Sheet metal & metal
Operation sequences, machine calendars, setup and target times determine the schedule. Production and quality bottlenecks remain visible in relation to delivery dates.
Explore the industry workflow →Connecting deadlines, resources and work
Orders, Planning & Capacity
Approved cases become orders, line items and routings. secondFactory connects deadlines, personnel, machines, shifts, skills, target times, priorities, material requirements and actual progress in a shared planning model.
Today
Today, plans are made in spreadsheets and in people’s heads.
Deadlines, personnel, machines and material are planned separately. When something changes, people update records, make phone calls and reshuffle – and the plan no longer matches the actual situation.
- Creating orders and routings by hand
- Looking at personnel and machine capacity separately
- Noticing conflicts only during execution
- Overwriting changes instead of documenting them
- Estimating completion dates instead of deriving them from actuals
Features
What the module covers.
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Order & project planning
Plan orders, line items, routings, milestones and dependencies.
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Calendar & Gantt
Display days, weeks, months and annual planning with plan vs. actual and rescheduling.
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Capacity matrix
Compare employees, skills, machines, shifts, workstations and demand.
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Assignment & handover
Distribute work, check conflicts in advance, track handovers and status.
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Changes & complaints
Document changes with decision and implementation instead of overwriting them.
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Forecasts
Derive order situation, plan vs. actual and expected completion from current data.
Workflow
From intake to a controlled result.
01Create orderTransfer line items and quantities.
02Define routingRoutings and mandatory steps.
03Plan resourcesPersonnel, machines, material.
04Check conflictsBlocks and warnings visible.
05ExecuteActual progress flows back.
06ReplanIncorporate changes in a controlled way.
Human in the loop
This is where your team reviews and decides.
secondFactory prepares. At these points, a person confirms, corrects or deliberately approves – nothing slips through unnoticed.
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Confirm routing
Routings and mandatory steps are reviewed before the order is approved.
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Decide on conflicts
The system makes blocks and warnings visible – planning decides how a conflict is resolved.
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Approve changes
Changes and complaints are documented with decision and implementation, not silently overwritten.
Your benefits
What improves day to day.
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Fewer Excel silos
Planning and operational feedback interlock.
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More realistic capacity
Take qualifications, shifts and machines into account.
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Clear responsibility
Assignments and decisions remain traceable.
Time saved through less replanningYou gain time mainly because orders are not entered multiple times and conflicts become visible earlier. How large the effect is will be measured on the actual workflow during the process assessment.
Input & result
What goes in. What comes out.
Input sources
- Approved cases and quotes
- Line items and quantities
- Personnel, shifts and skills
- Machines and workstations
- Material requirements
- Actual progress from production
Results
- Orders with line items and routings
- Calendar and Gantt planning with plan vs. actual
- Capacity matrix
- Assignments and handovers
- Completion forecast
In the end-to-end process
Handovers without re-entry.
Before
Quote and approval
Approved cases from Inquiry & Quote become orders.
This module
Orders, Planning & Capacity
Deadlines, resources and work in one planning model.
After
Engineering, production and personnel
Routings go to engineering and production, staffing requirements into workforce scheduling.
Process analysis / demo
Review planning against your real orders.
In a process analysis, we take a typical order through planning with your resources, shifts and deadlines.
Applied in your industry
One module. Your business’s engineering logic.
Wood & interiors
Cutting orders, CNC, manual work and installation connect to staff availability. Exhibition projects add setup, event, dismantling and material returns to the schedule.
Explore the industry workflow →Buildings & MEP
Design revisions, service lines, engineering coordination and installation are scheduled against capacity and project dates. Building-model changes remain visible as review and replanning needs.
Explore the industry workflow →