Better information for running the shop.
Convergent Shop Systems brings practical production-planning and visibility tools to manufacturing operations. Built on hands-on shop experience, its first application, Shop Scheduler, is already supporting real production planning and can be adapted to the needs of other shops.
PRODUCTION VISIBILITY
A schedule should reflect what's happening in the shop.
A list of jobs and due dates doesn't tell a shop manager whether the plan is realistic. Machine load, setup time, shifts, staged work, and changing priorities all affect what can actually be completed. Shop Systems helps make that operational picture easier to see, discuss, and act on.
Machine load · Setup time · Staged work · Shift capacity · Delivery commitments · Production status
SYSTEM MODULES
Practical tools between spreadsheets and ERP.
Many shops have outgrown spreadsheet scheduling but don't need another large software implementation. Convergent Shop Systems addresses that gap with focused planning and visibility tools grounded in actual manufacturing operations. The starting point is a standard Core application, with the flexibility to address specific shop requirements.
Shop Scheduler was created to solve real production-planning problems and has been refined through use in operating manufacturing environments. It brings scheduling, capacity, and delivery commitments into a more useful management view. Convergent can assess targeted implementations for other shops, with the scope tailored to their operations.
Convergent Shop Scheduler
A functioning visual production-planning tool for organizing jobs, machine loading, staged work, shifts, and projected completion dates. Already used in a working manufacturing shop, with opportunities for tailored implementation elsewhere.
Production visibility
Management views bring machine load, job progress, upcoming commitments, and production exceptions into focus, supporting better scheduling decisions and more productive shop meetings.
Tailored shop applications
Every shop operates differently. Convergent can assess specific planning and information needs, adapt existing tools, and develop focused additions that fit the equipment, workflows, and decisions involved.
Relevant work, delivered.
Shop Scheduler — Practical Production Planning
What can't your current tools tell you?
Tell us how you schedule jobs, manage capacity, and track production today. We can explore whether Shop Scheduler, a tailored implementation, or another focused tool would help your operation.