Design and creative production: Scheduling software for restoration studios
Scheduling software for restoration studios that plans by conservator and treatment period, with drying and curing times, waiting for approval and fixed deadlines for exhibitions.
What makes scheduling hard for restoration studios.
A restoration never runs in a straight line. A consolidation has to dry before work can continue, a cleaning test waits for the owner's verdict, and a fill must cure before retouching. Meanwhile other objects in the studio need space and attention. Conservators often work on several objects at once precisely to use those waiting times. But when a museum needs a painting back for an exhibition and the owner keeps you waiting three weeks for approval, everything slides. Without an overview, nobody knows which objects are genuinely stuck and which can be moved along.
Scheduling software for restoration studios
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Record treatment steps and waits
DoneFor each object the treatment is broken into steps, with the conservator who carries them out, the estimated time and the wait that follows: drying after consolidation, curing after filling, or waiting for the owner's approval.
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Weigh conservators and workstations
In progressThe overview shows for each conservator which objects are in treatment and which step comes next.
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Confirm the completion date
NextOnly once the steps fit within availability does the studio confirm the treatment period to the owner.
From job to confirmed appointment.
Record treatment steps and waits
For each object the treatment is broken into steps, with the conservator who carries them out, the estimated time and the wait that follows: drying after consolidation, curing after filling, or waiting for the owner's approval. You can see per object what the lead time is and how much of it is actual work.
Weigh conservators and workstations
The overview shows for each conservator which objects are in treatment and which step comes next. Workstations with limited availability, such as a vacuum table or a fume cupboard, are included. A new object is scheduled where a conservator with the right discipline has room, taking the waits in current work into account.
Confirm the completion date
Only once the steps fit within availability does the studio confirm the treatment period to the owner. If the object has a fixed date, such as an exhibition opening, it's shown as a hard limit. If an approval is delayed, the studio sees immediately whether that date can still be met.
Alongside your calendar and your team.
Studios often plan with a calendar, a whiteboard and the conservators' own knowledge. Objects are logged in a register or spreadsheet on arrival. The schedule uses that entry and the treatment plan from the quote, so nothing is entered twice. The studio decides which conservator covers which disciplines, which workstations exist and how long standard waiting times last. Conservators report for themselves when a step is finished.
One object at a time or several
Finishing one object from start to end is easy to follow, but wastes time during drying and waiting. Working on several objects at once uses that time, but requires careful tracking of which step is done on which object. The schedule makes the second approach manageable, without a conservator taking on more than they can keep track of.
Reserve room for claims and urgent work
Insurance claims and urgent work ahead of a sale arrive unexpectedly. You can keep capacity free as a rule, which protects current work but sometimes sits unused. Or you let urgent jobs go first and move other work back, which is more flexible but means telling owners whose objects have been pushed back.
Wait for approval or carry on
When an owner takes a long time to approve, you can let the object wait or carry on with the interventions already approved. Carrying on keeps the schedule moving, but can produce a sequence that makes less sense in hindsight. It's wise to record per object which steps can be done independently.
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Treatment steps per object are spread over conservators and workstations, with drying and waiting times and fixed delivery dates. Together we plan an ordinary month and a month in which an urgent damage claim comes in while an exhibition object is already scheduled. Alerts on delayed approvals and an overview of objects that have been in the studio strikingly long are switched on once the schedule is running.
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Explore pricing and optionsCan we set drying and curing times per intervention?
Yes. For each type of intervention you set a standard waiting time, which you can adjust per object if the material or the climate calls for it. That time is built into the schedule, so the next step isn't planned too early and nobody rushes a fill.
What if an object stays in the studio longer than planned?
The overview shows which objects are over their planned period and why: waiting for approval, for materials or for a conservator. You can act on it directly, and you also know which objects have been in the studio longer than your insurance allows for.
Does scheduling work for a studio with one conservator?
Yes. Even with one conservator it helps to make waiting times and approvals visible, so you know which object you can pick up today. The overview is simpler, but the logic stays the same, and an assistant or intern can easily be added later.
Can we schedule site visits?
Yes. A survey or treatment on location, such as in a church or a private home, is scheduled as an appointment including travel time. You can see that the conservator won't be in the studio that day, and the schedule allows for it.
What often connects to this.
- Digital job cards for restoration studiosDigital job cards for restoration studios in the form of an object file with condition report, treatment approval, interventions, materials and images, so every treatment is fully documented.
- Website for restoration studiosA website for restoration studios that explains disciplines, methods and the path from condition survey to treatment, so private owners, museums and insurers know what to expect.
- Enquiry form for restoration studiosAn enquiry form for restoration studios that asks for object photos, dimensions, materials and a condition description, so the conservator can judge which survey is needed.
A schedule that works in practice.
Start with a short intake. Then we schedule a call to show the software with your services, team and way of working.
WhatsAppinfo@vorlyo.com Scheduling software for restoration studios: plan conservators and treatment periods with drying times, waits for approval and exhibition dates.
- Record treatment steps and waits
- Weigh conservators and workstations
- Confirm the completion date