Approval time is real time
A four-hour proof stage may be mostly waiting, but it still consumes schedule. Keep elapsed waiting separate from machine utilization when a more detailed production calendar is required.
JOB TIMELINE PLANNER
Work backward from
the real delivery gate.
Model the elapsed time between file readiness and delivery, expose the latest safe start and show whether the current moment is already inside the required production window.
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Plan backward from delivery
latest start = due timestamp − sum(stage hours + contingency)
The model uses elapsed hours; working-hours/day is reported as an equivalent workload, not a hidden calendar.
Latest-start timeline
Total modeled time–elapsed hours
Latest start–for entered stages
Slack now–before latest start
MODEL
Enter a due timestamp.
The stage list will schedule backward from delivery.
A deadline model should reveal the buffer instead of pretending every hour is productive.
Transit is not production capacity
The timeline includes handoff or transit because the customer deadline includes it. Capacity Planner separately models whether the production stage itself can fit the available machine window.
Rebuild after change
A revised quantity, finishing method or approval round can move the latest start. Save the timeline signal only after the duration assumptions match the current job.