Production scheduling
Replace spreadsheet-based scheduling with a live board that understands jobs, operations, work centers, machines, shifts, labor, and due dates.
AI manufacturing software
AI-first ERP for manufacturers that run on real-world chaos.
PrepDesk connects your ERP, schedules, engineering files, purchasing email, materials data, and production constraints into a live operating model that helps managers decide what should run next.
Manufacturing operations workspace
ERP, schedules, purchasing, and production constraints
Live scheduleCapacityMaterialsAt-risk jobsRFQsManager alerts
Work needing attention
Live constraintsOrder ready to run
Capacity available, required materials ready
Material-dependent order
Material delivery delayed, alternate slot available
Engineering-dependent order
Drawing revision needs manager approval
Recommended action
Move an at-risk order into the next available production slot, then send the revised schedule for manager approval.
Schedule
Finite-capacity board
Materials
RFQs and readiness
Execution
Alerts and re-optimization
Margins
Estimate vs. actual
Operations summary
Late jobs, bottlenecks, material blockers, RFQs waiting, and margin-risk work sent by email or text.
Operations layer
Start above the ERP, then earn the right to replace more of it.
PrepDesk connects to existing systems in a controlled way, solves painful daily scheduling and material decisions, and builds the reusable model for broader AI-first ERP workflows.
Capacity planning
See machine, department, work-center, and labor load before bottlenecks turn into late orders.
Material readiness
Show whether each job has required materials available, on order, delayed, or missing before the schedule commits constrained capacity.
At-risk order detection
Flag orders likely to miss due dates because of capacity, supplier delays, labor constraints, engineering changes, or missing materials.
RFQ and purchasing workflows
Draft vendor RFQs, track replies, compare price and lead time, and prepare approved purchase packets for entry.
Estimating and margin intelligence
Find similar past jobs, compare estimates to actuals, expose margin leakage, and improve quoting decisions over time.
Capabilities
High-level features for running manufacturing work.
PrepDesk focuses on the core decisions that determine throughput, delivery performance, purchasing efficiency, and margin.
Connect to existing systems
Use your ERP, scheduling spreadsheets, shared files, email, CRM, and engineering metadata to create one operating picture without forcing an immediate system replacement.
Plan around real constraints
Model jobs, operations, routings, work centers, machines, shifts, labor, materials, vendors, purchase orders, and due dates so teams can plan with actual constraints.
React to production changes
Re-optimize when a worker is unavailable, a machine goes down, a rush order arrives, a supplier slips, or a material constraint changes.
Keep people in control
Require approval for schedule changes, RFQs, purchase packets, customer notifications, and other sensitive actions, with audit trails and manual overrides.
Measure execution and margin
Show late orders, at-risk work, bottlenecks, material blockers, RFQs waiting, and estimate-vs-actual margin trends in one place.
Scale across teams
Support role-based visibility for leaders, planners, purchasing, engineering, supervisors, and operators so each team sees the decisions it owns.
Control model
Built for factories where incorrect automation is expensive.
Manufacturing software needs human override, clear approvals, and operational auditability because schedules, materials, POs, and customer commitments have real-world consequences.
FAQ
Plain answers for manufacturers.
How PrepDesk fits with ERP data, scheduling, purchasing workflows, and production decision making.
Does this replace my ERP immediately?+
No. The first version can sit above your ERP, scheduling spreadsheets, email, shared files, and engineering systems. It starts as a trusted operations layer, then can take over more ERP-like workflows as the software proves value.
Why start with scheduling?+
Scheduling touches due dates, labor, machine capacity, material readiness, customer commitments, and margin. It is the clearest wedge for immediate operational value.
Where does AI actually act?+
AI can recommend schedule changes, check material readiness, draft RFQs, summarize vendor replies, compare estimates to actuals, send alerts, and prepare updates for human approval.
How do manufacturers stay in control?+
PrepDesk keeps approval workflows, manual overrides, permissions, and audit logs around sensitive actions like changing schedules, sending RFQs, drafting POs, and notifying customers.
Build the AI operations layer
Give managers the schedule, material, and margin visibility they need before problems become late jobs.
Book a walkthrough of the manufacturing operations layer, high-level features, and path toward AI-first ERP workflows.