APL Scheduler

Getting started with APL Scheduler

Start safely APL Scheduler always works with a configuration, an active company and your user permissions. - Check the active company in the top-right corner. - Use the side menu

Planning and simulations

The planner calculates capacity, calendars, materials, precedence, breakdowns and external production. Replan all creates a simulation: review the summary, colours and reason for e

Production orders

The record combines header, materials and operations. Check quantity, required date, status and progress before planning. Operation times are per unit where applicable, and the eng

Materials, stock and reservations

Open an item to see stock by warehouse, location, lot or serial number. Available means on-hand stock minus firm reservations; provisional reservations support simulation without r

Engineering, assemblies and routings

Assemblies define components and phases; routings define sequence and required capacity. Enter setup, run, wait, transport and cleanup using decimal values. Overlap lets a phase st

Resources, work centres and calendars

The production structure organises work centres and resources. Calendars define shifts, exceptions and truly available time. An aggregate centre can represent pooled capacity; an i

Maintenance and breakdowns

Link the asset to the correct work centre or resource and specify whether work stops production. An active breakdown blocks capacity during its dates; future maintenance is shown a

Quality in production

Record inspections, results, non-conformities and actions with traceability to the order, operation, item or resource. A non-conformity that blocks planning prevents scheduling unt

External production

An external production order represents items sent to a supplier and the returned result, with lines linked to the relevant production order and operation. Enter supplier, quantiti

Factory view

Each production structure can have a visual layout with elements linked to work centres or resources. The view shows the current situation using dates, shifts, simultaneous operati

Reports and indicators

Reports and widgets summarise real production, capacity, material, maintenance and quality data. Apply the period and filters first so comparable values are used. A dash means ther

Notifications and alerts

The bell collects functional alerts and APL announcements with date and time. Preferences let you enable available channels, including verified email and browser notifications. Mar

APL Assistant

The assistant replies in the session language using authorised data from the active company and these articles. It can query and relate information, open pages and, depending on li

Help, diagnostics and support

Search the help centre first. If assistance is needed, create a request with subject, category, priority and reproducible description. You may attach safe diagnostics and supported

Administration, users and permissions

Customer administration manages access within the authorised configuration. It is not the APL panel and does not grant access to other customers.

Integrator Studio: connections and mappings

Integrator exchanges data through connections, operations and mappings. Integration-owned fields may become read-only elsewhere.

Public API and Java client

The technical reference is at /api-docs and the contract at /openapi/v1.json. Use the installed version’s contract for fields and operations.

Essential concepts

Saving is not publishing: Planning-impacting changes require simulation review and application; a saved record does not guarantee a feasible plan.
Active company: Determines the business data being consulted. Check its name before changing or exporting.
Alternative / simultaneous capacity: Alternative: choose compatible capacity. Simultaneous: several capacities must be available together.
On hand / available: On hand is recorded physical stock; available deducts firm reservations. Units and inventory position matter.