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Delete an Employee from the Personnel Registry
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you want to delete an existing employee:
How to add a New User
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you want to add a new user: Next, you will see the user management panel. Here, you can view basic information about your employees. Click + Add user on the top right of your panel. Now, you have created a new user.
How to edit a User
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you need to update the information of an existing user: Finally, click Save.
Edit an Employee on the Personnel Registry
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you need to update the information of an existing employee:
Personnel Scheduling
Last Updated: June 13, 2025In Personnel Scheduling, you can see the shift of a specific worker. Now you can see the shifts this person will work during the week.
Type of User Roles
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you decide to create a user account for your personnel, you will see that you have three options: User view with limited access in Timer Admin View with no access to Global rules, Job rules or Workstation rules Head user with access to all features
Shift Scheduling Introduction Video
Last Updated: June 13, 2025A well-organized system always leads to good results, especially when managing your employees’ schedules. In this video, we explain how our Shift Scheduling feature works. We also show how it connects with the Personnel Registry and Workstations features. Finally, we demonstrate how everything appears in the GANTT Timeline.
How to remove Overtime
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you need to remove overtime, follow these simple steps: Tip: If your company has many workstations, use the search option in the top-left corner to find it faster. Done! The overtime shift is now removed. Go to the Gantt timeline, and you will see that the extra shift is no longer scheduled. Remember: Click...
How to add Overtime
Last Updated: June 13, 2025In the manufacturing industry, it is common to occasionally need an extra shift to meet delivery deadlines. To add extra time in SkyPlanner: Here, you will see a general calendar of your work shifts. If you look closely, each shift has a plus (+) icon when you hover over a day, including weekends. Since it...
How to change the assigned Person for a Shift on a specific day
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you need to change the assigned person for a shift on just one specific day, follow these steps: Now, Bruce Parker will see in its schedule that he is responsible for that workstation on February 18. The change will also be recorded in the reports.
What is a Workstation Exception?
Last Updated: June 13, 2025A workstation exception indicates that a workstation is either at capacity or unavailable. When an exception occurs, the workstation will appear red on the GANTT Timeline. There are several types of Workstation Exceptions. Remember that you can remove a workstation exception at any time. We recommend watching the following video to see how this feature...
How to add a Employee Group to a Workstation
Last Updated: June 13, 2025For adding a group of employees to a workstation: Your workstation’s information is updated. Remember, you can make as many changes as necessary.
Quick Log Mode Introduction
Last Updated: June 13, 2025The Quick Log mode is a workstation setting that enables marking tasks as completed immediately and without a separate start log.
How to delete a Workstation
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you want to delete a workstation: Your workstation is now deleted. You won’t see it anymore on the Workstation panel.
How to assign Maintenance to a Workstation
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you need to schedule maintenance for a workstation, follow these steps: Done! The workstation is now scheduled for maintenance. Go to the GANTT Timeline, where the workstation capacity will now appear in salmon color, indicating it is under maintenance. Note: Click the King Button to update your scheduling plan.
How to remove Maintenance from a Workstation
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you need to remove scheduled maintenance for a workstation, follow these steps: Go to the GANTT Timeline, where the workstation capacity will appear green, indicating no more maintenance. Note: Click the King Button to update your scheduling plan.
How to assign Preventive Maintenance to all Workstations
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you have preventive maintenance planned and you want to schedule it into SkyPlanner, follow these steps: Go to the GANTT Timeline, where the workstations’ capacities for that day will now appear in salmon color, indicating there is maintenance. Done! The workstation is now scheduled for maintenance. Important: Click the King Button to update your...
How to add a New Shift to a Workstation
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you want to add a new shift to a workstation, follow these steps: You will be redirected to the management panel for this workstation. Here, you will see the current shifts assigned to this workstation. For example, you can create a night shift to have this workstation operating 24 hours Done! The new shift...
What is a Workstation?
Last Updated: June 13, 2025A workstation is a single production resource with its own scheduled work queue and typically handles one task at a time. The clearest example of a workstation is a production machine with a unique work queue. A workstation can also be, for instance, a welding point, where different individuals weld in the morning and evening....
How to create Workstation Groups
Last Updated: June 13, 2025Workstation groups help you stay organized—especially when your company has a lot of workstations to manage. In this video, you’ll learn how grouping workstations in SkyPlanner makes scheduling easier and more efficient. It’s a simple way to keep your production floor organized and running smoothly, no matter how big your operation is.
What is the Quick Log Mode and how to use it
Last Updated: June 13, 2025The quick log mode is a feature in SkyPlanner that allows you to efficiently record workstation activities with minimal input. This streamlined process ensures accurate tracking of tasks, helping you maintain an up-to-date production schedule without the need for detailed data entry. Quick log mode enhances productivity and keeps your operations running smoothly by simplifying...
How to Reschedule only a specific Workstation
Last Updated: June 13, 2025Last-minute changes, equipment failures, and reduced capacity are common challenges in manufacturing, making the ability to reschedule essential. In SkyPlanner, you can reschedule all your workstations with only one click; however, the software also has the option to reschedule a single workstation if the situation arises. To do this:
How to hide a single Workstation in the GANTT Timeline
Last Updated: June 13, 2025In large factories with dozens (or hundreds) of workstations, hiding ones that aren’t actively being scheduled (like seasonal or specialty machines) can clean up the GANTT view and make it easier to focus. In SkyPlanner, you can hide a group of workstations or even just a single workstation. To hide a single workstation: Now, your...
What is and how to manage Workstation Efficiencies
Last Updated: July 30, 2025Workstation efficiencies is a SkyPlanner feature that lets you set how well different workstations perform compared to each other. Not all machines or shifts work at the same speed, and this tool helps you reflect those real-world differences in your production schedule. For example, if you have two welding workstations and one can finish a...
How to add Tools
Last Updated: June 13, 2025To add new tools: If you go back, you can see that your new tool appears in the list.
How to assign a Tool to a Workstation
Last Updated: June 13, 2025To add or change a tool’s workstation:
How to inform that a Tool is broken?
Last Updated: June 13, 2025To notify that a tool is broken: Now, your tool is updated as broken. You can go back to the tool manager panel and see that the icon for its status has changed.
How to add Maintenance to a Tool
Last Updated: June 13, 2025To add maintenance to a tool: Now, your tool has a scheduled maintenance, which the AI will consider when scheduling and planning your production. If this tool was on use, remember to update your production scheduling using the King Button on your GANTT Timeline.
How to add a Tool to a Product
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you need to assign a tool to an existing product, follow these steps: Now, this tool will automatically be attached to your product whenever you create a new order.
How to add a New Customer
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you want to add a new customer: You will now see a new panel. Here, you can add the information of your new client, such as its name, country, postal code, and more. Your new client is now on the customer panel.
How to edit a Customer
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you need to update the information of an existing customer:
How to delete a Customer
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you want to delete an existing customer from your list:
How to Change the Default Customer Priority
Last Updated: June 13, 2025By default, the priority of all customers in SkyPlanner is set to 0.7. You can easily change this by following these steps: Now, SkyPlanner will set the default priority for every old and new customer to 0.5. If you want to change the priority for a specific customer, we recommend watching this video.
How to add a Default Shift
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you want to create a Default Shift: Now you have your workshifts ready.
How to edit a Default Shift
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you want to edit a Default Shift: Now, your workshift is updated.
How to delete a Default Shift
Last Updated: June 13, 2025If you want to delete a Default Shift: Now, your default shift list is updated.