Schedule Views
Production Scheduling shows the same underlying schedule through three lenses. Switch between them using the Resources / Work Orders / Flow tabs in the header; zoom in or out on the timeline with the zoom slider, and jump to a date with Today, the date picker, or the prev/next arrows.
Here's a quick look at all three views:
Different Scheduling Views
For the overall workspace and scheduling logic, see Production Scheduling (Overview).
Resources View
The default, organized by work center — the view for loading machines and spotting overloads.
Gantt Board
Each work center is a collapsible group in the left panel, showing an "Any resource" row plus its individual machines and their live status (Idle, Running, Setup, Down, Maintenance, Ready). Scheduled operations appear as bars along the timeline, aligned to whichever row they're assigned to.
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Schedule | Drag a work order from the Unscheduled panel (right side) onto a work center or specific resource row to place it. |
| Assign to a specific resource | Drag an operation from "Any resource" onto a named machine, as long as it's available (not Down or in Maintenance — a machine that's currently Running can still take future work). |
| Reschedule | Drag an operation bar to a new date, or lengthen/shorten it by dragging its edge. |
| Add a work center | Use the + button next to the search bar in the left panel. |
| Add a work order | Click + Add in the Unscheduled panel. |
Single Work Center Calendar
Selecting one specific work center (instead of "All Work Centers" in the left panel) swaps the Gantt Board for a Calendar view scoped to that work center alone — a day/week/month grid with hour slots. Drag-to-schedule and drag-to-reschedule work the same way here as on the Gantt Board.
Work Orders View
Organized by work order — the view for tracking one order's flow end-to-end.
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Create a work order | Click the + button above the search box. |
| Reschedule an operation | Drag it to a new date — because operations within a work order are linked, moving one shifts the connected ones so the sequence stays realistic. |
| Issue a work order | Click an operation's bar to open its popover, then use the status badge to Issue Work Order — required before its operations can be started. |
| Start an operation | Once its work order is issued, click Start on the operation's popover to begin work. |
Use Work Orders View when a customer asks "where is my order?" or when you need to confirm a single job moves cleanly through its routing.
Flow Board
A Kanban board for advancing jobs through their lifecycle by drag-and-drop, grouped into status lanes — Pending → Issued → In Progress → Complete.
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Issue a work order | Drag its card from Pending to Issued to release it to the floor. |
| Start a work order | Drag its card from Issued to In Progress once work actually begins. |
| Add a work order | Click + Add in the Unscheduled panel, available here too. |
Schedule Health (All Views)
Every view shares a footer with live production metrics:
| Metric | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Utilization | Average resource utilization across the schedule. |
| On-Time | On-time delivery percentage for the range, plus how many operations are scheduled. |
| Bottleneck | Flags any resource constraining the schedule, or confirms none detected. |
| Setup Time | Total setup time across scheduled operations. |
| Off-Calendar | Hours scheduled outside working hours. |
| Batching Opportunities | Surfaced separately, top right of the footer. |
Choosing a View
| View | Use when... |
|---|---|
| Resources | Your question is about machines — what's overloaded, what to load next. |
| Work Orders | Your question is about a specific job — is this order on track? |
| Flow | You're executing and want to push jobs through their status lifecycle. |
Tips
- Use the Unscheduled panel to add new work orders from any of the three views — you don't need to switch tabs to create one.
- In Resources View, expand a work center group to assign work to a specific machine instead of "Any resource."
- Because operations within a work order are linked, rescheduling one in Work Orders View will shift the others — plan around the whole sequence, not just the piece you're moving.
Related Features
- Production Scheduling (Overview)
- Scheduling Work Orders
- Capacity, Bottlenecks & Batching
- Work Centers