Plan every workstation. Reschedule in drag & drop.
Epifor builds a realistic, finite-capacity schedule from your orders and the real times measured on your floor. Autoschedule in a click, then drag and drop to adjust. Delivery dates update instantly.
Epifor's Automated Planning & Scheduling turns your orders into a clear, workable plan for every workstation. It schedules within your real capacity, so the plan reflects what your floor can actually do. Planners autoschedule in one click and fine-tune by dragging jobs on a visual timeline and because Epifor already measures real production times, every schedule is grounded in reality.
Automated Planning Per Workstation
Every workstation knows what's next
Epifor turns orders and routings into an ordered worklist for each station, sequenced by priority and due date.
The plan builds itself
From orders, routings and real capacity
A queue per workstation
Each station sees its own ordered worklist
Priorities lead
Due dates and rush orders sort to the top automatically
Autoscheduling & Reschedule with Drag & Drop
Drag & drop a job. The schedule follows.
Autoschedule the whole floor in one click. Move any job on the timeline and Epifor recalculates everything downstream, including the delivery date.
Autoschedule in one click
Capture real labor and machine time per operation
Drag and drop to reschedule
Move a job and the timeline updates instantly
Downstream recalculates
Dependent steps and delivery dates shift with it
Frequently asked questions
Q.01What is production planning and scheduling software?
It plans what to make and when, then schedules each operation to a specific workstation and time. Strong scheduling software works within your real capacity, so the plan is one your floor can actually run. In Epifor, planning and scheduling sit on top of the MES and use the real production times Epifor already measures.
Q.02What's the difference between finite and infinite capacity scheduling?
Finite-capacity scheduling places work only when the resource is actually free, so the plan stays realistic. Infinite-capacity scheduling assumes unlimited capacity. It's fast, but it can overload stations and hide bottlenecks. Epifor schedules with finite capacity, so what you see is what your floor can deliver.
Q.03Does Epifor schedule forward or backward?
Both. It can work backward from a due date to protect firm delivery commitments, or forward from today to keep stations busy and quote the earliest completion. Most shops use a mix, and Epifor handles both.
Q.04Is this an APS, and does it replace my ERP?
Epifor schedules execution on the floor and works alongside your ERP. Your ERP holds demand, orders, and items. Epifor turns them into a workable, capacity-aware schedule and proves what happens. You keep one connected source of truth.
Q.05What happens when a rush order comes in or a machine goes down?
You reschedule in seconds. Drag the affected jobs, or re-run autoschedule, and Epifor recalculates the sequence, the dependent operations, and the delivery dates. Everyone sees the updated plan right away.
Q.06Can I override the automatic schedule?
Yes. Autoschedule gives you a strong starting point, and you stay in control. Drag jobs to new slots and lock the ones that must not move. Epifor reschedules everything else around them.
Q.07Does Epifor help me promise accurate delivery dates?
Yes. Because it schedules against current and upcoming capacity, Epifor can suggest realistic completion dates for new orders. That helps sales commit to dates the floor can meet.
Q.08Does it work for manual assembly and labor, not just machines?
Yes. Epifor schedules by workstation and by labor, not only by machine, so it fits labor-intensive and custom manufacturing. Each station gets its own ordered worklist, whether the work is manual or machine-based.
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