vPlanner V5
User Guide
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3. Getting Started

vPlanner is the most comprehensive and user-friendly production planning and control solution available. With vPlanner, you can collaborate with your team in real time from anywhere in the world.
The interface is organized into working views and associated ribbon tools which should look familiar to anyone who has used Office or Outlook.
Once you log in and open a project, you'll be taken to the vPlanner working views. These views allow you to:
  • Manage tasks and workflows.
  • Participate in pull planning sessions.
  • Review and Improve the Lookahead Reliability.
  • Make and status commitments.
  • Review and summarize the production plan in Gantt views.
  • Track commitments using the Kanban view
  • Review project metrics.
The following sections will guide you through the vPlanner working views and explain their functions in detail.