Ganttic
Encyclopedia
Ganttic is a web based planning and scheduling application for organizations focusing on resource scheduling
and project planning
.
Ganttic got its name from Gantt chart
. It solves the resource management problems and therefore improves the efficiency of resource usage. Resources like staff members, production lines, vehicles, facilities etc. are the main bearers of costs. Therefore their careful managing is crucial for any business. Ganttic can be used as group calendar as well.
service built using Adobe Flex
. Besides Saas
model, Ganttic is also available for installing onto customers own servers.
Scheduling (production processes)
Scheduling is an important tool for manufacturing and engineering, where it can have a major impact on the productivity of a process. In manufacturing, the purpose of scheduling is to minimize the production time and costs, by telling a production facility when to make, with which staff, and on...
and project planning
Project planning
Project planning is part of project management, which relates to the use of schedules such as Gantt charts to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment....
.
Ganttic got its name from Gantt chart
Gantt chart
A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the work breakdown structure of the project. Some Gantt charts...
. It solves the resource management problems and therefore improves the efficiency of resource usage. Resources like staff members, production lines, vehicles, facilities etc. are the main bearers of costs. Therefore their careful managing is crucial for any business. Ganttic can be used as group calendar as well.
Areas of use
- ManufacturingManufacturingManufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
- EngineeringEngineeringEngineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
- ConstructionConstructionIn the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
- Project based services (design agencies, architects etc.)
Software
Ganttic is SaasSaas
SAAS is an abbreviation for* Social Accountability Accreditation Services* Software as a service * Student Awards Agency for Scotland* Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences* South Australian Ambulance Service...
service built using Adobe Flex
Adobe Flex
Adobe Flex is a software development kit released by Adobe Systems for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash platform...
. Besides Saas
Saas
SAAS is an abbreviation for* Social Accountability Accreditation Services* Software as a service * Student Awards Agency for Scotland* Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences* South Australian Ambulance Service...
model, Ganttic is also available for installing onto customers own servers.
History
3 estonian entrepreneurs from WoodWare Systems, Ivar Veenpere, Rainer Kivimaa and Indrek Kuldkepp, had an idea to create a web based resource and project planning solution. In early 2008 a beta version of YUTITI was introducedl. While still in beta stage YUTITI was accepted by many companies as their only planning tool. In 2010 YUTITI was renamed to Ganttic and is publicly available since August 2010.Competitors
- Tom's Planner
- LiquidPlannerLiquidPlannerLiquidPlanner, Inc. is a project management software company based in Washington. The firm was founded in 2006 and launched their first release to a public beta in 2008....
- Online project management software for scheduling, collaboration, and time tracking