Do you have a week of room on the tables, or too much work? Through the Beamcore network, connected companies offer each other spare production capacity per week and request it. Other companies only see your name once a request has been accepted. The network needs no add-on and is included in every plan.
Joining
Go to Capaciteit → Beamcore-netwerk (Capacity → Beamcore network). Joining is switched off by default.
- Click Instellingen (Settings).
- Switch on Aansluiten bij het Beamcore-netwerk (Join the Beamcore network).
- Optionally fill in a Regio (Region), for example a province. Empty means your company's city.
- Save.
If you switch it off later, your own open offers are closed. Accepted contacts remain. Joining, offering and deciding is done by the role admin by default. The roles admin and planner may view the network and request capacity.
Offering capacity
On the tab Mijn aanbod (My offers) there is a Voorstel uit je eigen planning (Suggestion from your own planning): per week the free time of your production tables minus what is already planned. If enough elements have been reported finished, you also see it in m², otherwise only in hours.
- Click Aanbieden (Offer) at a week, or Capaciteit aanbieden (Offer capacity) at the top.
- Check Week, Eenheid (Unit, m² or hours) and Hoeveelheid (Quantity).
- Tick the Soort elementen (Element types). Nothing ticked means all types.
- Optionally fill in Regio (Region) and Toelichting (Explanation) and save.
Only what you fill in here is visible to others: week, quantity, element types, region and explanation. Project data is never shared. With Aanbod sluiten (Close offer) you withdraw the offer.
Requesting capacity
The tab Aanbod (Offers) shows the open offers of other companies, without names. Click Aanvragen (Request) and fill in the Omschrijving van het project (Project description), the Oppervlakte (m²) (Area (m²)) and the Aantal weken (Number of weeks). Do not mention customer names or addresses. Under Mijn aanvragen (My requests) you see the status and can Intrekken (Withdraw) a request as long as no decision has been made.
Reviewing requests
When a request comes in on your offer, you get a notification by email and in the app. On the tab Binnengekomen aanvragen (Incoming requests) you choose Accepteren (Accept) or Weigeren (Decline), optionally with a Toelichting bij het besluit (Explanation of the decision).
- After acceptance, both companies see each other's name, city and contact person with email and phone.
- After a decline, your name stays hidden from the requester.
An accepted request does not put anything in the planning of either company. You make further arrangements together.