โ† All posts

Why is this order not in the schedule?

20 October 2026 ยท Production planning

Ask your planner: why is this order not in the schedule? Does the answer take longer than a minute? Then the morning probably starts with digging.

A quick call to the production manager. A quick look in Excel. A quick check whether yesterday's rush order is already in. Each time it is nothing. But an hour and a half per week is over 69 hours per year, only for questions the schedule itself could have answered.

A schedule that explains what it does

That is why the scheduler in Digital WorkMate creates a report at every run: which orders were scheduled and why, and which were not and why not. No magic, just the answer to the question asked every morning.

Indicative calculation example: 1.5 hours per week, 46 weeks. Not a customer result.

How long does it take at your company before someone can explain why an order is late? Want to see how this works? Book a demo.