Planning
Planning board: every order, person and machine on one surface
Board, Gantt and utilization in one view. You move tasks by drag & drop — and Gantway checks for collisions the moment you let go.
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Gantway planning board — board view with utilization
How you work with it
The planning board — called the Digital Desk inside Gantway — is where you plan. Everything you move on it is immediately real planning: drag a task to a different day, a different station, or a different employee, and Gantway changes exactly that value — and the conflict engine checks the change while you are still releasing. Utilization bars under every station and every employee show in traffic-light colors where there is still room. The timeline calculates in working hours instead of calendar days and automatically skips weekends and holidays. And if a move goes wrong: undo reverts up to 50 steps. That keeps planning as fast as on the whiteboard — except that it does the math for you.
Board, timeline and utilization in one view
Matrix board with configurable X and Y axes (status, station, employee, slot), Gantt timeline with eight zoom levels, and project grid for the order overview. You switch with a click — data and selection are preserved.
- Switch between board, Gantt timeline and order list with a click
- Choose the board axes freely: status, station, employee or time slot
- Selection and data are preserved when switching
Board, timeline and utilization in one view
Zoom from the month down to the quarter hour
From 15-minute detail to the monthly view. Weekends and holidays are automatically compressed (working-time compression). When you zoom, tasks are scaled visually without you losing your bearings.
- From 15-minute detail to the monthly view
- Weekends and holidays are hidden automatically
- Tasks scale as you zoom, without losing your bearings
Zoom from the month down to the quarter hour
Assign employees by drag & drop
The team dock appears on planning views and shows in real time who is available. Employees can be assigned directly to tasks by drag & drop — especially handy in Gantt mode for spontaneous rescheduling.
- Appears on every planning view and shows who is available right now
- Drag employees directly onto tasks
- Especially handy in the Gantt for spontaneous rescheduling
Assign employees by drag & drop
Also included
Drag & drop, even on tablets
You move tasks with the mouse or by finger drag to a different slot, a different station, or a different employee. Smart snapping automatically aligns them to working days and shifts. The touch support is deliberately designed so that the desk also works smoothly on tablets in the workshop or on the job site.
- Drag with mouse or finger to a day, station or employee
- Tasks snap automatically to working days and shifts
- Runs smoothly on tablets in the workshop and on site
Utilization per station and employee
Utilization bars show in real time how full each station and each employee is. Traffic-light colors (green/yellow/red) make bottlenecks visible before they become a problem.
- Utilization bars per station and employee in real time
- Traffic-light colors green, amber, red
- Bottlenecks visible before they become a problem
Reverse any rescheduling
Every planning change in the Gantt can be undone — up to 50 steps back, with Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z. Ideal for exploratory planning: you try something out, see the result, and return to the initial state if needed.
- Up to 50 steps back
- Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z as usual
- Try something, look at the result, return to the starting point
Fast even with a thousand tasks
Even more than 1000 tasks at once are displayed smoothly. Gantway shows only what you are currently viewing — the rest waits in the background. That keeps the display quick, no matter how large your order backlog grows.
- Over 1,000 tasks at once without stutter
- Only what is currently in view is drawn
- Stays fast no matter how large the order backlog grows
Three typical situations
- Monday morning, daily planning: You open the desk and immediately see which orders are running today, who is assigned where, and whether there are bottlenecks. One click on an employee shows their utilization for the entire week.
- Spontaneous rescheduling: A journeyman is out sick — you drag their tasks to other employees. Gantway warns immediately if this creates new conflicts.
- Project planning across weeks: In Gantt mode with the "Week" zoom level, you see the entire quarter. Dependencies between tasks are shown as arrows, and the critical path is highlighted.
Step by step in the help center
- What the desk showsBoard, project overview, agenda — and why you sometimes see cards, sometimes folders. The structure of the planning board at a glance.
- Choosing the groupingBy status, station, workstation or team member — how to re-sort the board, use ready-made views and which setting applies only on this device.
- Subgroups (Swimlanes)Rows by customer, station, or employee — the board's second dimension. Where subgroups are available and where they are deliberately not.
- Moving orders and tasksThe card won't drag? It's usually down to role, grouping or device. The three rules, how it works on your phone — and what dragging in the Gantt does.
- Gantt basicsHue, shape, red — the Gantt follows three simple rules. The legend explains them, plus zoom, keyboard and one difference between the two Gantt views.
Plan your workshop on the planning board
With your own orders, no credit card. Or bring a current order to a 30-minute call.