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Production Planning for Food & Beverage
In food production, batch/lot traceability, shelf-life and regulatory compliance are mandatory; in a recall, every function must be able to show the whole chain from raw material to customer. Manage production operations in one system, from bill of materials and routing to capacity planning, work orders and shop-floor tracking. The module works integrated with sales, purchasing and inventory.
Food & Beverage context
Why Production Planning works differently in Food & Beverage
In Food & Beverage, food production center on sector-specific concepts such as batch/lot traceability, shelf-life, recipe and blending. In food production, batch/lot traceability, shelf-life and regulatory compliance are mandatory; in a recall, every function must be able to show the whole chain from raw material to customer.
Qera ERP's Production Planning module is set up around how the food & beverage sector works: Plans recipe and blending-based production by shelf-life and batch size, balancing fresh output with low waste.
- Without batch/lot-level traceability, identifying affected products quickly in a recall becomes impossible.
- When shelf life and expiry dates aren't tracked, products nearing expiry turn into waste.
- When recipes and scrap rates aren't calculated clearly, the true product cost is unknown.
Capabilities
How Qera Production Planning works in Food & Beverage
The core capabilities of the Production Planning module, described for the lot, batch and shelf-life needs of the food & beverage sector.
Bill of materials and routing definitions
Define raw material bills of materials (BOM) and operation routings for each product; manage recycling and scrap with teardown BOMs as well.
Capacity and scheduling
Create new plans, planned production runs and a production schedule that takes machine and labor capacity into account.
Pending planning
List approved but unplanned work orders and orders; distribute the workload effectively by seeing priority jobs.
Work orders
Define each production job as a work order containing materials, routing and planned dates, so the shop-floor team can see what to produce and when.
Station and shift management
Monitor station states (idle, busy, faulty) in real time; manage operation start-end times and shift plans.
Production reports and analysis
Measure efficiency with production process, standard-vs-actual time, operation and work-order reports; see product profitability by combining with financial data.
Outcomes
What it delivers for your Food & Beverage business
What you see in food & beverage operations once it is set up properly.
- BOMs and routings are defined to a standard, so cost calculations are consistent.
- Scheduling follows machine and labor capacity, which reduces unplanned stoppages and bottlenecks.
- The status of work orders and stations is visible in real time.
- Planned and actual times are compared, which shows where efficiency is lost.
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Related pages
Full details of the Production Planning module, the Food & Beverage sector page and other Food & Beverage solutions.
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