Release 2026.10

Maintaining constraints is mostly about finding the places where something is wrong. Until now that meant going through the constraint maintenance dialog. Release 2026.10 moves search and correction straight into the main line balancing view.

Jump from violation to violation

In task lists you now move directly between tasks in a given state: constraints not maintained, violated task relations, requirements and single requirements. The jump works in the Grouped View too. If the next hit sits in a collapsed group, the group opens by itself. Cycles now appear directly in the Task Relations column and can be filtered, several at once.

New Filters for Task Relations

The same column now filters for tasks without predecessors, tasks without successors, and missing task references. The latter means relations to tasks that are not present in the loaded area. Several criteria can be combined; they act as an OR.

Edit task relations directly

A context menu on the individual relation jumps to the linked task, copies its Id, or deletes the relation. If several writable scenarios are loaded, you choose which scenario the change applies to.

A Look at Approved Workplaces

Which workplaces are available for a task can now be read directly in line balancing. You set the range yourself, for example to the neighbouring stations.

A typical scenario: a line balancing run will not compute because the precedence relations contain a cycle. You filter the Task Relations column for cycles, step through the tasks involved, and delete the relations that were maintained incorrectly, straight from the context menu.

Result: Analysis and correction happen in the same view.

Since its introduction we have been gathering experience from how you use the IQ Pilot in practice, and we feed what we learn straight back into its development. With Release 2026.10, the IQ Pilot takes the next step.

New technology, noticeably better results

Behind the scenes, the IQ Pilot now runs on a new generation of AI technology. The result: more precise answers, a better grasp of what is being asked, and higher reliability overall. The IQ Pilot can now ask back when a question allows for several interpretations, it answers reliably in the language of your question, and it makes it clear when no reliable information is available on a topic. You get the information you need for your daily work faster, directly in TAKTIQ and SEQUIQ.

From everyday work straight into the product

There is more behind this update than new technology: your feedback from daily work made a concrete contribution. The real strength lies not in the AI technology alone, but in the continuous loop of practical experience, further development and fast delivery. At the same time we are already looking ahead: how can the IQ Pilot support you even more precisely in future, for instance on questions about your actual planning data?

Try out the improvements and let us know with a thumbs up or down how the IQ Pilot helps you.

• REFA Preview Expanded Based on Your Feedback: REFA time studies have been running as a Public Preview since Release 2026.8, and we keep working with the feedback that comes back. New: the clock can be paused during a measurement, you set the order before you start, and steps can be copied together with their measurements. In the client you now edit the measurement tree inline, measurement progress appears as a KPI in the KPI Center, and a new tab puts REFA times next to estimated time, UAS and MODAPTS. REFA time studies are part of the TAKTIQ Time Management Add-On. (Documentation / Time Analyses)
• Distinguish Order Types by Color: In the Order Types dialog, each order type can be given a colour from a fixed palette. It then appears in the Drift Analysis and the Variant Overview, so the order types that matter to you stand out at once. Order types without a colour are still shown in grey, shaded by take rate; an assigned colour always stays at full strength. Set once, the colour applies in every view that shows order types. (Analyze / Orders)
• Create a plan state in a Single Pass: When creating a plan state, selecting the production programs is now followed by two more steps. You pick a rule set, either imported from a file, taken from the source, or taken from the loaded project. You then sequence the production programs right there in the wizard, with the same configuration and the same result dialog as usual. A check mark shows which programs have already been sequenced. (Document / Create Plan State)
• Edit the effort to move with a single click:Effort to move is now set through a popup menu with a single click instead of a drop-down. That makes it behave just like the Constraints Complete column, and it takes fewer clicks. (Documentation / Restrictions)