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//Tempo

Tempo, alongside plant supervisors.

Review shift assignments, ask about outstanding maintenance and prepare staffing changes with Tempo. Available data, actions and approvals depend on your setup.

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Line 2 downJOB-4421

Line 2 is down: its conveyor drive bearing seized

Automation : Line 2 downtime alert

CreatedTue 4 Mar, 10:12 AM 1h 38mto restart Line 2

Assigned to

You

ContextPreparing contextUpdated just now

WorkingStep 1 of 3Step 2 of 3Step 3 of 3

CompleteDone just now

Seed prompt · from the issue

Line 2's conveyor drive bearing seized at 10:12 AM, mid-run on order 7718.
JOB-4419 logged bearing noise on that drive on Monday; it was booked for Saturday's shutdown.
Line 2's operators, Carol Ngresource and Bridget Hanleyresource, are idle until it restarts.

ThinkingChecking who can lock out the drive

Thought for 3s

Line 2 is down mid-order. Let me find a maintenance technician who can lock out the drive and change the bearing soonest.

Gathering context

Context generated· 3 sources

Reading the downtime alertBearing seizedChecking maintenance on shift3 techniciansReading the drive's historyNoise on Monday

Kevin's tool change on Press 4 feeds Line 1. Marco can pause his lubrication round and reach Line 2 by 10:25 AM.

Who can fix the drive now

at Line 2 by

A Kevin MaszarosMaintenance technician · on Press 4's tool change 11:40 AM

B Andre BassettApprentice · can't lock out the drive alone 10:20 AM

C Marco SalazarCan pause his roundMaintenance technician · on a lubrication round 10:25 AM

Recommended planHigh confidence

Send Marco to Line 2's drive and move its operators to Line 3

What happens

1Send Marco to the driveat Line 2 about 10:25 AM

2Move Carol and Bridget to Line 3its changeover, until the restart

3Reserve the bearingfrom the storeroom, bin C-14

Edit planStart plan Started at 10:14 AM

Assigning JOB-4421 to Marco

Marco is on his way to Line 2· there about 10:25 AM

Writing to Carol

Messaged Carol Ng· Line 3 until the restart

Tempo → Carol NgResource · App message10:15 AM

Hi Carol, Marco Salazar is fixing Line 2's drive, restart about 11:30 AM. Can you and Bridget help on Line 3's changeover until then?

Waiting for Carol

Carol NgResource → Tempo · App message10:17 AM

Yes, we're heading over to Line 3 now.

Reserving the bearing

The bearing is reserved for Marco· storeroom bin C-14

Marco is on Line 2's drive with the bearing reserved, and Carol and Bridget help on Line 3 until the restart.

Ask a follow-up…Working on the plan…Ask a follow-up…

Ask

Context Comms12

Line 2 downtime evidence

Task · line-2-drive-4421

Plan

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0 of 31 of 32 of 33 of 3

Waiting on contextDrafting a planProposed · waiting for youStarted 10:14 AM

Get Line 2 running by 11:50 AM

Send Marco to the driveAssigningDone

Move Carol and Bridget to Line 3WritingDone

Reserve the bearingReservingDone

Line 2

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DownMarco on it

Northgate Plant · conveyor drive

Stopped10:12 AM, bearing seized

Order 771811 of 18 pallets to run

OperatorsCarol Ng, Bridget Hanley

Until the 4:00 PM truck

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Tue 4 Mar

5h 48m

Pallets to run11 of 18

Run time4h 10m

Latest restart11:50 AM

Restart by 11:50 AM or the truck leaves short

ContextComms

New issue

Line 2 is down: its conveyor drive bearing seized

Downtime alert · Line 2 · just now

//Why this is hard

A full shift can still be missing a critical skill.

Headcount is only part of the plan. Each shift also needs the right skills for production, changeovers, quality checks, and work carried over from the previous team.

A filled roster can hide a skills gap

Enough people are scheduled, but a required operator qualification or task-specific skill is missing.

Changeovers need people and preparation

Switching products takes setup work, checks, and people who know the next job. Those assignments need to line up with the changeover.

Essential tasks need time in the shift

Quality checks, cleaning, and planned maintenance need qualified people and time alongside production work.

Filling one gap can create another

Moving an employee to cover an absence can leave another line or task short of the skills it needs to run.

Unfinished work crosses shifts

The incoming team needs to know which checks, repairs, and follow-up tasks are still open, and who’s responsible.

//How it runs

Production staffing and supporting work.

//The segments

Manufacturing, by operation.

Food & Beverage Manufacturing

Plan production staffing alongside cleaning, sanitation, and quality checks.

Sanitation and quality checks between runs.

Assign qualified staff to production and sanitation tasks.
Assign cleaning and quality checks at the required stages of production.
Record completed checks and outstanding issues on mobile.

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Industrial & Equipment Manufacturing

Match qualified operators and technicians to production roles and equipment work.

Qualified operators and technicians for each assignment.

Match people to role and task qualifications.
Plan maintenance around production coverage and equipment access.
Share job instructions and record completed work.

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Consumer Goods & Packaging

Coordinate line staffing, changeover tasks, and quality checks as production requirements change.

Staffing and preparation for changeovers.

Adjust staffing for the next product or packaging run.
Assign changeover preparation and quality checks.
Review the effect on other work before reassigning people.

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Plant Maintenance & Quality Operations

Schedule maintenance and quality work alongside production commitments.

Maintenance and corrective work in the schedule.

Schedule preventive maintenance and inspections.
Assign corrective work with owners and due dates.
Carry unresolved issues into the next shift’s handoff.

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//Pulse Platform

Build plant workforce processes on our Pulse Platform.

Model your plant's roles, work areas, equipment and more on our Pulse Platform. Build applications and workflows for staffing, supporting tasks and shift reviews, connected to your production and maintenance systems.

System of record

Add fields or related objects for lines, work areas, equipment, qualifications, and more alongside work and people records.

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Workflows and automation

Route unfinished work to the next shift's supervisor and assign follow-up through a configured workflow.

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Integrations and APIs

Connect your manufacturing operation to ERP, MES, CMMS, QMS, and payroll systems. Use integrations and APIs to bring production and asset data into Skedulo and share coverage, completed work, and quality updates.

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Experiences built around your business

Create a supervisor view of skill coverage and mobile forms for task results.

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The Frontline Continuum

Represent workers, shifts, task assignments, and related plant records in a shared operational model.

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//Value

Skills coverage beyond the headcount.

Match people to production roles and supporting tasks, and see what a reassignment would leave uncovered before changing the plan.

Role qualifications

Plan staffing around the qualifications each production role and task requires.

Time for supporting tasks

Include changeovers, cleaning, maintenance, and quality checks when scheduling people.

Reassignment impact

Review available replacements and their existing commitments before moving someone.

Open work across shifts

Record completed work, unresolved issues, and follow-up assignments for the incoming team.

//Mobile Frontline

Instructions and checklists on the plant floor.

Workers can access assignment instructions, record checks and report issues in Mobile. Supervisors can review the results and arrange follow-up.

How customers put Skedulo to work.

86%

Increase in scheduling and dispatch efficiency

“We're able to make sound business decisions that better all parties involved...”

90%

Reduction in paper-based work

“For managers, daily dashboards give a helicopter view of what we have scheduled and...”

31%

Reduction in instructor underutilization

“Skedulo worked with us to create a customized solution that is truly plug-and-play...”

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//Frequently Asked Questions

Manufacturing workforce scheduling assigns people to production shifts and to the work around production, such as changeovers, cleaning, quality checks and planned maintenance. It checks that each shift has the required skills and certifications, not just enough headcount, and shows what moving one person would leave uncovered on another line or task.

Yes. Schedulers match workers to roles using recorded skills, certifications, availability and site requirements. Your organization maintains those records and sets the assignment rules, so a full roster with a missing qualification shows up before the shift starts.

Yes. Production staffing and tasks such as changeover preparation, maintenance and quality checks are planned together. Supervisors see each person's existing assignments before moving them, and unresolved work is recorded for the next shift's handoff.

Yes. Workers can read instructions, complete checklists, record readings, and update task status on mobile. Supervisors review the results and assign follow-up; any automated corrective-work steps need to be configured for your process.

No. A CMMS remains the system for asset records, work order history and spare parts, and an MES runs production execution. Skedulo schedules the people across shifts, maintenance and quality tasks, including technicians who travel to customer or remote sites, and shares workforce data, task results and recorded hours with ERP, MES, CMMS, QMS and payroll systems through integrations.

Yes. Plants can be organized as separate regions or locations, so a central planner sees every plant's shifts, maintenance and quality tasks in one plan. Technicians who cover more than one plant are scheduled across sites with the travel between them planned.

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Tempo, alongside plant supervisors.

Send Marco to Line 2's drive and move its operators to Line 3

What happens

Plan

Line 2

Until the 4:00 PM truck

A full shift can still be missing a critical skill.

A filled roster can hide a skills gap

Changeovers need people and preparation

Essential tasks need time in the shift

Filling one gap can create another

Unfinished work crosses shifts

Production staffing and supporting work.