Solution
Production Planning
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.
Challenges you face
Problems in day-to-day work
This module is built to fix the problems below.
- The bill of materials and operation routing for the product aren't standardized, so cost calculations come out inconsistent.
- Because you plan without considering machine and labor capacity, bottlenecks and stoppages occur.
- You can't see the status of work orders or the occupancy/fault state of stations in real time.
- Scrap and waste during production aren't tracked accurately, so they're reflected incorrectly in costs.
- Efficiency losses continue because you can't analyze the variance between planned and actual time.
Capabilities
What can you do with Production Planning?
The module's core features.
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 business
What you see in daily 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.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Raw material bills of materials (BOM) and operation routings that organize the flow of the production process are defined for each finished or semi-finished product; the required time, labor and cost information is entered into the system.
You can build the most efficient production schedule considering machine and labor capacities, and prioritize work orders pending planning.
Production planning works fully integrated with sales, purchasing, inventory and MRP; information passes between the modules automatically.
You can record scrap, waste and reject materials produced during manufacturing to track these losses and reflect them accurately in production costs.
Production Planning by sector
Pages on how this module is used in each sector:
- Production Planning for Automotive
- Production Planning for Chemicals
- Production Planning for Food & Beverage
- Production Planning for Footwear
- Production Planning for Jewelry
- Production Planning for Manufacturing
- Production Planning for Metal
- Production Planning for Plastics
- Production Planning for Textile & Apparel
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