Ark Shift Planner

Intelligent multi-heuristic scheduling with AI-guided justification.
Configure shifts, resources, and jobs — then let the planner optimise your schedule.

Load Sample Scenario

Sample Scenarios

Choose a domain to pre-populate shifts, resources, jobs and constraints.

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Healthcare / Hospital

Schedule surgeons, OR rooms, and nurses across procedure blocks with skill requirements, rest constraints, and dependency chains.

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CNC Discrete Manufacturing

Schedule machining jobs across CNC centres with setup/teardown times, tooling requirements, and QC inspection gaps.

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Automotive Assembly Line

Sequence station jobs with takt time constraints, WIP limits, and dependency chains across a multi-vehicle build.

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Additive Manufacturing (3D Farm)

Assign print jobs to SLA, FDM, and SLS printers with curing/cooldown time requirements and post-processing dependencies.

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Chemical Process Plant

Schedule batch reactor jobs across 3-shift overnight patterns with process temperature ranges, cooldown constraints, and maintenance windows.

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IT Support / Helpdesk

Assign support tickets to tiered agents with SLA due dates, minimum skill levels, and labor headcount requirements.

8 Scheduling Heuristics

EDD, SPT, LPT, Critical Ratio, WSPT, FFD, Simulated Annealing, Genetic Algorithm — plus Auto-select.

Rich Constraint Modelling

Setup/teardown times, skill levels, maintenance windows, labor requirements, dependency chains and more.

Excel Import / Export

Download a template, fill it in Excel, upload it back. Export the full schedule and narrative report.

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