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conOperationScheduling is the Upgrade for your detailed planning!
We see it every day: production managers struggling with rigid planning boards and confusing Excel lists, while the shop floor has long since moved on.
What’s missing? An interactive planning tool that supports planners on a daily basis, enabling them to plan ahead and respond directly to current events on the shop floor. This allows planners to make more efficient decisions.
With conOperationScheduling, you can get more out of your SAP landscape without legacy issues and without compromises.
Based on our years of experience with classic PP/DS and ERP planning boards, we have developed a tool that not only improves familiar processes, but also takes your planning to the next level: transparent, ergonomic, responsive, and fully SAP-integrated.
Why use an add-on like conOperationScheduling?
The SAP standard (including PP/DS and SAP Manufacturing) offers many functions—but not all. In practice, integrated, user-friendly tools for short-term capacity planning and real-time control are often lacking.
That is why we developed conOperationScheduling as a targeted extension.
Close the gap in capacity planning within S/4HANA
Enable integrated detailed planning in SAP Manufacturing
Using modern technologies for a better user experience
Fully integrate existing SAP processes
Create a central, practical application for all planning-related activities
What is conOperationScheduling?
conOperationsScheduling is your new production planning software with all needed functions for optimal detailed planning.
The standard version runs on S/4HANA 1909 and above. Simpler versions can also be used with earlier SAP releases. Additionally, conOperationScheduling can be used as a module for SAP ME, whereby information from SAP ME is processed.
conOperationScheduling was developed to close existing gaps in capacity and detailed planning. Due to the flexible architecture, production planning is possible in a variety of industries – with plenty of room for customer-specific enhancements. In addition, conOperationScheduling also supports project planning in SAP.
What are the main functions of conOperationScheduling?
Manual Planning – drag & drop
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Keep full control by selecting exactly the orders you want to schedule, tailored to your needs
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Adjust plans effortlessly with a simple move on the planning board – an intuitive interface that makes precise planning fast and user-friendly
Finite- and Infinite Planning
- Different planning scenarios for your requirements
- Create realistic schedules by considering actual capacity limits, avoiding overloads and bottlenecks
- Stay flexible and explore scenarios by planning without capacity restrictions
Planning Simulations
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Test different scheduling scenarios without affecting the live plan – perfect for exploring alternatives and finding the best solution
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Make confident decisions by saving only the changes that truly improve your plan
Utilization Curves
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Instantly visualize capacity usage with clear, integrated charts – see overloads and free slots at a glance
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Combine with finite planning to quickly identify bottlenecks and optimize resource allocation
Capacity Summary
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The capacity summary provides, in addition to the utilization curve, a tabular overview in the side panel with more detailed information and enables the comparison of the utilization of dispatched and deallocated orders
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The view can be flexibly adjusted by time intervals from shift to month. In addition, custom limits can be highlighted with color
Shift Display & Change
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View assigned shifts directly for each capacity, making capacity supplies transparent and easy to monitor
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Adapt capacity instantly by adjusting shifts within conOperationScheduling – giving you full control over available resources
Setup Optimisation
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Define setup criteria that reflect your unique production needs – from changeover times between operations and materials to completely custom, business-specific rules
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Reduce setup effort by automatically sequencing orders for the smoothest possible transitions
ATP Check
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Run an Available-to-Promise check directly from conOperationScheduling, either on demand or automatically during planning simulations
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Instantly verify quantities, delivery dates, and requirement dates for every change – ensuring reliable and feasible schedules
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Works hand in hand with the Missing Parts List to keep material availability under control
Missing Parts List
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Get a clear, structured list of all missing parts directly within the app – no need to jump between different tools
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Keep material shortages transparent and always under control, ensuring smooth production planning
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Easily navigate from the overview to resolve issues quickly and minimize delays
Relation between different product levels (pegging)
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Gain transparency with pegging by visualizing the relationships
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See the earliest requirement date for each operation highlighted directly in the chart – ensuring dependencies are always visible and easy to track
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Understand cross-level dependencies to plan more accurately and react faster to changes
Tracking Order Confirmations
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View both partial and final confirmations of operations directly in the Gantt chart to keep progress transparent
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Access detailed confirmation data for every operation across all apps to stay informed about production status
How can conOperationScheduling be visualized?
The Work Calendar simplifies detailed scheduling for individual workstations in a familiar Outlook-style view. Operations can be managed flexibly, with frozen periods and slots automatically taken into account.
The Tabular Planning Board provides a clear tabular view when operations in the Gantt chart become too small. It enhances visibility of order details, supports managing alternative capacities, and includes convenient Excel export functionality.
The Dashboard displays the production schedule in the production area – similar to the Planning Board, but without fucntions for planning or changing. It is designed purely for overview and information.
The Sequencer builds on the Tabular Planning Board with detailed sequence planning capabilities. Operations can be managed in tabular views and worklists, shifted via drag & drop, and flexibly grouped or filtered. Period summaries with utilization and capacity data provide precise scheduling support.
With Edit Shifts, shift changes can be applied across multiple capacities at once. All changes are saved directly in the capacity intervals and are automatically considered in the other applications. Features such as utilization curves and individual capacity adjustments support easy simulation and optimisation.
What are the benefits of conOperationScheduling?
Success Stories
Future-Proof Production Planning: How TIGER Coatings Replaced CM25 with conOperationScheduling (conOS)
TIGER Coatings
Increased planning reliability through integrated and holistic production planning
Burgis GmbH
Integrated planning process with conOS at Zumtobel Group
Zumtobel Group
In which industries is conOperationScheduling implemented?
Steel & Non-ferrous metals
Paper and Wood Processing
Textile
Hightech and Electronics
Consumer Goods
Machine & Plant Construction
Transport
Your industry is missing? conOperation Scheduling covers everything!
Get started with conOperationScheduling!
Useful Links
Future-proof production planning
How TIGER Coatings Replaced CM25 with conOperationScheduling (conOS)
Language: German / English
Duration: 5 minutes
Greater planning certainty
Production planning used to be a very complex and labor-intensive process that frequently resulted in incomplete plans or overproduction.
Language: German / English
Duration: 3 minutes
CM25 is being discontinued
The Compatibility Scope has been unavailable since December 31, 2025.
Language: German / English
Duration: 4 minutes
Frequently asked questions
Who is conOperationScheduling intended for?
conOperationScheduling is aimed at companies that require modern, integrated capacity and detailed planning within SAP S/4HANA and SAP Manufacturing and want to bundle their planning-related activities in a central application.
What does conOS stand for?
conOS stands for ConcircleOperationScheduling, which is an add-on for SAP S/4HANA.
Why should I use conOperationScheduling?
With conOperationScheduling, you can close gaps in capacity and detailed planning within your SAP system and benefit from integration with S/4HANA, a modern user interface, and innovative front-end and back-end technologies that enable efficient, customer-specific, and user-friendly planning.
For which industries is conOperationScheduling suitable?
conOperationScheduling is suitable for companies from a wide range of industries and is already being used successfully in the milling industry, the food industry, and other companies in the manufacturing and process industries.
Is conOperationScheduling also available in the cloud?
Yes, for customers with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, we offer conOS.cloud—a specially adapted version that is optimally designed for cloud-based SAP environments. Learn more about conOS.CLOUD!
Sara Schieck
Product Manager conOperationScheduling
Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have about this solution!