For paint shops
Software for paint shops
Plan booths, drying times and color changes in one system. Gantway shows you in real time which station is occupied, how long the drying still runs and which order can move in next.
No credit card · trial ends automatically · servers in Frankfurt
Gantway digital desk — station utilization with traffic-light colors per booth
What Gantway takes over in paint shops
In hardly any other industry are there so many non-shiftable constraints in the daily routine. Drying time, booth cleaning and proof of qualification are not administrative overhead — they determine when the next order can start.
Booth occupancy at a glance
The digital desk shows each booth as its own station with current occupancy, running drying phase and the next free slot. No asking, no guessing.
- Each booth as its own station
- Occupancy, drying phase and next free slot
- No asking, no guessing
Booth occupancy at a glance
Detect booth conflicts automatically
As soon as two orders occupy the same booth at the same time — or a drying phase blocks the follow-on order — the conflict engine flags the conflict before it becomes a problem.
- Double booking of a booth detected
- Blocking drying phase flagged
- Conflict visible before it becomes a problem
Detect booth conflicts automatically
Prep and painting in the right order
Sanding, priming, drying, painting, curing oven: each phase as its own task, each dependency firmly anchored. The booth is only occupied once the previous step is truly complete.
- Sanding to curing oven as separate tasks
- Each dependency firmly anchored
- Booth occupied only once prep is complete
Prep and painting in the right order
Check qualifications before scheduling
Spray-painting certificate, cathodic dip-coating experience, powder-coater approval — Gantway knows your employees' qualifications and prevents an order from being assigned to someone who isn't allowed to carry it out.
- Spray-painting certificate, dip-coating and powder coating stored
- Assignment only to authorized employees
- Checked automatically before scheduling
Check qualifications before scheduling
Hourly rate per booth in the costing
Large booth, standard booth, curing oven — each station has its own hourly rate. Pre- and post-costing calculate with it automatically. No paint order goes out too cheap anymore.
- Own hourly rate per booth and oven
- Pre- and post-costing calculate with it automatically
- No paint order goes out too cheap
Hourly rate per booth in the costing
Document paint consumption per order
RAL number, mixing ratio and quantity used are stored on the order. Post-costing, complaints and reordering thereby have a reliable basis.
- RAL number and mixing ratio on the order
- Quantity used documented per order
- Basis for post-costing and complaints
Document paint consumption per order
Is Gantway a fit for your business?
Gantway makes particular sense if …
- You have several booths plus a drying room and a powder curing oven.
- Your orders run in parallel in various phases — sanding, prep, painting, coating.
- Drying times from hours up to a day block the booth, and booth time cannot be shifted.
- Color-change cleaning rarely makes it into the plan.
- Which booth frees up when is something only the shop manager knows today.
Frequently asked questions
How do I plan the sequence in a paint shop — prep, booth, drying?
In Gantway the work steps of an order form a chain with dependencies. If prep shifts, the booth slot and drying move along automatically — and if that squeezes another order, the conflict engine reports it with a suggested fix.
The conflict engine in detail →Will we see in time whether paints and consumables are sufficient?
Yes. Requirements arise from the orders; stock and purchase orders run in the same record. A task shows by itself whether its material is there — you reorder before the booth stands still.
Materials & procurement in detail →How do employees track their hours per order?
With the timer on the task — in the browser, including on a tablet in the hall. The hours land on the respective order, and the task card shows logged against planned. On the Premium plan they feed into post-costing: you see per order what it really cost. Attendance is recorded separately by the time clock.
Job time in detail →What does planning software for a paint shop cost?
Gantway bills by active accounts, in three plans — people who are only scheduled cost nothing. Getting started: 14 days free trial, no credit card.
See pricing →Does Gantway run without an installation at our business?
Yes, entirely in the browser — office PC, tablet or smartphone. No server in the basement, no manual updates; data is stored GDPR-compliant on servers in Germany.
Plan your next booth slot in Gantway
In 30 minutes we'll show you how Gantway maps your booth occupancy with real drying times, color-change blocks and qualification check — using an order from your everyday work.