What is production planning software?

Production planning software is a system that helps manufacturers organise, schedule, and manage the full lifecycle of a production job — from initial work order creation through engineering, shop floor execution, and final delivery. It gives production managers real-time visibility over resource capacity, job status, and costs, replacing disconnected spreadsheets with a single, live planning environment.

How is KIMCO's production planning software different from a standalone scheduler?

Unlike standalone scheduling tools, KIMCO's production planning software is fully integrated ERP software for production planning — meaning your schedule connects directly to your bills of materials, purchasing, inventory, labor tracking, and job costing. A change on the schedule ripples through the entire system automatically, so your team always has an accurate, up-to-date picture of every job.

What production planning features does KIMCO offer?

KIMCO's production planning software includes forward and backward scheduling from required delivery dates, visual drag-and-drop scheduling boards, engineering lock-in workflows, a real-time Shop Floor App for worker job queues and labor clocking, supervisor dashboards, mass material issuing, and detailed job cost analysis reports comparing estimated versus actual expenditure.

Is KIMCO's production planning software suitable for custom manufacturers?

Yes. KIMCO's ERP software for production planning is purpose-built for custom, made-to-order manufacturers including sign shops, machine shops, fabrication shops, and job shops. Every feature is designed to handle the variability and complexity of jobs that are unique, engineered-to-order, or built in small batches.

Production Planning Software for Custom Manufacturers

Dynamic Visual Scheduling

Easily schedule work orders forwards or backwards to meet required delivery dates. Utilize interactive scheduling boards to test scenarios, visualize resource capacity, and confidently commit schedules before pushing them to the production floor.

Real-Time Shop Floor App

Empower your floor workers with a dedicated application to view their active work queues, seamlessly clock in and out of operations, and issue materials on the fly. Supervisors maintain total visibility over who is on the clock and exactly what jobs are currently in progress.

Precision Job Costing

Capture every penny of your production run. Automatically aggregate live labor entries, issued materials, and outside service purchases to run comprehensive Job Cost Analysis reports, giving you clear insight into estimated, planned, and actual costs.

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Deep Dive into KIMCO Production Capabilities

Explore the comprehensive tools built to optimize your manufacturing operations. Whether you are adjusting complex bills of materials, tracking minute-by-minute labor, or generating supply requests, KIMCO provides the flexibility and automation required to run at peak efficiency. KIMCO's production planning software is built specifically for the complexity of custom, made-to-order manufacturing environments.

Interactive Production Planning & Job Scheduling

Integrated Shop Floor Execution

Inventory & Materials Management

Interactive Production Planning & Job Scheduling

Plan your production runs with confidence using intuitive ERP scheduling software that handle everything from resource constraints to final engineering approvals.

Flexible Scheduling Modes: Automatically schedule work orders backwards from a required delivery date or forwards from today. The system instantly recalculates all operation timelines, estimated hours, and outside service lead times.

Visual Scheduling Boards: Manage resource allocation using intuitive drag-and-drop functionality. Test scheduling changes safely using "what-if" groups to avoid conflicts before formally committing the master schedule.

Engineering Lock-In: Give your engineering team the ability to review operations, tweak material quantities, and finalize parts before locking the work order. This crucial step aligns production and triggers the purchasing module for outside supply requests.

Integrated Shop Floor Execution

Eliminate paper travelers and manual data entry delays by connecting your production staff directly to the live system via the Shop Floor App.

Digital Work Queues: Shop floor employees can simply log in and instantly see their prioritized daily tasks based on assigned resources, facilities, or shifts, allowing them to start production immediately.

Live Production Tracking: Workers can start and stop jobs in real-time, automatically capturing accurate labor elapsed time directly to the work order. They can also view attached site photos, drawings, or add their own completion notes.

Supervisor Dashboards: Production managers get a live pulse of the floor through the "Supervisor" tab, allowing them to immediately see who is clocked in across the facility and exactly which active operations they are working on.

Comprehensive Material & Labor Costing

Protect your profit margins with meticulous tracking of every material issued and every hour worked against your active jobs.

Flexible Time Card Management: Automatically pull shop floor labor entries into Time Card Batches. Administrators can review historical records, adjust elapsed payroll hours versus actual production time, and apply direct labor costs to the job.

Streamlined Material Issuing: Issue required parts directly from the shop floor app during an operation, or use the back-office "Mass Issue" feature to instantly allocate all required materials to a specific work order with a single click.

Detailed Cost Analysis: Generate in-depth Job Cost Analysis reports at any stage of production. Instantly compare your original quotes against your newly engineered planned costs, alongside running totals of actual labor, burden, and material expenses.

Production Planning Software: Streamlining Scheduling to Final Cost Analysis

Total Control From Engineering to the Shop Floor

Deep Dive into KIMCO Production Capabilities

Interactive Production Planning & Job Scheduling

Integrated Shop Floor Execution

Inventory & Materials Management

Interactive Production Planning & Job Scheduling

Integrated Shop Floor Execution

Comprehensive Material & Labor Costing

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