Illustrative previewA build-to-order Dynamics 365 Business Central extension that defines shift patterns,
crew calendars, holidays, and per-work-center exceptions so finite scheduling and capacity planning reflect real available hours.
What is Production Calendar & Shift Capacity Manager?
A build-to-order Dynamics 365 Business Central extension that defines shift patterns, crew calendars, holidays, and per-work-center exceptions so finite scheduling and capacity planning reflect real available hours. Built to order by ECOSIRE for Dynamics 365 BC (build-to-order) — indicative price from $999.00 USD; request a quote for a scoped proposal.
Key Features
Built to order, done for you
No DIY setup — a working app, built, installed and supported by ECOSIRE.
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You order
Start with a one-time build price. We scope it with you at kickoff.
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We build & install
ECOSIRE builds, configures and installs it on your Dynamics 365 Business Central.
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Go live + support
You go live in about one working week, with two weeks of go-live support. Defects in the code we deliver are fixed free of charge.
About this Product
Production Calendar & Shift Capacity Manager is a per-tenant AL extension that ECOSIRE builds, installs, and supports on your Dynamics 365 Business Central environment. It closes a real gap in core BC: standard Shop Calendars and Work Center Calendar entries assume tidy, repeating working days and offer no first-class model for rotating shifts, crew-specific calendars, plant shutdowns, or one-off exception days. Planners end up hand-editing Calendar Entries or padding routing times — and APS/MRP then schedules against capacity that doesn't exist.
This extension adds a structured layer on top of the native Capacity ledger. You define reusable shift patterns (e.g., 06:00–14:00 / 14:00–22:00 / night, weekend crews, 4-on-4-off rotations) and assign them per Work Center or Machine Center. Holiday calendars and exception days are maintained per work center or shared across the plant, with override precedence so a plant shutdown beats a normal shift. Efficiency and availability factors (planned maintenance windows, ramp-up, absenteeism allowances) reduce gross shift hours to realistic net hours.
Under the hood it ships as table and page extensions plus event subscribers on Business Central's Calendar Management codeunit, so the Calendar Entries that feed Order Scheduling, Capacity Planning, and any APS add-on reflect your real available hours — no parallel scheduling engine, no data duplication. A visual calendar editor page lets planners see and adjust the resulting working calendar per work center. Standard BC permission sets, the OData/REST API for the calendar tables, and optional job-queue regeneration of forward calendars are all included. Because it's per-tenant, it coexists cleanly with your other extensions and AppSource apps and is upgraded with your BC release cadence.
What you get
- Per-tenant Business Central AL extension (.app) built for your BC version, installed on sandbox then production
- Source AL project (table/page extensions, codeunits, event subscribers, permission sets) handed over in a Git repository
- Configured shift patterns, holiday calendars, and availability factors for your in-scope work centers
- Permission sets assigned to planner and viewer roles plus a short admin configuration guide
- OData/REST endpoint documentation for the calendar, shift, and holiday tables
- Optional job-queue setup for scheduled forward-calendar regeneration
- Deployment runbook covering sandbox validation, production install, and rollback
- Post-go-live support and BC version-compatibility maintenance under the agreed support window
Who this is for
Production Planning Manager
Owns finite scheduling and capacity planning. Needs Calendar Entries to reflect actual shift coverage, crews, and shutdowns so promise dates and load profiles are trustworthy instead of padded guesses.
Manufacturing IT / BC Administrator
Responsible for the BC environment and its extensions. Wants a clean per-tenant AL app with proper permission sets and telemetry that upgrades with the release ring rather than ad-hoc customizations on the base tables.
Operations Director
Cares that scheduling reflects reality — overtime days, plant closures, maintenance windows — so capacity utilization reporting and delivery commitments hold up to scrutiny.
How Production Calendar & Shift Capacity Manager Compares
| Criterion | ECOSIRE | Custom Build | Competitor | Dynamics 365 Business Central Native |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotating/multi-crew shift patterns assignable per work center | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Not included |
| Per-work-center and plant-wide holiday/exception handling with override precedence | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Not included |
| Efficiency/availability factors reducing gross to net capacity hours | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Partial support |
| Writes to native Calendar Entries (no parallel scheduling engine) | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Included |
| Built, installed, and supported on your tenant with version-compatibility maintenance | Included | Not included | Partial support | Not included |
| Tailored to your exact shift/exception rules without writing the AL yourself | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| OData/REST API exposure of shift and calendar tables for Power BI/Power Automate | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Partial support |
Frequently Asked Questions about Production Calendar & Shift Capacity Manager
How long until it's live on our Business Central tenant?
This is a build-to-order extension, not an instant AppSource download. After a short scoping call to confirm your work centers, shift patterns, and exception rules, typical delivery is about one working week: we build the AL extension against your BC version, install and validate it in your sandbox, then schedule the production install during a maintenance window. Complex rotating-crew rules or many work centers can extend the timeline, and we confirm the exact lead time in writing before you commit.
Is this a real download from Microsoft AppSource?
No. ECOSIRE builds it and installs it as a per-tenant extension directly on your Business Central environment. There is no public AppSource listing to click-install. This keeps the app tailored to your shift and calendar rules while still being a proper signed AL extension that coexists with your other apps and upgrades with your release cadence.
What ongoing support and updates are included?
Each engagement includes a support window for bug fixes and configuration help. Critically, because BC ships major updates twice a year, we provide version-compatibility maintenance: we recompile and re-validate the extension against new BC releases so it keeps working through upgrades. Support and update terms (duration, response targets) are set out in your order; renewal or a maintenance retainer is available afterward.
Will it break or replace native Capacity and scheduling?
No. It writes net available hours into Business Central's native Calendar Entries through event subscribers on the standard Calendar Management codeunit. Order Scheduling, Capacity Planning, and any APS add-on continue to read the same native data — there's no parallel engine and no duplicated capacity ledger. If you ever uninstall, BC reverts to its standard calendar behavior.
Can the shift and calendar data feed Power BI or external systems?
Yes. The shift-pattern, holiday, and computed-calendar tables are exposed via Business Central's OData v4 / REST API, so Power BI, Power Automate, and external systems can read available capacity. We document the endpoints and entity fields as part of delivery, and can extend the API surface to specific fields you need during the build.
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Production Calendar & Shift Capacity Manager
A build-to-order Dynamics 365 Business Central extension that defines shift patterns, crew calendars, holidays, and per-work-center exceptions so finite scheduling and capacity planning reflect real available hours.
- Reusable shift-pattern library (fixed, rotating, multi-crew, weekend) assignable per Work Center or Machine Center
- Crew calendars so different teams on the same work center carry different available hours
- Per-work-center and plant-wide holiday calendars with documented override precedence (shutdown beats shift beats default)
- One-off exception days for overtime, extra shifts, partial closures, and planned maintenance windows