What is SOLUTIO Crane Planner?
SOLUTIO Crane Planner is GO-VIRTUAL’s crane planning software for crane rental companies and organisations working with heavy equipment.
The solution brings crane planning, dispatching, crane operators, ballast trucks, auxiliary equipment, mobile work orders and on-site registration together in one central flow.
This means you do not just plan a crane, but the entire job around people, equipment, timing, execution and administrative processing.
More than a planing board
A regular planning tool shows which crane is booked when. That's not enough for crane rental.
SOLUTIO Crane Planner also checks operators, qualifications, ballast wagons, follow-up vehicles, auxiliary materials, transports, setup and teardown times, and site registrations.
This way, planning is not just a visual exercise, but an operational control of what is truly feasible.
Do you recognize this in your crane planning?
- A crane seems available, but the right operator is missing.
- Ballast wagon, follow-up vehicle, or auxiliary materials are not fully scheduled.
- Double bookings and conflicts only become visible late
- Urgent assignments disrupt the entire dispatch.
- Work orders and performance reports come back late or incomplete.
- Lost hours, waiting times, and downtime only become clear afterward.
In crane rental, poor planning costs not only time. It costs occupancy, margin, billing delays, and trust from customers and teams.
You gain nothing from separate planning tools.You need a central system that brings calm, communicates clearly, and keeps all resources around an assignment together.
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One central system for crane planning, dispatch, and follow-up
Plan cranes, operators, and auxiliary materials together
Plan not only the crane but also operators, ballast trucks, follow-up vehicles, accessories, and other necessary materials in the same flow.
Mobile work orders and registration on site
Operators and crane teams log hours, performance, waiting times, mobility, photos, and notes directly on site.
Real-time capacity and conflict checks
See immediately which resources are available and avoid double bookings, missing resources, or incorrect combinations.
Flow to administration and processing
Work orders, performance data, and logs are seamlessly routed to the back office, post-calculation, and further processing.
Quickly reschedule when changes occur
In case of failure, urgent assignments, or shifting site times, you can quickly adjust the planning without manually rearranging everything.
Visual planning board for dispatch
Work with a clear overview of jobs, resources, time slots, and changes, so planners and dispatchers can respond faster.
Always see what is operationally feasible
SOLUTIO Crane Planner takes into account the factors that make crane planning truly complex:
- availability of cranes by type and capacity
- operators, qualifications, and deployability
- ballast wagons, follow-up wagons, and auxiliary materials
- setup and teardown times
- transportation and relocations
- changes in timing, duration, or site conditions
This way, you plan not only what theoretically fits but also what is operationally feasible.
What this means for your crane rental operation
- Less planning stress for dispatch and scheduling
- Fewer errors due to real-time conflict checks
- Faster response for urgent orders and downtime
- Fewer lost hours and better utilization of the fleet
- Less phone coordination and fragmented communication
- More control over availability, execution, and follow-up
- Better margin control through faster and more accurate feedback on performance
Digital work orders directly from the job site
A crane plan is only reliable if the execution comes back correctly. Crane teams can easily register via the mobile app:
start and stop times
worked hours and performance
waiting times and downtime
mobility and relocations
photos and comments
documents and site information
digital work orders for quick feedback
This way, information does not get stuck in paper, loose emails, or phone calls afterwards.
The back office gains quicker insight into what has actually happened, what is billable, and what needs to be processed.
Visualizations & Gantt overview for planning teams
Crane Planner provides a visual overview of all projects and crane occupancy through an interactive Gantt view. This way, you can see at a glance which crane is being used where, and plan more efficiently than ever.
- Interactive Gantt dashboard
- Colors and labels for status display
- Filter by projects, teams, and locations
Better fleet utilization,
fewer lost hours
Solid crane planning directly impacts your return. You make better use of your fleet, avoid double bookings, and reduce unnecessary transports and waiting times. A standardized working method ensures transparency across dispatch, project teams, and operators, enabling faster and more consistent decision-making.
One flow from request to work order
Crane Planner connects the entire flow around crane rental:
- request or order comes in
- crane, operator, ballast truck, and auxiliary materials are scheduled
- availability and conflicts are checked
- planning is forwarded to dispatch and crane team
- performance, waiting times, and comments are recorded on mobile devices
- digital work orders flow to back office, post-calculation, and processing
Result
Fewer manual transfers, double input, and discussions afterwards.
Sarens – A success story
International operation & planning at Sarens Group
Challenge:
Sarens Group uses SOLUTIO Crane Planner for international crane planning and heavy lifting operations.
Sarens sought a single scalable planning solution that supports local processes while integrating with ERP systems such as Navision, AX, and Dynamics 365 F&O.
Approach:
GO-VIRTUAL developed an international SOLUTIO Crane Planner solution with harmonized processes, mobile registration for crane teams, and bidirectional ERP integrations.
Result:
Sarens gained more control over complex crane planning, faster feedback on performance, better resource utilization, and a scalable operation across different countries and entities.
Read how Sarens works with SOLUTIO Crane Planner
From crane planning to accurate payroll preparation
A crane assignment does not stop at dispatch.
Hours, waiting times, mobility, movements, downtime, and exceptions must be processed correctly. If that information arrives too late or is incomplete, Excel corrections, discussions, and delays in closing occur.
With SOLUTIO Crane Planner, the crane team registers the site reality on the go. VIRO then processes that data into payroll-ready output according to collective labor agreements and internal rules.
This is how you connect crane planning, site registration, approval, post-calculation, and payroll preparation inone controlled flow..
Frequently asked questions about crane planning software
SOLUTIO Crane Planner is planning software for crane rental companies. The solution helps to centrally plan and track cranes, operators, ballast wagons, auxiliary materials, transports, and digital work orders.
Crane Planner is suitable for crane rental companies, heavy lifting organizations, and companies that need to plan heavy equipment, operators, and transports in a complex operational environment.
With Crane Planner, you can plan cranes, operators, qualifications, availabilities, ballast wagons, follow-up vehicles, auxiliary materials, transports, setup and teardown times, and site assignments in one integrated flow.
Crane Planner makes conflicts visible more quickly by checking availability, capacity, operators, equipment, and resources. This reduces the risk of double bookings, forgotten resources, and last-minute corrections.
Yes. For urgent assignments, changed site times, cancellations, or last-minute requests, you can quickly see which cranes, operators, and resources are available. This allows you to reschedule without having to manually figure everything out again.
Yes. Crane teams can fill out digital work orders on site and record performance, waiting times, mobility, photos, comments, and documents via the mobile app.
Yes. Crane Planner can be integrated with ERP systems for master data, planning, post-calculation, and invoicing. Through VIRO, hours, mobility, surcharges, waiting times, and exceptions can also be processed into payroll-ready output.
Take control of your crane planning
When crane planning is spread across Excel, phone, email, and loose work orders, you lose control over deployment, availability, execution, and margin.
With SOLUTIO Crane Planner, you bring cranes, operators, auxiliary materials, dispatch, site registration, and back office together in one flow.
Request a demo and discover how to make your crane planning faster, more accurate, and less error-prone.