Smarter Job Scheduling Software for Manufacturers

Job scheduling software helps manufacturers plan, sequence, and adjust work across machines, labor, shifts, and dependencies. Instead of relying on spreadsheets or infinite-capacity ERP dates, Planify creates a finite schedule that respects real shop floor constraints, including setup time, routing order, shift calendars, and rush-order disruptions. The result is a schedule planners can publish and teams can actually execute.

Planify is built for manufacturing shop floors, especially teams managing work orders across machines, departments, shifts, and routings. It supports finite capacity scheduling, setup and changeover logic, multi-operation dependencies, shift-aware calendars, and ERP data exchange. If your current process depends on Excel, whiteboards, or an ERP schedule your foremen do not trust, Planify is designed to close that gap.

Planify differs from a spreadsheet by enforcing constraints automatically. It can account for machine capacity, setup sequences, labor shifts, holidays, routing dependencies, move times, and downstream impacts when priorities change. A spreadsheet may be flexible, but it usually requires manual updates and does not prevent impossible schedules. Planify keeps the familiar planning feel while adding finite scheduling logic.

Planify is designed to sit alongside your ERP rather than replace it. It can import work orders, routings, and work-center data, then export sequenced operations or production updates back to your existing system. Supported ERP patterns include CSV, API, and database-read workflows, with references to systems such as Epicor, SYSPRO, JobBOSS, Infor, NetSuite, Odoo, and SAP Business One.

Yes. Planify includes rush order replanning and what-if scheduling through Run on Active and Run on Pretend modes. Planners can model a disruption first, see which orders slip and by how much, compare responses, and then commit the least-damaging plan. This is especially useful when a customer expedites, a machine goes down, or labor availability changes unexpectedly.

Planify supports real shift calendars by work center, including first, second, and third shifts, weekend closures, holidays, calendar exceptions, and overtime rules. This helps prevent jobs from landing on closed shifts or unrealistic staffing windows. The schedule reflects when people and machines are actually available, not a theoretical 24/7 production calendar.

Planify onboarding is delivered in small batches so the team can help connect production data, configure work centers, define routings, add shift calendars, and run the first finite schedule with you. The goal is to avoid a long consulting engagement or separate IT project. Many manufacturers use this approach to move from static planning toward a living, constraint-aware schedule.

Planify’s flagship finite scheduling service lists SaaS subscription pricing starting at $165 per month, with per-planner or per-work-center licensing. Specific pricing depends on your scheduling scope, implementation needs, and data connections. Core capabilities such as setup modeling, shift-aware scheduling, dependency logic, disruption replanning, ERP connectivity, and onboarding are described as part of the Planify SaaS subscription.