--- description: Review of Schedlyzer Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Schedlyzer | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Production Scheduling Software](/directory/377/production-planning-scheduling-software/software) > [Schedlyzer](/software/227497/schedlyzer) # Schedlyzer Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/227497/schedlyzer Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/227497/schedlyzer?page=2) > Schedlyzer is a production scheduling solution that helps small and midsize manufacturing businesses streamline capacity planning, automated scheduling and change management operations. It allows organizations to process high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) and make-to-order (MTO) manufacturing orders. Features of Schedlyzer include Gantt charts, reporting, what-if scenario analysis, a drag-and-drop interface and more. It enables managers to view job scheduling details, projected daily resource utilization levels and resource utilization percentages in the production scheduling module. Additionally, it lets supervisors monitor the production lifecycle and manually modify job schedules as per business requirements. Schedlyzer helps businesses integrate the system with several third-party material requirements planning (MRP) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms. Pricing is available on request and support is extended via phone, email and other online measures. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 19 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 19 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Optisol - **Founded**: 2004 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Please contact Optisol directly for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Canada, United States ## Features - Automated Scheduling - Capacity Planning - Change Management - Drag & Drop - Gantt Chart - Gantt/Timeline View - Material Requirements Planning - Production Management - Production Scheduling - Reporting/Analytics - Scheduling - What-if Analysis ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Production Scheduling Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/377/production-planning-scheduling-software/software) ## Related Categories - [Production Scheduling Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/377/production-planning-scheduling-software/software) - [Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4083/aps/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Also, because its based on Access databases, the outputs are easy to integrate into other reporting and visualization applications. > > **Cons**: Some of the architecture and terminology are not very intuitive, and sometimes even counter-intuitive. > > I was able to develop forecasting schedules based on true hourly capacity. ----- ### "Optimizing Job-Shop Production" — 4.0/5 > **John** | *7 January 2015* > > Our company is in the custom floor finishing business which means we purchase milled wood and finish it (color and texture) as a unique custom order. We were initially concerned the Schedlyzer would not apply to us since we were not actually manufacturing or fabricating a product but were performing a service. We quickly learned the tool was adaptable to our environment and we were able to start scheduling our jobs fairly quickly after getting the software. PROS: 1. By creating and using templates, we could enter new jobs very quickly 2. The ability to set job priority helped us assure the most important jobs were completed first 3. The Gantt chart view enabled our production staff and sales force to have the ability to view where projects were on a daily basis CONS: 1. The print capacity is not there only for graphs. All schedule output in numerical form can be printed and saved without any problem. 2. We were initially unable to group multiple jobs with a single customer. We later discovered if customer name is entered as "Part Number", then you can filter all projects belonging to a customer on Gantt chart. OVERALL IMPRESSION: We are very pleased with the ease of use, simplicity, and versatility of the tool. We also had outstanding customer support and any and every time we had a problem, we were able to get a quick response and quick resolution. We believe this tool was very much worth the purchase and the effort. ----- ### "Schedulyzer Lite in a small shop with highly varied tasks and worker skills" — 4.0/5 > **Emily** | *20 April 2018* | Furniture | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: We are a small custom furniture and upholstery company. Our business and team began growing quickly a couple of years ago when we began manufacturing marine cushions; as such excel and a calendar were not cutting it anymore to manage our schedule. We needed something to help us manage and schedule the steps that had to occur to ensure jobs were completed on time. Schedulyzer Lite has met our needs at a manageable start-up cost for a company of our size. - I like that I am able to enter jobs with multiple tasks that are completed by different workers and at various points. This software is able to sequence the steps appropriately while working to meet the overall due date. - It’s easy to print off the schedule details with just a couple of clicks. - Customer service is excellent; requests for assistance are responded to almost always the same day, often in the same hour. - Technicians will walk you step by step through the launch and assist with any challenges you encounter for quite a while after your launch - The software is straightforward to use and I love that it saves job templates so I can easily enter similar jobs in the future. > > **Cons**: Optisol rep I worked with was sometimes hard to understand due to a thick accent; however he was always very patient to repeat/rephrase when needed. - I wish I could print off/export the gantt chart view of the schedule. > > It has helped us take a very busy schedule with several workers of varying skills and jobs with numerous different steps, and manage it to help ensure we prioritize jobs correctly, and understand our capacity. ----- ### "Schedlyzer user for over 4 years" — 5.0/5 > **Carlos** | *22 March 2017* | Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The ability to make sense of large number of activities, with different priorities and different constraints. > > **Cons**: That it does not run a live simulation of what should be going on. It basically gives a static forecast every time. Reporting is not that great looking either. > > Optisol´s solution has been of great benefit for our organization and for our customers\! We have managed to place control over a very large and complicated manufacturing process. The process of introduction to the operation of Schedulyzer was significantly less painful than expected. We got higher confidence in the completeition times of our projects, specially larger ones. We typically operate with around 100 orders active in the system at the same time, each having a large amount of activities. Now we are in the process of bringing the rest of our operations to the system sure of bringing the benefits Optisol advertise. ----- ### "Schedlyzer Lite does a great job for the price." — 5.0/5 > **Rob** | *13 April 2018* | Machinery | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: We are a small company that makes custom industrial ovens. We do engineering design, fabrication, welding, painting, assembly, electrical wiring and testing for all ovens. We were having a difficult time estimating our ship dates and understanding capacity constraints. However, we did not want to spend a lot of money on scheduling software that might be too cumbersome for us to understand and maintain. Schedlyzer Lite has met our needs for a great price. It is not fancy, but it does the job and is easy to maintain and understand. It is easy to set-up so the 60 day trial period was plenty of time for me to make my buy decision. Customer support is excellent. I get my questions answered on the spot or within few hours Price is very affordable for the functionality you get Ability to create routing templates makes entering new jobs easy > > **Cons**: It is sometimes difficult for me to understand one of the rep due to his accent. However, he is more than willing to explain things again. It would be nice to see a list of jobs ready for a resource, but which are waiting because another job is occupying that resource. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/227497/schedlyzer?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/227497/schedlyzer) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data