Assembly Planning Software
Design, analyze, and optimize assembly processes, workstations, and material supply in one connected planning model.
Why Assembly Planning Becomes Inefficient – and How to Improve Processes Systematically
Assembly planning directly impacts productivity, costs, and process stability. However, processes, workstations, and material supply are often planned separately using spreadsheets or isolated tools. As a result, inefficiencies such as long walking distances, poor line balancing, and unclear dependencies remain difficult to identify and improve.
visTable® connects assembly processes with layout and material flow in one digital model. This makes workflows transparent, bottlenecks visible, and improvements measurable – enabling more efficient and reliable assembly planning.
Assembly Processes Are Difficult to Visualize and Understand
Workstations Are Designed without Full Process Context
Walking Distances and Material Supply Are Not Aligned
Process Improvements Are Hard to Evaluate and Compare
How to Plan and Improve Assembly Processes with visTable®
Design workstations, structure assembly processes, and align material supply within one connected planning model.
Minimize Walking Distances With Assembly Planning Software
Long travel paths in assembly lead to lost time and unnecessary costs. In Lean Management, such movements are considered classic waste because they generate non-value-adding costs in the manufacturing process. With visTable® these paths become visible. The integrated spaghetti diagram clearly illustrates employee movements. This way, you can identify unnecessary walking routes immediately. Each change in the layout is automatically calculated and evaluated, so you can quickly find the most effective arrangement of workstations and processes.
Reduce your travel paths now with digital assembly planning.
Streamline Assembly Workstation Design
With visTable®, you design lean, ergonomic workstations. Use our model catalog with typical 28 mm round tubes and aluminum profiles, or add your own assembly models. You can also easily integrate and position results from cardboard workshops or KAIZEN sessions within the workspace. This allows you to plan, visualize, and validate your workstations directly in 3D. Excessive walking distances or unused areas become immediately visible.
Design your workstation using drag & drop.
Check Ergonomics Using 3D Reach Zones
Poorly designed workstations lead to unnecessary movements and slow down assembly processes. This quickly reduces productivity, especially in assembly lines. With the 3D reach zone in visTable®, you can already check during the planning phase whether workstations are ergonomically designed, tools or materials are placed too far away, or working heights are unnatural. Simply position a person at a table edge to instantly identify potential ergonomic risks. This allows you to adjust workstations in time and prevent incorrect strain.
Prioritize ergonomics in assembly planning to safeguard your team and increase productivity.
Refine Container Placement at the Workstation
With visTable®’s layout optimization, access frequencies are automatically analyzed based on the processes defined in your plan. Materials that are used most frequently are highlighted in red and can be positioned closer to the workstation. This enables you to design a well-organized material setup with short distances, minimal search times, and a clear assembly area free of unnecessary movements.
Evaluate your material supply digitally before your employees get frustrated!
Ready to Optimize Processes and Reduce Inefficiencies in Assembly?
Design workstations, align material supply, and structure assembly processes in one model to improve efficiency and transparency.
visTable® Key Features for Assembly Planning
Use powerful features to design workstations, structure processes, and align material supply within one consistent model.
Material Flow Analysis – visTable®logix
- Analyze transports and walking paths
- Visualize processes transparently
- Compare variants
2D Layout Planning – visTable®touch
- plan assembly areas using drag & drop
- Compare variants in 2D
- Get started quickly without CAD knowledge
Visualization & Virtual Tour – visTable®3D
- Visualize assembly lines realistically
- Map processes
- Convincing presentations for management
„The straightforward approach of visTable®, the resulting structured procedure, and evaluation of transport efforts at the press of a button convinced us.“
How Companies Improve Assembly Planning with visTable®
See how real projects design workstations, structure processes, and increase efficiency in assembly.
Frequently Asked Questions on Assembly Planning with visTable®
What is assembly planning?
Assembly planning involves the organization and design of assembly lines, workstations, and processes. It ensures that workflows are efficient, ergonomic, and cost-effective. With visTABLE®, you can digitalize this process and identify optimization potentials at an early stage.
What is part of assembly planning?
Assembly planning includes, among other things, workstation design, assembly line planning, material supply, synchronization of cycle times, and ergonomic checks. visTABLE® brings all of this together in one software solution.
Who approves the assembly planning?
Generally, assembly planning is approved by production management or plant management. With visTABLE®, planners can present results visually and accelerate well-informed decision-making.
Which project phase does assembly planning belong to?
Assembly planning is part of factory structure and production planning. It includes the detailed planning of processes and typically belongs to the implementation phase. visTABLE® supports you in this with clear layouts and simulations.
Who designs the assembly plan?
Assembly planning is usually carried out by production planners, industrial engineers, or lean experts. visTABLE® simplifies their work by creating transparency and making plans quickly comparable.
How long does it take to implement the software within the company?
You should anticipate 2-3 working days for the implementation, including the training of new users. Training content is individually tailored to your specific use case, allowing you to commence your first internal project already during the training sessions.
What is the cost for implementing assembly planning software?
You can find examples of the budget you should plan for on our pricing page. For precise budget planning tailored to your specific requirements, we recommend coordinating directly with our sales department.
Do I need to purchase additional visTABLE® modules within the software for assembly planning?
That’s not necessary. visTABLE® always includes all available features, so there’s no need to order or activate anything separately.
Can existing production layouts and other available digital models be reused?
visTABLE® offers a range of practical interfaces. For example, existing 2D layouts from CAD software can be directly used as a background for layout design. If you have already planned individual assembly lines in 3D authoring software, these can not only be imported in common data formats but also arranged across different layouts. The same applies to machines in the production area. This even extends to three-dimensional building models, which can be directly integrated from the planner’s BIM process (e.g., architect or general contractor) via IFC import.
Is visTABLE® only suitable for assembly planning, or are there additional areas of application?
visTABLE® can be used wherever layouts need to be planned within a company. It supports systematic layout planning based on material flows to and between all types of value-adding areas, whether in manufacturing, assembly, or broader scenarios such as hall, plant, and site planning.
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