Production Planning
Forecast demand, plan capacity and trigger purchase requirements.
Plan a batch with target output. Build a weekly or monthly production schedule based on open sales orders, on-hand stock and machine capacity, and trigger purchase requirements automatically.
How Planning actually works.
Planning is the discipline of saying “we will make X tons of Y by Friday and we have already arranged for the raw material.” Pipetal’s planning module turns this into a structured weekly cycle.
Pull demand from open sales orders, subtract on-hand stock, factor in machine capacity, and the system suggests a production schedule. Any raw material gap auto-triggers a purchase requirement.
Inside Planning.
Demand-driven planning
Open sales orders + safety stock – on-hand = planned production.
Machine capacity awareness
Per-machine daily capacity drives realistic planning, not optimistic guesswork.
Auto purchase requirements
Raw material gap raises a purchase requirement automatically.
Plan vs actual
Track delivered output vs planned, identify chronic underperformers.
Multi-shift support
Plan for 1, 2 or 3 shifts per machine, with shift-wise output expected.
Alerts on misses
Planned batches that miss start or completion dates trigger alerts to plant manager and owner.
Where Planning sits in the production flow.
A pipe mill stops missing customer commitments with weekly demand-driven planning.
The mill was missing 15-20% of customer commitments because production was reactive. With Pipetal’s weekly planning, the plant manager runs Friday afternoon planning: open orders + safety stock – on-hand stock = next week’s production. Customer commitment fulfilment jumped from 80% to 95% in 8 weeks.
What buyers usually ask.
Yes, the system suggests; the planner confirms or adjusts before release.
You can re-run planning with reduced capacity, the system will re-suggest.
Yes, in-transit imports are subtracted from the gap with their expected arrival date.
Related sub-modules
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