scheduling must account for finite capacity, shift calendars, operation order, and disruptions so the published schedule matches what the floor can realistically run.

Planify is built for job shops because it handles the messy realities spreadsheets usually miss: sequence-dependent setups, multi-operation routings, shift calendars, overtime rules, and cross-work-order dependencies. It gives planners a spreadsheet-familiar workspace while applying finite scheduling logic, so work is placed only where capacity, routing order, and real shop constraints allow it.

Finite scheduling plans work against actual available capacity instead of assuming every work center can run unlimited jobs at once. Planify considers machine availability, shift calendars, setup time, run time, teardown, move time, and dependencies. This produces a schedule the shop floor can follow, rather than an optimistic plan that looks good in an ERP but fails during execution.

Yes. Planify is designed to sit alongside your ERP rather than replace it. During onboarding, the team helps connect production data such as work orders, routings, work centers, and shift calendars using CSV, API, or database read patterns. Planify can then run a finite schedule and support sequenced dispatch back to the floor.

Planify’s small-batch onboarding is designed to avoid the long, expensive setup cycles common with traditional APS tools. The team scopes your floor, helps connect production data, and runs your first finite schedule with you. The goal is to get manufacturers scheduling real work inside weeks, not quarters, without requiring a separate IT project.

When a rush order arrives or a machine breaks down, Planify can replan the board in seconds while preserving setups, shifts, routings, and dependencies. Its Pretend mode lets planners model the disruption first, see which orders slip, compare options, and then commit the least-damaging plan when they are ready.

Yes. Planify models setup, run, teardown, and move times separately, including sequence-dependent setup times between jobs. This is especially useful for machine shops, press shops, and environments where changeover is a hidden capacity killer. By grouping compatible jobs and respecting setup windows, the schedule reflects how machines are actually prepared and run.

Planify is designed for manufacturing teams in the United States and Canada, with browser-based SaaS access and remote onboarding delivered by the Planify team. Because there is no on-prem installation, planners can get started without standing up new infrastructure, while still receiving guided setup for production data, routings, work centers, and calendars.