New workforce scheduling capabilities, labour time visibility, capacity control, and maintenance parts cost analytics

This release introduces a major expansion of Workforce scheduling and labour time management in Fabritec, together with new Maintenance Parts Cost Analytics and improvements to maintenance parts planning and actual-cost recording.

The update creates a more connected operational model between:

Labour

Departments

Crews

Work Shifts

Work Calendars

Holidays

Workstations

Production activity

Timesheets

Maintenance downtime

Maintenance parts planning

Actual maintenance parts usage

Instead of managing workforce schedules through spreadsheets, manually updating individual workers when shifts change, calculating Timesheets separately from production, and reviewing maintenance parts spending outside the system, Fabritec can now connect these activities through one operational structure.

The updates focus on improving:

Workforce organization

Shift and calendar management

Crew-based scheduling

Rotating shift management

Labour availability

Workstation staffing visibility

Production capacity visibility

Attendance and Time Exception management

Timesheet review and approval

Labour utilization visibility

Maintenance-aware capacity planning

Planned versus actual maintenance parts cost

Maintenance cost data quality

Future maintenance cost visibility

Together, these capabilities strengthen the connection between workforce availability, production execution, equipment availability, and operational cost control.

New Features

1. Expanded Workforce Management Structure

Fabritec now provides a more structured Workforce model for organizing factory workers and connecting them with scheduling and production requirements.

The Workforce structure can now combine:

Labour Titles

Individual Labours

Labour Groups / Departments

Work Shifts

Work Calendars

Crews

Shift Rotations

Production Stage eligibility

Workstation links

This gives organizations different levels for describing the same worker.

For example:

Workforce Element	Example
Labour	Ahmed Hassan
Labour Title	MIG/MAG Welder
Labour Group	Welding Department
Crew	Welding Crew A
Default Shift	Day
Production Stage	Welding
Linked Workstation	MIG/MAG Welding Station

Each element serves a different operational purpose.

Labour Titles

Labour Titles continue to define the worker's operational role or skill.

Navigate to:

Workforce → Labour Titles

Examples include:

CNC Operator

Laser Cutting Operator

Rolling Machine Operator

MIG/MAG Welder

Galvanizing Operator

Painter Helper

Labour Titles help teams:

Classify workforce skills

Organize workers by job responsibility

Support labour allocation

Improve workforce reporting

Connect worker capabilities with production requirements

Individual Labour Records

The Labours page now provides a broader view of each worker's workforce and scheduling configuration.

Navigate to:

Workforce → Labours

Labour records can include:

Code

Name

Native Name

Job Title

Current Shift

Default Labour Shift

Individual Dated Shift

Work Calendar

Labour Group

Crew

Production Stages

Linked Workstations

This creates a more complete operational profile for each worker.

Current Shift

Fabritec now resolves the Current Shift that applies to each labour instead of relying only on one static shift field.

The Current Shift may be determined from:

One-day cover

Individual dated shift

Active Crew rotation

Fixed Crew shift

Labour default shift

The source of the current shift can also be displayed.

Examples include:

Labour default

Crew fixed shift

Crew rotation

Individual assignment

No current shift

This makes it easier for supervisors to understand which shift actually applies today and why.

Individual Dated Shifts

Users can assign a shift beginning from a specific date instead of permanently overwriting the worker's previous shift configuration.

This is useful when:

A worker transfers from Day to Night Shift

A temporary assignment begins on a future date

A worker changes schedule for a defined period

Historical shift assignments must remain traceable

This provides safer workforce scheduling because previous shift history can remain intact.

Bulk Labour Actions

The Labours page also supports bulk scheduling actions for selected workers.

Actions can include:

Set Default Shift

Set Fixed Shift

Move to Crew

This helps Workforce administrators update multiple workers without editing each record individually.

Labour Import

Labours can also be created or updated through Excel or CSV import.

The import supports:

Creating new labour records

Updating existing records using ID

Labour Code

Name

Native Name

Job Title

Additional supported Workforce information

This helps organizations migrate larger labour lists and maintain Workforce records more efficiently.

2. Labour Groups / Departments

Fabritec now provides structured Labour Groups / Departments for organizing workers according to their organizational function.

Navigate to:

Workforce → Labour Groups

Examples include:

Cutting Department

Forming Department

Welding Department

Painting Department

Maintenance Department

Quality Control Department

Logistics Department

A Labour Group answers:

Which organizational department does this worker belong to?

This is different from Labour Title and Crew.

For example:

Type	Example
Labour Group	Welding Department
Labour Title	MIG/MAG Welder
Crew	Welding Crew A

Department-Level Work Calendars

A Labour Group can also participate in Work Calendar inheritance.

A department can:

Follow the production default calendar

Use its own specific Work Calendar

For example:

Labour Group	Calendar
Welding Department	Main Production
Maintenance Department	Maintenance 24/7
Site Installation	Site Operations

Fabritec resolves the Labour Work Calendar using the most specific available configuration.

A typical resolution order is:

Labour Calendar → Labour Group Calendar → Shop Default → Company Default

This allows common schedules to be managed centrally without configuring every worker separately.

3. Work Shifts

Fabritec now provides a structured Work Shifts setup for defining reusable working-time windows.

Navigate to:

Workforce → Shifts

Each Work Shift can include:

Shift Name

Start Time

End Time

Break Start

Break End

Break Duration

Normal Hours

Configured additional Overtime hours

Active or Retired status

Examples include:

Day

Night

Morning

Evening

Weekend

Maintenance Shift

Overnight Shifts

Fabritec supports shifts that cross midnight.

Example:

Night Shift
Start: 22:00
End: 06:00

The shift continues into the following morning but remains associated with the date on which it started.

This rule is also used when resolving:

Workforce schedules

Shift Calendars

Timesheets

Break-Aware Scheduled Hours

Scheduled break time is deducted from the normal shift duration.

Example:

Start: 08:00
End: 17:00
Break: 12:00–13:00

Result:

Total Duration: 9 hours
Break: 1 hour
Net Working Hours: 8 hours

This helps improve the accuracy of workforce scheduling and capacity calculations.

4. Work Calendars

Fabritec introduces a more advanced Work Calendar structure for controlling when labour and production resources are expected to operate.

Navigate to:

Workforce → Work Calendars

A Work Calendar combines:

Working weekdays

Work Shifts

Weekly Shift Patterns

Holidays

Date-specific exceptions

Company default scheduling

Shop default scheduling

Instead of defining working days separately for every worker or workstation, a reusable calendar can be shared across multiple resources.

Weekly Shift Patterns

Each Work Calendar can define which shifts operate on which days.

Example:

Shift	Working Days
Day	Saturday–Thursday
Night	Saturday–Thursday

This creates a two-shift production calendar where both shifts operate on the selected days.

Multiple shifts can run on the same day.

Company and Shop Default Calendars

Fabritec now supports two default calendar levels:

Company Default

Normally used as the general organization or office scheduling fallback.

Shop Default

Normally used as the production-floor scheduling fallback.

For example:

Company Default: Office Calendar
Shop Default: Main Production Calendar

This allows office teams and factory resources to follow different normal schedules.

Resources using Follow Default automatically inherit the appropriate scheduling configuration.

Calendar Inheritance

Fabritec uses calendar inheritance to avoid unnecessary manual configuration.

For labour:

Labour-specific Calendar
→ Labour Group Calendar
→ Shop Default
→ Company Default

For workstations:

Workstation Calendar
→ Workstation Group Calendar
→ Shop Default
→ Company Default

This gives organizations centralized control while still allowing exceptions for specific workers, departments, machines, or groups.

Calendar Exceptions

Specific dates can also override the normal weekly schedule.

Supported scheduling concepts include:

Holiday

Non-Working

Special Working

Shift Override

For example, a normally closed Friday can be temporarily reopened as a working date without changing every future Friday.

5. Holiday Management

Fabritec now provides a dedicated Holidays workspace.

Navigate to:

Workforce → Holidays

Holidays can be:

One-time

Recurring every year

Applied to all Work Calendars

Applied only to selected Work Calendars

This makes it easier to manage:

Public holidays

Factory shutdowns

Office closures

Production shutdowns

Annual organization events

Selective Calendar Holidays

A holiday does not always need to close the entire company.

For example:

Holiday: Production Electrical Shutdown
Applies To:
- Main Production
- Night Production

Office users following another calendar can continue working normally.

Recurring Holidays

For annual events, Recurring Yearly can be enabled.

Example:

National Day
September 23
Recurring Yearly: Yes

Fabritec then applies the holiday to the same month and day in future years.

Special Working During a Holiday

A calendar-specific Special Working exception can reopen a selected calendar during an organization-wide holiday.

For example:

The company is closed.

A critical Production team must work.

A Special Working exception is created only for the Main Production Calendar.

Other calendars remain closed.

This provides more precise control than deleting or changing the original Holiday.

6. Crews and Shift Rotations

Fabritec now supports Crews and reusable Shift Rotations for team-based workforce scheduling.

Navigate to:

Workforce → Crews and Shift Rotations

A Crew represents workers who operate together as an operational team.

Examples include:

Welding Crew A

Welding Crew B

CNC Cutting Crew

Night Maintenance Crew

Assembly Crew

A Crew can have:

Members

Display Color

Fixed Crew Shift

Scheduled Rotation

Active Rotation

Fixed Crew Shift

Every Crew can have a normal fallback shift.

Example:

Welding Crew A
Fixed Shift: Day

When no rotation is active, the Crew follows its fixed shift.

Shift Rotations

Shift Rotations allow teams to move automatically between shifts according to a repeating pattern.

For example:

Rotation: Weekly Day / Night

Step 1:
Day Shift — 7 days

Step 2:
Night Shift — 7 days

After the final step, the pattern repeats automatically.

This removes the need to change every worker's shift manually whenever a new rotation cycle begins.

Effective-Dated Crew Rotations

A rotation can be assigned to a Crew with:

Effective From

Optional Effective To

Offset Days

This allows future rotations to be prepared in advance.

Before the rotation starts, the Crew continues using its normal fixed shift.

Offset Days

Offset Days allow several Crews to reuse the same rotation while being positioned at different points in the cycle.

Example:

Rotation:
14 days Day
14 days Night

Crew A:

Offset: 0

Crew B:

Offset: 14

Result:

First 14 days:
Crew A → Day
Crew B → Night

Next 14 days:
Crew A → Night
Crew B → Day

This is especially useful for factories operating multiple rotating teams.

7. Shift Calendars and Workforce Capacity Board

Fabritec introduces a comprehensive Shift Calendars workspace for reviewing labour schedules, workstation staffing, production capacity, and operator coverage together.

Navigate to:

Workforce → Shift Calendars

Shift Calendars combine information from:

Work Calendars

Work Shifts

Labour schedules

Crew fixed shifts

Crew rotations

Workstation operator links

Daily operator assignments

Time Exceptions

Maintenance downtime

Recorded Production activity

This creates one operational view of:

What was planned → what was staffed → what actually happened

Capacity Board and Timeline

Shift Calendars provide two main presentation modes:

Capacity Board

Timeline

Capacity Board

The Capacity Board displays resources as rows and dates as columns.

It can be reviewed by:

Workstations

Workstation Groups

Labour

Crews

Use it for:

Daily staffing review

Weekly workforce planning

Capacity analysis

Operator-gap identification

Maintenance impact review

Crew planning

Timeline

Timeline displays resolved shifts according to their actual start and end times.

Use it to review:

Day and Night coverage

Shift overlaps

Overnight shifts

Labour schedules

Workstation schedules

Capacity interruptions

Capacity Status

The Shift Calendar can identify conditions such as:

Fully Staffed

Partial (Gap)

No Operator

Down / Maintenance

Non-Working

Not Configured

This makes workforce and workstation issues easier to identify without manually comparing multiple scheduling records.

Planned, Staffed, and Actual Hours

The Capacity Board distinguishes between different types of operational time.

Planned Hours

Time the workstation or labour resource was scheduled to operate.

Staffed Hours

Planned operating time for which valid operator coverage was resolved.

Down / Maintenance Hours

Scheduled working time unavailable because of maintenance.

Coverage Gap

Available working time without operator coverage.

Conceptually:

Coverage Gap =
Planned Hours
− Maintenance Hours
− Staffed Hours

Actual Hours

Hours recorded through qualifying Production activity.

Utilization

Fabritec compares:

Actual Hours ÷ Staffed Hours × 100

This allows managers to distinguish between:

Available capacity

Staffed capacity

Capacity lost to maintenance

Capacity lost because of missing operators

Actual recorded production effort

Maintenance-Aware Capacity

Maintenance is now reflected directly inside the Shift Calendar.

For example:

A Full Stop maintenance event reduces available workstation capacity.

Maintenance downtime is shown separately from missing operator coverage.

A workstation under maintenance is not incorrectly classified simply as an unstaffed workstation.

This creates a clearer distinction between:

Workforce shortage

and

Equipment unavailability

during capacity reviews.

Auto-Fill Operator Assignments

Authorized users can also use scheduling actions such as:

Auto-fill Day

Auto-fill Week

Clear Auto-fill

Manual operator assignment where available

Auto-fill helps assign available eligible labour to workstation shifts while respecting the applicable scheduling rules.

This can reduce the amount of daily manual operator planning required from supervisors.

8. Derived Timesheets

Fabritec introduces a new derived Timesheet model.

Navigate to:

Workforce → Timesheets

Instead of requiring supervisors to manually enter every worker's complete Timesheet each day, Fabritec calculates Timesheet information from existing Workforce and Production data.

Timesheet calculations can use:

Effective Work Calendar

Applicable Work Shift

Shift working hours

Shift breaks

Crew assignment

Crew rotation

Production activity

Time Exceptions

Approved historical Timesheets

This means Timesheets are connected directly with the operational records already created during scheduling and production.

Scheduled Hours and Worked Hours

Timesheets distinguish between two important concepts.

Scheduled Hours

The time the worker was expected to work based on the applicable Workforce schedule.

Worked Hours

Labour effort recorded through qualifying Production activity.

Normal Worked Hours are not manually entered into Timesheets.

Fabritec derives them from Production records linked to the labour.

This helps reduce duplicate time entry and strengthens the connection between production execution and labour reporting.

Daily and Weekly Review

Timesheets support:

Daily view

Weekly view

Crew filtering

Labour Group / Department filtering

Date navigation

Future schedule visibility

Weekly view can help supervisors perform:

Workforce review

Crew review

Attendance follow-up

Overtime review

Idle-time review

Period approval

Attention Indicators

Timesheets highlight records that may require supervisor attention.

Examples include:

No Worked Hours

Low Utilization

High Utilization

Has Exceptions

Idle Time

These indicators are designed as review signals, not automatic conclusions.

For example:

No Worked Hours does not automatically mean the worker was absent.

The supervisor should first review:

Work Calendar

Production records

Time Exceptions

Shift assignments

Labour assignment

before deciding what correction is required.

Time Exceptions

Fabritec now supports structured Time Exceptions including:

Absent

Sick Leave

Annual Leave

Late

Early Out

Mid-Shift Absence

Overtime

Swap Cover

Exceptions can help explain why actual attendance differs from the original schedule.

Depending on the workflow, users can apply exceptions:

Individually

Across a date range

Through bulk actions

By Labour Group / Department

By Crew

Explicit Overtime Classification

Fabritec distinguishes between:

Additional Recorded Work

and

Approved / Classified Overtime

For example:

Scheduled Hours: 8
Worked Hours: 10
Overtime Hours: 0

The two additional Worked Hours do not automatically become Overtime.

An authorized user should review the additional time and record an Overtime exception when appropriate.

This prevents unusually high Production duration from automatically becoming official workforce overtime.

Idle Hours

Timesheets also calculate Idle Hours.

Idle time represents scheduled time without qualifying Production activity.

Because idle time is evaluated at the daily level, a weekly period can show:

Utilization above 100%

Non-zero Idle Hours

at the same time.

This helps supervisors investigate workforce performance at the daily level instead of relying only on period totals.

Timesheet Approval

Timesheets can move through states such as:

Open

Approved

Locked

Open

The Timesheet continues to respond to current Workforce and Production information.

Approved

Approval preserves the reviewed daily result as a historical snapshot.

Later scheduling changes do not rewrite previously Approved Timesheets.

Locked

The Timesheet is protected according to the applicable Workforce closing rules.

This creates stronger historical control over workforce records.

Bulk Timesheet Actions

Supervisors can select multiple workers and use actions such as:

Bulk Add Exception

Bulk Remove Exceptions

Approve Selected

This supports daily or weekly supervisor workflows for larger teams.

Future Schedule Visibility

Timesheets can also display future dates.

Future dates represent:

Planned Schedule

rather than completed attendance.

This allows supervisors to review upcoming:

Scheduled Hours

Shifts

Crew schedules

Working days

Non-working days

Only eligible completed past days can be approved.

9. Maintenance Parts Cost Analytics

Fabritec introduces a dedicated Maintenance Parts Cost Analytics workspace.

Navigate to:

Maintenance → Parts cost analytics

The new analytics page connects planned and actual maintenance parts information into one reporting environment.

Maintenance and management teams can now review:

Planned Parts Cost

Actual Parts Cost

Cost Variance

Average Actual Cost

Completed Orders

Orders with Missing Cost

Open Forecast Cost

Cancelled Orders

Cost Trend

Cost by Maintenance Type

Cost by Workstation

Cost by Maintenance Plan

Cost by Part

Maintenance Order Costs

Needs Cost Follow-Up

Planned vs Actual Maintenance Parts Cost

The new cost workflow answers two different questions.

Planned Cost

What did we expect the maintenance parts to cost?

Actual Cost

What did the maintenance parts actually cost?

This helps maintenance managers understand whether maintenance requirements are matching original expectations.

Differences may indicate changes in:

Part quantities

Supplier pricing

Equipment condition

Maintenance procedures

Breakdown requirements

Maintenance planning assumptions

Cost Analytics Filters

Maintenance Parts Cost Analytics can be filtered by:

Maintenance Plan

Workstation Group

Workstation

Maintenance Type

Maintenance Order Status

Cost Status

Part Name or Code

Users can also choose whether to include:

Open Forecast

Cancelled Orders

This allows teams to investigate cost from different operational perspectives.

For example:

Maintenance Type: Breakdown
Status: Completed

can be used to investigate parts spending caused by equipment breakdowns.

Cost by Workstation

Maintenance teams can identify which workstations are generating the highest parts spending.

This can help answer questions such as:

Which machine is consuming the most spare parts?

Is one workstation repeatedly requiring expensive replacements?

Does one machine require maintenance-plan changes?

Is equipment condition beginning to deteriorate?

Cost by Maintenance Plan

Planned and actual cost can also be reviewed by preventive Maintenance Plan.

This helps maintenance managers understand whether recurring maintenance programs are being estimated accurately.

For example, if actual cost repeatedly exceeds planned cost for a 500-hour service, the Planned Parts list or estimated prices may need to be reviewed.

Cost by Part

Part-level analysis helps identify:

Frequently consumed parts

Expensive replacement parts

Repeated component failures

Pricing changes

Major maintenance cost drivers

Users can also search using:

Part Name

Part Code

Important Cost Scope

Maintenance Parts Cost Analytics currently covers parts cost only.

The analytics should not be interpreted as the complete financial cost of maintenance.

The totals do not automatically assign monetary cost to:

Technician labour

Operator labour

Lost production

Downtime

External services not recorded as parts

Maintenance overhead

The page specifically analyzes maintenance parts spending.

Improvements

10. Planned Parts and Pricing in Maintenance Plans

Maintenance Plans now support more detailed Planned Parts information.

Navigate to:

Maintenance → Plans

A Planned Part can include information such as:

Part Name

Part Code

Unit

Planned Quantity

Estimated Unit Cost

Currency

Notes

This allows maintenance teams to prepare expected spare-part requirements before preventive maintenance becomes due.

For example:

Part	Planned Quantity	Estimated Unit Cost
Contact Tip	2	USD 15
Feed Roller	1	USD 60
Cleaning Filter	1	USD 25

These planned values become the cost baseline used by Maintenance Parts Cost Analytics.

Why Planned Parts Matter

Planned Parts can help teams prepare:

Maintenance kits

Spare-part availability

Purchasing requirements

Preventive-maintenance budgets

Expected maintenance cost

Future service requirements

This extends Maintenance Planning beyond when maintenance should happen into what should be prepared before it happens.

11. Actual Parts Usage and Cost in Maintenance Orders

Maintenance Orders now provide more detailed parts usage and pricing information.

Navigate to:

Maintenance → Orders

Maintenance Order parts can contain information such as:

Part Name

Part Code

Planned Quantity

Unit

Usage Outcome

Planned Unit Cost

Actual Quantity Used

Actual Unit Cost

Currency

Part Usage Notes

Part Usage Outcomes

When maintenance is executed, the part outcome can indicate what actually happened.

For cost analysis, important outcomes include:

Planned

Consumed

Replaced

When a part is Consumed or Replaced, users can record:

Actual Quantity Used

Actual Unit Cost

Currency

This information feeds the actual maintenance parts-cost calculations.

Missing Prices Are Not Treated as Zero

Fabritec now distinguishes between:

USD 0.00

and

No price recorded

A recorded zero means the price is actually zero.

A blank value means the actual cost is still unknown.

This prevents incomplete maintenance cost information from being incorrectly treated as zero spending.

Cost Status

Maintenance Orders can now be evaluated using cost completeness.

Cost Status can include:

Complete

Incomplete

No Parts

Complete

The applicable parts pricing does not require additional follow-up.

Incomplete

One or more parts still require cost information.

No Parts

The maintenance activity did not contain parts requiring cost analysis.

Importantly, a Maintenance Order can be:

Operational Status: Completed

while still having:

Cost Status: Incomplete

This separates maintenance execution from financial data completion.

Technicians do not need to delay closing completed maintenance simply because the final supplier price has not yet been received.

12. Needs Cost Follow-Up

The new Needs Cost Follow-Up queue identifies completed Maintenance Orders where parts were consumed or replaced but the actual cost information is still incomplete.

For example:

Usage Outcome: Consumed
Actual Quantity Used: 2
Actual Unit Cost: Blank

The maintenance work can remain Completed, while Fabritec identifies the order for cost follow-up.

The maintenance or administrative team can later:

Open the Maintenance Order.

Review the Parts section.

Enter the missing Actual Unit Cost.

Confirm the Currency.

Save the updated part.

Return to Parts Cost Analytics.

Refresh the page.

Once all required prices are recorded, the order no longer requires cost follow-up.

This creates a dedicated data-quality workflow around maintenance spending.

13. Open Maintenance Cost Forecast

Maintenance Parts Cost Analytics can also include expected cost from unfinished maintenance work.

Enable:

Include Open Forecast

to include available Planned Parts Cost from open Maintenance Orders.

This gives maintenance teams earlier visibility into:

Upcoming parts requirements

Preventive-maintenance spending

Future maintenance budgets

Expected spare-part demand

Forecast spending remains separate from confirmed actual spending.

This prevents expected cost from being incorrectly presented as realized maintenance cost.

14. Stronger Connection Between Workforce, Production, and Maintenance

This release also strengthens how Workforce, Production, and Maintenance data interact.

Workforce scheduling determines:

Who is expected to work

Which shift applies

Which workstation can be staffed

How much scheduled labour capacity exists

Production determines:

What work was actually recorded

Labour Worked Hours

Workstation Actual Hours

Labour utilization

Maintenance determines:

Whether a workstation is available

Whether capacity is reduced

Whether the workstation is fully stopped

How much scheduled capacity is lost

These data sources are brought together in areas such as:

Shift Calendars

Timesheets

Labour Productivity

Workstation capacity

Maintenance planning

The result is a more realistic operational view.

For example, when a workstation has no production capacity because it is under Full Stop maintenance, the Shift Calendar can show maintenance downtime rather than incorrectly interpreting the situation only as a missing operator problem.

Business Use Cases and Benefits

Workforce Use Cases

Organizing workers by title and department

Managing Day and Night Shift workers

Moving workers between shifts from a future date

Managing fixed-shift crews

Creating automatic Crew rotations

Scheduling multiple Crews on opposite rotation cycles

Managing production and office calendars separately

Applying public holidays to all schedules

Closing only selected departments or calendars

Reviewing workstation operator gaps

Auto-filling available operators

Reviewing staffed versus planned capacity

Investigating maintenance-related capacity losses

Reviewing labour utilization

Recording leave and attendance exceptions

Reviewing daily and weekly Timesheets

Approving historical labour time

Protecting Approved Timesheets from future schedule changes

Maintenance Cost Use Cases

Planning spare parts before preventive maintenance

Estimating preventive-maintenance parts cost

Recording actual part consumption

Recording replacement quantities

Capturing actual supplier prices

Comparing planned and actual parts cost

Investigating expensive workstations

Identifying high-cost preventive programs

Analyzing breakdown-related parts spending

Identifying frequently consumed components

Following up completed orders with missing cost

Forecasting upcoming maintenance parts requirements

Business Benefits

Less dependency on spreadsheet-based shift planning

More accurate labour availability

Stronger workforce scheduling discipline

Better department and Crew organization

Faster schedule changes across multiple workers

Better visibility into workstation staffing gaps

Clearer distinction between staffing shortages and maintenance downtime

Stronger daily capacity visibility

Reduced duplicate Timesheet entry

Better connection between production records and labour time

More controlled attendance and Overtime reporting

Stronger historical Timesheet governance

Better preventive-maintenance parts preparation

More accurate maintenance cost visibility

Faster identification of incomplete maintenance pricing

Better comparison between expected and actual maintenance requirements

Improved coordination between Production, Workforce, Maintenance, and Management

Release Summary

This release introduces major new capabilities across Workforce Scheduling, Timesheets, and Maintenance Cost Control.

New Workforce Capabilities

1. Expanded Labour Management

Connect Labour Titles, workers, departments, Crews, shifts, calendars, Production Stages, and workstations through one Workforce structure.

2. Labour Groups / Departments

Organize workers by department and support department-level Work Calendar inheritance.

3. Advanced Work Shifts

Define reusable shifts with start times, end times, breaks, overnight behavior, and configured working hours.

4. Work Calendars

Create reusable weekly schedules with multiple shifts, Company defaults, Shop defaults, and calendar inheritance.

5. Holidays and Calendar Exceptions

Control one-time and recurring closures across all or selected Work Calendars.

6. Crews and Shift Rotations

Manage operational teams using fixed shifts, reusable rotations, effective dates, and staggered Offset Days.

7. Shift Calendars

Review Workstations, Workstation Groups, Labour, and Crews using Capacity Board and Timeline views.

8. Staffing and Capacity Visibility

Compare Planned Hours, Staffed Hours, Maintenance Downtime, Coverage Gaps, Actual Hours, and Utilization.

9. Derived Timesheets

Calculate labour Timesheets from Workforce schedules and Production activity instead of requiring complete manual time entry.

10. Time Exceptions and Approval

Manage Absent, Sick Leave, Annual Leave, Late, Early Out, Mid-Shift Absence, Overtime, and Swap Cover with individual and bulk workflows.

Maintenance Improvements

11. Maintenance Parts Cost Analytics

Analyze planned and actual parts cost by period, Maintenance Type, Workstation, Plan, Part, and Maintenance Order.

12. Planned Parts Cost

Add expected quantities and estimated prices directly to preventive Maintenance Plans.

13. Actual Parts Cost

Record actual quantities and actual prices for Consumed and Replaced parts during Maintenance Order execution.

14. Cost Status and Follow-Up

Separate completed maintenance work from incomplete pricing and identify orders that still require actual-cost follow-up.

15. Open Cost Forecast

Review expected future parts spending from open maintenance activity without mixing forecast cost with realized spending.

Final Outcome

With this release, Fabritec connects workforce scheduling, production activity, equipment availability, Timesheets, and maintenance parts cost into a more complete operational model.

Teams can now move from:

Workforce Setup → Scheduling → Staffing → Production → Timesheets → Productivity

while Maintenance teams can move from:

Maintenance Plan → Planned Parts → Maintenance Order → Actual Usage → Actual Cost → Cost Analysis

inside the same connected platform.

Workforce administrators gain stronger control over labour structures, shifts, calendars, departments, and Crews.

Production supervisors gain clearer visibility into who is available, which workstations are staffed, and where capacity gaps exist.

Supervisors gain derived Timesheets connected directly with Production activity instead of relying on separate manual time records.

Maintenance teams gain better control over expected spare-part requirements and actual parts consumption.

Management gains clearer visibility into labour capacity, utilization, maintenance downtime, and maintenance parts spending.

Together, these updates strengthen Fabritec's ability to connect people, equipment, schedules, production execution, and operational cost in one system.

Fabritec New Release – 27\7\2026

New Features#

1. Expanded Workforce Management Structure#

Labour Titles#

Individual Labour Records#

Current Shift#

Individual Dated Shifts#

Bulk Labour Actions#

Labour Import#

2. Labour Groups / Departments#

Department-Level Work Calendars#

3. Work Shifts#

Overnight Shifts#

Break-Aware Scheduled Hours#

4. Work Calendars#

Weekly Shift Patterns#

Company and Shop Default Calendars#

Company Default#

Shop Default#

Calendar Inheritance#

Calendar Exceptions#

5. Holiday Management#

Selective Calendar Holidays#

Recurring Holidays#

Special Working During a Holiday#

6. Crews and Shift Rotations#

Fixed Crew Shift#

Shift Rotations#

Effective-Dated Crew Rotations#

Offset Days#

7. Shift Calendars and Workforce Capacity Board#

Capacity Board and Timeline#

Capacity Board#

Timeline#

Capacity Status#

Planned, Staffed, and Actual Hours#

Planned Hours#

Staffed Hours#

Down / Maintenance Hours#

Coverage Gap#

Actual Hours#

Utilization#

Maintenance-Aware Capacity#

Auto-Fill Operator Assignments#

8. Derived Timesheets#

Scheduled Hours and Worked Hours#

Scheduled Hours#

Worked Hours#

Daily and Weekly Review#

Attention Indicators#

Time Exceptions#

Explicit Overtime Classification#

Idle Hours#

Timesheet Approval#

Open#

Approved#

Locked#

Bulk Timesheet Actions#

Future Schedule Visibility#

9. Maintenance Parts Cost Analytics#

Planned vs Actual Maintenance Parts Cost#

Planned Cost#

Actual Cost#

Cost Analytics Filters#

Cost by Workstation#

Cost by Maintenance Plan#

Cost by Part#

Important Cost Scope#

Improvements#

10. Planned Parts and Pricing in Maintenance Plans#

Why Planned Parts Matter#

11. Actual Parts Usage and Cost in Maintenance Orders#

Part Usage Outcomes#

Missing Prices Are Not Treated as Zero#

Cost Status#

Complete#

Incomplete#

No Parts#

12. Needs Cost Follow-Up#

13. Open Maintenance Cost Forecast#

New Features

1. Expanded Workforce Management Structure

Labour Titles

Individual Labour Records

Current Shift

Individual Dated Shifts

Bulk Labour Actions

Labour Import

2. Labour Groups / Departments

Department-Level Work Calendars

3. Work Shifts

Overnight Shifts

Break-Aware Scheduled Hours

4. Work Calendars

Weekly Shift Patterns

Company and Shop Default Calendars

Company Default

Shop Default

Calendar Inheritance

Calendar Exceptions

5. Holiday Management

Selective Calendar Holidays

Recurring Holidays

Special Working During a Holiday

6. Crews and Shift Rotations

Fixed Crew Shift

Shift Rotations

Effective-Dated Crew Rotations

Offset Days

7. Shift Calendars and Workforce Capacity Board

Capacity Board and Timeline

Capacity Board

Timeline

Capacity Status

Planned, Staffed, and Actual Hours

Planned Hours

Staffed Hours

Down / Maintenance Hours

Coverage Gap

Actual Hours

Utilization

Maintenance-Aware Capacity

Auto-Fill Operator Assignments

8. Derived Timesheets

Scheduled Hours and Worked Hours

Scheduled Hours

Worked Hours

Daily and Weekly Review

Attention Indicators

Time Exceptions

Explicit Overtime Classification

Idle Hours

Timesheet Approval

Open

Approved

Locked

Bulk Timesheet Actions

Future Schedule Visibility

9. Maintenance Parts Cost Analytics

Planned vs Actual Maintenance Parts Cost

Planned Cost

Actual Cost

Cost Analytics Filters

Cost by Workstation

Cost by Maintenance Plan

Cost by Part

Important Cost Scope

Improvements

10. Planned Parts and Pricing in Maintenance Plans

Why Planned Parts Matter

11. Actual Parts Usage and Cost in Maintenance Orders

Part Usage Outcomes

Missing Prices Are Not Treated as Zero

Cost Status

Complete

Incomplete

No Parts

12. Needs Cost Follow-Up

13. Open Maintenance Cost Forecast

14. Stronger Connection Between Workforce, Production, and Maintenance