Automatic Rescheduling of Assembly Orders – Transparent Assembly Planning for Small Mechanical Engineering Companies
Last-minute changes are part of everyday life in the machinery and plant engineering industry. Do you still plan manually using spreadsheets – such as Excel? This can quickly lead to a domino effect: If one order needs to be adjusted, the changes affect other orders as well. Replanning becomes time-consuming and prone to errors.
Simple Planner is a cloud-based planning solution designed specifically for small businesses in the machinery and plant engineering industry. The assembly planning software automatically generates a realistic planning proposal. You can quickly run through various scenarios – without the need for an IT project or ERP implementation.
Why Simple Planner?
Developed based on more than 30 years of experience in mechanical and plant engineering.
Curious?
Schedule a demo and let our expert walk you through Simple Planner in just 30 minutes:
- Get to know the system in a practical and easy-to-understand way
- Discover how Simple Planner can simplify your planning
- Clarify your individual needs and challenges
Small assembly companies need transparency and realistic delivery dates – not an IT project. That's why we built the Simple Planner.
Use Cases
Effectively managing staff absences or last-minute changes
Employees may be absent due to illness or needed on short notice for service calls. Simple Planner immediately adjusts your capacity and automatically calculates a realistic scheduling proposal – tailored to the resulting bottleneck.
You can see at a glance which appointments are affected and what alternatives are available.
Automatically determine realistic delivery dates
Would you like to provide a reliable delivery date for a new installation order?
With the “Determine Target Date” feature, Simple Planner automatically calculates a realistic date based on your current capacity and ongoing orders.
Realistically Schedule Priority Tasks Assigned by Management
Short-term “boss assignments” or prioritized customer projects must be addressed quickly. The Simple Planner shows you immediately:
- whether the desired target date is realistic,
- how prioritizing one project affects others,
- and what delivery date the system recommends based on your current schedule.
This way, you make decisions not based on gut feeling, but on transparent planning data.
Management Dashboard for Full Transparency in Assembly Planning (OPTIONAL ADD-ON)
All orders, deadlines, and capacity at a glance: The dashboard highlights bottlenecks early on and shows how changes affect deadlines and capacity utilization.
This way, you can keep track of your on-time delivery rates and capacity utilization at all times.
Customer Testimonials
With the Simple Planner, we have significantly greater transparency into our production capacity utilization. Employee absences and their effects are quickly apparent, and bottlenecks in the order flow can be identified early on in the planning board, allowing us to take targeted corrective action. Today, our planning is based more on reliable figures than on gut feelings. At the same time, senior management has access to the most important key performance indicators at any time via the management dashboard.
Prices and Packages
- Choose the right package – tailored to the number of your active installation orders
- Mapping of multiple locations using different plans
sTART
€199* per month
2 plans included
✓ Scheduling of up to 20 installation jobs per schedule
✓ Automatic delivery date calculation
✓ Reporting of working hours
✓ Uploading Excel files for quick data import
✓ One active scheduler included
MEDIUM
€249* per month
4 plans included
✓ Scheduling of up to 50 installation jobs per schedule
✓ Automatic delivery date calculation
✓ Tracking of work hours
✓ Uploading Excel files for quick data import
✓ One active scheduler included
HIGH
320 €* per month
6 plans included
✓ Scheduling of up to 100 installation orders per schedule
✓ Automatic delivery date calculation
✓ Tracking of work hours
✓ Uploading Excel files for quick data import
✓ One active scheduler included
Are you planning significantly more than 100 installation jobs, or do you need integrated project and installation planning? Learn more about our solution for complex planning requirements: FELIOS | PM.
Customized extensions as needed
Add additional features to Simple Planner as needed.
management-dashboard
Keep track of all relevant key metrics, capacities, and order statuses—and make informed decisions based on up-to-date planning data and visualized bottlenecks.
15 €* per month
Additional Users
Expand your planning team by adding additional planners to collaborate on planning. Ideal for growing teams, parallel planning processes, or cross-location collaboration.
15 €* per month per employee
Quantity-Based Planning
Take advantage of automatic time calculation based on unit time and quantity. Ideal for assembly operations with variable lot sizes and changing production requirements.
15 €* per month
Material Planning
Link material orders to your jobs and see at a glance whether a delayed delivery could jeopardize your installation schedule. Import via Excel or automatically via the API—with flexible options such as pausing, accepting, or hiding warnings.
25 €* per month
* All prices exclude sales tax // Three-month initial term, cancellable monthly thereafter
FAq
What problems does the Simple Planner solve?
The Simple Planner automatically assigns employees to installation and service orders—down to the day – while taking qualifications, priorities, and availability into account. This helps you solve typical planning problems in day-to-day installation work:
- Unclear delivery dates: Simple Planner calculates realistic deadlines at any time
- New orders: Orders can be added to the existing schedule in seconds
- Last-minute absences: You can immediately see which orders need to be prioritized
Bottlenecks Identified Early: Employees Are Optimally Assigned Before the Situation Becomes Critical
What types of companies is Simple Planner suitable for?
Simple Planner is designed for small machinery and plant engineering companies with up to 50 employees that plan installation or service orders spanning several days or weeks. The solution is particularly well-suited for teams that currently still use Excel, whiteboards, or manual planning and need greater transparency in their installation planning. Simple Planner is designed for companies with up to 100 active installation orders.
For complex assembly operations with extensive integration and planning requirements, we offer FELIOS | PM, a powerful solution for larger companies.
How is my data transferred to Simple Planner?
Data can be entered directly in the Simple Planner interface, imported via Excel/CSV, or transferred automatically via a REST API. Manual entries and automatic uploads can be flexibly combined. Simple Planner is ERP-independent and can be integrated with any system capable of exporting data.
Are there any training sessions or an onboarding program?
The Simple Planner is intuitive. There’s no complicated onboarding process. Instead, we offer:
- A personalized demo upfront, during which our expert will walk you through the system
- Video tutorials for self-paced learning
- A free check-in call with our expert during the trial period to answer any questions you may have
What happens after the 14-day trial period?
During the trial period, you can try out all the features. Afterward, you can decide whether to sign up for a paid subscription. We won't ask for your payment information until you sign up for the subscription. Your subscription will not be automatically renewed.
Where is my data hosted?
On Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the EU.
How does automatic scheduling work?
You define the parameters – priorities, deadlines, availability, and qualifications – and Simple Planner automatically calculates the optimal solution. No more manually moving individual bars. If something changes – such as a sick leave notice or a rush order – Simple Planner automatically adjusts the schedule.
Try it for 14 days. No obligation.
Is the Simple Planner right for you?
Try it out for yourself!
- No credit card required
- No automatic contract renewal
- Personal check-in appointment