Manufacturing
Shifts, qualifications and production orders in one plan.
Planning tasks
Shifts, qualifications and orders in one plan.
Hawk IVO Plan is the functional core for planning logic, rules, optimization and plan versions. It plans your team according to qualifications and in step with your customer orders.
Employees are involved: they see their shift schedule, submit absence requests and swap shifts.
Placeholder: an approved real product view will follow.
Features
What Hawk IVO Plan covers.
The feature blocks come from the platform's scope of services to date.
Staff and master data
- User management, master data, employee import and digital personnel file
- Absence planning with vacation requests, absence types and plant calendar
- Qualification matrix and qualification-based matching
Shifts
- Drag-and-drop shift planning, shift requirements and shift swaps
- Shift system groups and automatic assignment
- Mobile app with shift schedule, absence requests and chat
Production
- Detailed scheduling of production orders and machine calendar
- Production-oriented planning and allocation of production orders
- Dynamic requirements when order volumes fluctuate
Time and reporting
- Time tracking, time accounts, approval processes and allowances
- Reporting, audit-proof documentation and log system
AI features
- Forecasts of staffing and production requirements
- Optimization of shift and order planning
The assignment of individual features to Hawk IVO Plan or a solution package is currently being confirmed. We will clarify the right scope for you in a conversation.
Industries
Hawk IVO Plan in your industry.
For manufacturing, aviation, logistics and healthcare, we show which planning tasks Hawk IVO Plan takes on.
Aviation
Round-the-clock staffing by qualifications and authorizations.
Logistics
Shifts in step with orders, peaks and short-notice changes.
Healthcare
Plan duties by qualifications, rules and absences.
Integrations
Connected to your systems.
ERP and SAP
Import master data, orders and personnel movements from SAP and other ERP systems.
MES and time tracking
Production data and recorded times feed into planning, including directly from the terminal of our partner Datafox.
Hawk API and SSO
Data exchange via the Hawk API and login via single sign-on.
How it fits together
Plan, make visible and execute.
With Hawk IVO Space, Hawk IVO Plan presents planning in work interfaces for planners and teams, including at the workplace on the shop floor. Hawk IVO Force can support planning steps with agents.
INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL OPERATIONSOrdersOrganize
Hawk IVO PlanPlan
Hawk IVO ForceExecuteWorkplaceFeedback
Operation and licenses
Public cloud, private cloud or on-premises.
So far, the platform has been offered in the public cloud, in a private cloud and on-premises. Licenses are based on the users relevant to planning.
Use cases
What you plan with Hawk IVO Plan.
Manufacturing · Aviation · Logistics · Healthcare
Involving employees: shift swaps and self-organization
Employees see their shift schedule, request absences and choose tasks themselves, within the framework that planning sets.
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Manufacturing · Aviation · Logistics · Healthcare
Qualification-based staff scheduling
Deploy employees only where qualification and certificate match: qualification matrix and qualification-based matching in Hawk IVO Plan.
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Manufacturing · Aviation · Logistics · Healthcare
Shift planning in multi-shift operations
Plan shifts in 24/7 operations according to rules, qualifications and absences instead of reconciling spreadsheets by hand: how Hawk IVO Plan helps.
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Manufacturing · Logistics
Time recording and sign-in at the terminal
Record arrivals, departures and breaks at the terminal and check qualifications before a work step: Hawk IVO Plan with the Datafox EVO 3.5 Universal.
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Manufacturing
Planning staff in step with production orders
Plan staff and production orders together: detailed scheduling, machine calendar and dynamic requirements when order volumes fluctuate, in Hawk IVO Plan.
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In practice
Planning with Hawk IVO Plan in live operations.
From global qualification management at MANN+HUMMEL and 24/7 operations in the chemical industry to self-organization in assembly.
Customer project · Manufacturing
MANN+HUMMEL: global qualification management with Hawk IVO Plan
How MANN+HUMMEL manages employee qualifications at plants worldwide with Hawk IVO Plan: matrices per workplace, skill levels and an MES connection.
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Customer project · Chemicals
OXEA: shift planning in a chemical plant with Hawk IVO Plan
How OXEA moved shift planning for 24/7 operations at its Werk Ruhrchemie site in Oberhausen from Excel to Hawk IVO Plan and how it matches qualifications.
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Research project · Manufacturing
IMS Gear: self-organization in assembly in the agileASSEMBLY project
How IMS Gear and Hawk, in the agileASSEMBLY research consortium, tested a digital planning board that lets assembly teams organize themselves.
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Qualification matrix
How qualifications and certificates are built into shift planning.
Read the articleResearch with Fraunhofer and universities
In research projects such as agileASSEMBLY and KI-ULTRA, we have worked with Fraunhofer IAO and other partners on agile shift planning and on introducing AI in companies.
Projects and studiesISO/IEC 27001:2022
Our information security management system is certified for the development and sales of our SaaS solutions for staff and production planning.
Security and ISO 27001
Questions
Frequently asked questions about Hawk IVO Plan
Is there a mobile app for employees?
Yes. Employees see their shift schedule, submit absence requests and use the chat in the mobile app.
Can plants abroad also be included?
Yes. Within a framework agreement, plant-specific cost structures can be mapped so that every site is included in the overall planning.
Can planning be connected to SAP?
Yes. Master data and personnel movements can be imported from SAP, for example to activate or deactivate temporary employees automatically.
Conversation
Discuss your planning task with us.
We will show you how Hawk IVO Plan brings together your shifts, qualifications and orders.
