PRODUCTION PLANNING

Which element, on which table, on which day

The production foreman spreads the released elements over the production tables, per day or per week. On the shop floor people start, pause and finish their elements, with the production drawing at hand. So you always see what is done, what is running late and how full the tables are. Part of the Production add-on for 99 euro per month per production line.

TABLES AND DAY PLANNING

Drag elements onto a table

Create your own production tables, with hall, table type, maximum sizes, capacity per working day, working days and the people who work at them. The day planning shows the released elements without a spot on the left and the tables side by side on the right. Drag an element onto a table or plan several at once.

Elements still to be planned grouped per project, in number order, with a button to select the whole project
Tables for walls, floors, roofs or everything, with a status such as breakdown or out of use
Order on the table and priority normal, high or urgent
A warning when an element does not fit, the table is full or it is not a working day
Assign people per element

WEEK AND CAPACITY

See the whole week and how full each table is

The week planning puts all tables and days side by side; a click on a day opens that day to move things around. Capacity & occupancy shows per table and per day how much time there is, how much is planned and how much has actually been worked, per week or per month.

Occupancy as a percentage with free time and overload
Elements that are running late, and by how many days
Projects with high priority or urgent at the top
Estimated against actual time of finished elements

PROGRESS ON THE SHOP FLOOR

Big buttons at the table

In Production progress everyone sees per table the elements of today, plus what is not yet finished from earlier. With big buttons you start, pause and finish an element; Beamcore keeps track of the time worked. The detail panel shows the production drawing per zone, the instructions from work preparation and the comments.

Only my work: my tables and the elements I am assigned to
Comments per element, for everyone who sees production
Reporting a problem blocks the element straight away, with the reason
The status also shows with the element in the project's Productie (Production) tab

PRODUCTION PROPOSAL

Let Beamcore propose a planning

With Optimise planning Beamcore proposes days and tables, working back from the latest date an element has to be ready. The proposal takes pinned elements, table type and size, capacity, dependencies between elements and times from your own actual hours per m² into account. Nothing changes until you accept the proposal.

Loading days: you choose on which weekdays you load, the latest loading date moves back to a loading day
Storage capacity: how many finished elements fit at your site, with a warning when it gets too full
Your company days off and public holidays and the working days per table are taken into account

BAR PLANNING PER TABLE

All tables in one bar planning

The bar planning shows 2, 4, 6 or 8 weeks with one row per table. Drag an element to another day or table; the colour shows the status and a bar per day the occupancy.

Look weeks ahead without clicking per day
Move between tables and days by dragging
Occupancy per day at a glance

GANTT AND PLAN EVERYTHING

The Gantt as your starting point, and one proposal for everything

Production planning opens on the Gantt planning, with larger bars and a fixed colour per project. An element that does not fit after all can be dragged back to Still to be planned. For each table you see how full it is, per day and per period.

On the Plan everything page, one button creates a proposal for production, transport and assembly together
With Accept proposal you change everything at once, or nothing
Transport is included with the Transport and loading add-on, assembly with the Assembly add-on
An explanation of the time Beamcore assumes for an element

MATERIAL AND DELAYS

See in time whether the timber is ready and what is running late

With the Timber stock add-on, the Gantt shows for each production part whether the material is ready on time, late or not yet covered. If material is not on time, you get a notification every working day at 07:30.

Orange when the material is not covered, red within 14 days of the start
The filter Material not on time in material planning
The switch Only projects with material ready in capacity planning
If elements are not ready on time and transport or assembly is at risk, the planner gets a notification every working day at 07:15
Beamcore does not move anything by itself, you decide

WHY IT WORKS

One planning for office and shop floor

Only what is ready

You plan elements that work preparation has released. Deviating is only possible with approval and a reason.

Stays in place

A new version of the model does not throw the planning away: an element keeps its table and day.

Real times

Starting, pausing and finishing gives the actual time per element.

Quality included

With Wkb & quality assurance you see on the card which checks are still open.

Frequently asked questions

Production planning is part of the Production add-on for 99 euro per month per production line. That also includes importing your IFC model and the production drawings. Wkb & quality assurance is a separate add-on for 79 euro per month.

Yes, but only an administrator, with a reason. The workshop only sees the drawing once the element has been released.

Administrators and planners create tables and plan. The Workshop role sees the progress and marks elements as started, paused or finished.

Yes. Beamcore works in the browser on phone and tablet, and Production progress has big buttons for use on the shop floor.

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