Touchplan adds minute-level scheduling and shift management

McCormick Place, Chicago, September 13, 2025

News Summary

MOCA Systems will debut Precision Time Planning for its Touchplan platform, introducing minute-level scheduling and built-in shift management to improve field planning and crew coordination. The capability lets teams plan and sequence tasks from weeks down to minutes, support short-duration and repetitive activities, and reassign crews within a day without sacrificing higher-level views. A public demonstration will be held at the NECA Show in Chicago ahead of a rolling commercial release to all Touchplan customers in the first quarter of next year. The feature aims to reduce bottlenecks, improve sequencing accuracy, and streamline collaboration between office and field teams.

MOCA Systems to unveil minute-level scheduling feature for Touchplan at NECA 2025; general release set for Q1 2026

MOCA Systems, Inc. will debut a new capability for its construction planning platform Touchplan at the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Show in Chicago, with commercial availability slated for the first quarter of 2026. The new feature, called Precision Time Planning, adds minute-level scheduling and shift management to an existing cloud-based planning and analytics tool used across large construction projects.

Key facts up front

• Feature name: Precision Time Planning
• What it does: Enables planning by weeks, days, hours or minutes and supports organizing and managing crews across shifts
• Where it debuts: NECA Show, McCormick Place, Chicago, September 12–15, 2025, Booth #1615
• Availability: Rolling out to all Touchplan customers in Q1 2026
• Company: MOCA Systems, Inc. (MSI), provider of Touchplan

What the new capability does and why it matters

Precision Time Planning extends Touchplan’s planning granularity so teams can schedule, sequence and coordinate tasks down to minute increments. The capability supports short-duration or repetitive activities and helps allocate crews across multiple shifts without forcing planners to choose between coarse daily plans and detailed minute-by-minute schedules.

The feature is designed to make it easier to spot bottlenecks early, reduce guesswork when sequencing short tasks, and switch smoothly between a high-level daily view and a more detailed view of work in progress. The vendor positions the capability as a way to combine precise control with a simple, collaborative workflow so more project stakeholders — from executives to field crews — can use advanced planning tools.

NECA Show debut

The first public demonstration of Precision Time Planning will take place at the NECA Show in Chicago, September 12–15, 2025, at McCormick Place. Touchplan staff will be located at Booth #1615 to show how minute-level scheduling and shift coordination work inside the platform.

How teams are expected to use it

The capability is aimed at contractors and trade partners who need to manage headcounts and crews across shifts, reassign crews within a day, and plan repetitive or brief tasks without creating scheduling conflicts. Early feedback from a user in a scheduling manager role indicates the ability to schedule partial-day activities and reassign crews within the same day is expected to improve planning efficiency and project momentum.

Product and company context

Touchplan is the flagship software product of MOCA Systems. The platform is described as a real-time, cloud-based planning and analytics tool that uses the collaborative foundation of the Last Planner System® to help teams reduce schedule and budget slippage and provide owners and contractors with instant progress insights.

MOCA Systems, Inc. provides services and software for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry and works with owners, engineers, architects and contractors on large, complex projects. The company reports offices across the United States, global partners, and ongoing commercial operations. Company websites listed in the announcement are mocasystems.com and touchplan.io. For press inquiries, the announcement lists a marketing communications manager with an email contact at press@mocasystems.com.

Availability and rollout

Precision Time Planning will be made available to all Touchplan customers in the first quarter of 2026. The NECA Show demonstration in September 2025 will be the first public showing ahead of that wider rollout.

Implications for field planning

Minute-level scheduling and built-in shift management could change how field teams coordinate staffing and short tasks on busy job sites. The combined ability to view plans at different levels of detail aims to let planners and crews focus on the right timeframe for their responsibilities while maintaining a single, shared schedule.

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Key features at a glance

Feature	What it enables	When
Minute-level scheduling	Plan and sequence activities by minutes for short-duration tasks	Available Q1 2026
Shift management	Assign and manage crews across multiple shifts and reassign within a day	Available Q1 2026
Flexible views	Switch seamlessly between daily and detailed views of work in progress	Available Q1 2026
Bottleneck detection	Identify potential constraints before they cause delays	Available Q1 2026
Cloud collaboration	Real-time updates and shared schedules for field and office teams	Already part of Touchplan

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