vPlan turned out to be the digital planning board Alert was looking for
Jerry continues, "When we visited the vPlan website, we were immediately attracted to the visual planning boards. It fitted exactly what we were looking for. The functionalities of vPlan matched our requirements seamlessly, so we quickly got in touch."
The magic link: AccountView and vPlan
The link between AccountView and vPlan proved to be a godsend. Jerry: "The link between AccountView and vPlan has made our lives a lot easier. The orders, complete with pre-calculations from AccountView, appear in the vPlan backlog. Our production manager can then seamlessly schedule orders based on available capacity. Easylink built the bridge between vPlan and AccountView, and after we communicated our requirements, the link was realised quickly and flawlessly - it worked immediately!", says an enthusiastic Jerry.
"Our production staff now register their hours per production order directly in vPlan. We used to use paperwork orders, but with vPlan we now have immediate insight into the actual hours worked compared to the estimated hours. Thanks to vPlan, we can see at a glance when we can deliver our orders."
Time savings and improved communication
"With vPlan, we now have much better visibility of our planning. Before, we had to go through all our paper order folders, which quickly took 15 minutes per order. But now we can see immediately when we can deliver orders, and this saves us as much as 5 hours a week," Jerry says.
Another additional advantage is the communication between planning and sales. Jerry: "All thanks to the clear insights vPlan gives us. The planning department now only accepts orders when they are sure production can handle it."
More grip on order status
He continues: "Previously, we sometimes had to call customers a day before the scheduled delivery to tell them the delivery was delayed. You can guess customers were not happy about that. It often resulted in unpleasant conversations. Understandable, of course, but with vPlan that is fortunately a thing of the past! With the clear overview provided by vPlan, we now have much better insight into the status of all our orders. This allows us to assess well in advance whether we can deliver as planned. No more last-minute phone calls, but smooth and efficient order processing. It is just super!", Jerry concludes enthusiastically.
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