Manufacturing software

Production planning that follows the shop floor. Lines, teams and delivery dates in one view.

With production planning in Lean ERP, you see which order is on which line, when it starts and ends, and what threatens to miss the requested delivery date. You move things around, Lean recalculates.

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People, machines, materials and delivery dates

A plan is only useful if it looks at four things together: who is working, on which machine or line, whether the material is there, and when the customer expects it. In Lean, those four come from the same system. The planner does not have to piece them together from four lists.

Lines and workstations. Every production order is linked to a line or workstation. Per workstation, you record how many pieces per hour it makes.

People and teams. You plan work orders per team or per employee. Public holidays are marked in the planning.

Materials. Material requirements show which components arrive on time and which do not.

Delivery dates. Every order carries the requested date. If the planned end is later, the order gets a flag.

The planning board per line

For production orders, the planner works on a board with one column per line.

Drag and dropDrag an order to another position in the sequence or to another line.

Calculated start and endThe planning calculation sets the start and end of each order, based on the sequence and the pace of the line.

LateAn order that would be finished after the requested date gets a clear flag.

Work orders per team or employee

For made-to-order work and projects, you plan work orders: the steps of a production job. The Gantt chart shows them per team, per employee, per customer or per job type. If you drag a work order to another team or day, the planned dates move along.

A monthly calendar and a weekly calendar per team or person show the same work at a different rhythm. Every work order has a planned start and stop, a due date and a status: not planned, planned, in progress, stopped or closed.

Is there still room this week?

The capacity overview sets the available hours per team and per day against the planned hours of the work orders. Green means room, red means overbooked, with a total per week. So before you promise an order, you see whether the team can handle it.

The capacity overview calculates at team level and on weekdays.

Lean proposes, you decide

Production planning is not a button that solves everything. Lean calculates start and end, shows what will be late and where capacity is tight. Which order goes first when two customers are pushing at the same time is up to your planner. Lean does not offer a schedule that optimises itself across all machines.

What Lean does do: show the consequences of a choice straight away, on the board and on the order. And because we develop the software ourselves, we discuss with you which planning rules make the difference for your production.

Can the order really start?

An order can be perfectly planned and still come to a halt because information is missing. With IRP, you see on the work orders of a job which information each step needs and what has not come in yet.

How IRP works ›

Frequently asked questions about production planning

Can I drag orders to another line?

Yes. On the planning board, you drag a production order to another position in the sequence or to another line.

Does Lean schedule production by itself?

Lean calculates the start and end of the orders and shows what threatens to be late. The sequence and the choices remain with your planner.

Does the planner see the capacity of the teams?

Yes. The capacity overview shows per team and per day the available hours against the planned hours, in green or red.

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