Case, Vlarotech

Enter one start date. The rest plans itself.

Vlarotech in Zwaag builds loader cranes onto trucks. We built the planning tool that replaced their annual plan in Excel: one start date per project, and every phase rolls out automatically after it.

Client: Vlarotech, Zwaag
Sector: Loader crane building
Scope: Custom planning tool
Core: An annual plan that recalculates itself
Screens: Example projects with neutral names

The challenge

An annual plan that kept growing in Excel

Every Vlarotech project goes through the same fixed phases: welding, paint shop, assembly and the truck dealer. The annual plan lived in Excel, and every change meant manual work.

When one project moves a week, everything behind it moves too. In a spreadsheet, that means updating everything behind it by hand, every time.

The annual plan in the Vlarotech planning tool — The annual plan: each project's phases roll out automatically after its start date (example projects).

What we built

Planning by phases instead of cells

In the planning tool you only enter a project's start date. The phases roll out automatically, each with a fixed duration. Delivery dates, such as the truck delivery and the crane lead time, sit with the project itself.

When something shifts, everything behind it recalculates. The plan can be viewed across several months or zoomed in on weeks, and printed for the shop floor.

The project window with start date, delivery dates and phases — One window per project: start date, delivery dates and phases (example project).

The plan zoomed in on weeks — Zoomed in on weeks: welding, paint shop and assembly at a glance (example projects).

Enter one start date, and the whole annual plan rolls out.

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