An order rarely consists of articles alone. Somebody has to carry it out.

The question comes before the plan

An order rarely consists of articles alone. Somebody has to carry it out, and usually that somebody needs something else as well. Suddenly a stock level is no longer enough, and stock management becomes resource planning.

Jobtura therefore treats resources not as isolated calendars but as part of the order. The first question is not who is free on Tuesday, but what this order needs in order to actually happen.

Staff carry qualifications and availabilities. A job might call for a driving licence, might call for particular skill, might simply call for somebody who is not already on another order at that time. Qualifications and availability therefore govern the dispatch.

Alongside people, articles are scheduled, and alongside those what is neither goods nor person: rooms, areas, vehicles and tools are available as resources and appear in the same availability overview.

Conflicts belong at the front

One person cannot be on two building sites at once. One vehicle cannot be on two routes. One individual machine cannot be at two customers. These are simple truths that turn into a surprisingly complicated plan as a company grows.

The bar chart lays jobs and line items across time, so overlaps become visible before they become a problem. Availability per article and day flags overbooking, and approved absences take effect on the dispatch immediately.

That way the dispatch answers a question that otherwise only gets answered on the day: can you commit without taking it back later.

Every company needs different resources. An event technician needs equipment, an exhibition builder needs staff, material, vehicles and production time, a service company needs a technician with parts and a service vehicle. Almost every operating company needs several of them at once, and that is exactly where a calendar becomes a dispatch.

The plan becomes the billing

Once the order is planned, everyone involved knows when and where they are needed. Material is prepared to match, vehicles are dispatched, and the execution follows the same plan.

Times are recorded or taken over from the planned jobs. A service is a line item type of its own and is valued by time or as a flat rate, mixed with goods in the same job.

The target comes from working time model, shift and public holiday calendar. Holiday, sickness and other absences are requested, checked and approved, and they act back on the same plan.

In the end there is not only who was scheduled, but who was actually there, how long the job took and what it cost. People, equipment, vehicles, rooms, material and time come together in the same calculation.