Scheduling
The issue
No trusted view of the week - template, fab, and fit keep colliding.
One shared calendar tied to each job so the week is planned, not fought over - including an Outlook-style week board while you move off a shared diary.
Stop running the week from a whiteboard, a spreadsheet, and whoever answered the phone last. Everyone sees the same booked work - not three conflicting versions of the truth.
Turn on autoschedule and set your shop offsets - for example cut a week after templating, fit a week after cut. When you book templating on a new or existing job, empty cut and fit dates fill in from those lead times. Move an upstream date and CutBench asks before nudging dates you already set. Turn it off for one awkward job without changing shop defaults.
Subscribe with a private link so CutBench shows in Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or any phone calendar app - no Google or Microsoft account connection required. Use a personal link for your own visits, or a shop link for the whole production board while you migrate off a shared Outlook calendar.
Keep the diary you already use. Admins can subscribe the shared shop calendar so live CutBench jobs appear in Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, or another calendar app. CutBench stays the source of truth — changes in the other calendar do not write back.
Set templating, cut, and fit dates on the job and they appear on the shared calendar automatically - with the job ref, site, and status - so a diary change is never trapped in someone’s personal calendar. Optional product range colours and a short calendar note make week bars read like the Outlook labels shops already use.
Office books the work; templaters and fitters see what’s coming. Freelance templaters and fitters also get a dedicated schedule in their portals - so “when are you free?” stops being a WhatsApp thread. Mark away time or meetings on the shop calendar when someone is off.
Scheduling isn’t a separate diary bolted on the side. When dates move, the pipeline, quotes, and field updates all point at the same job.
Who it helps
Plan the week from one calendar - book templating, cut, and fits on the job, with optional Pro lead times and an Outlook-style week board.
See what’s booked this week before you cut - same view the office uses, not a photocopied list.
Check upcoming templates and installs on your phone calendar via a private CutBench subscribe link; freelancers also use their portal schedule.
Run a real job from quote to done before you choose a plan. Book a demo if you'd rather walk through it first.
