System objectives from this module:

Production Planning is the heart of the ERP’s manufacturing planning and control system. The core output from the module is the generation of an optimized production plan, which results due to a multitude of complex calculations performed by the Material Requirement Planning II (MRP II) engine. The MRP engine takes the product structure of the package, order quantity, delivery date, process and procurement lead times to generate the production plan. This plan automatically calculates when which process should start and end, what materials and quantities would be required before a particular manufacturing process. The planning keeps getting updated due to a number of real-life events, such as job confirmations, delays in material arrival, machine breakdown, urgent orders etc.

The plans generated by the MRP II based ERP also takes into consideration the installed machine capacity department-wise, existing planned loads and effect on capacities across work centers upon planning a certain order within ERP determined time period. This process, called Capacity Requirement Planning (CRP), is an integral part of the PP module.

In case of projected overloads, decisions are taken by the production planner to either shift the order forward, split order or enhance capacity by engaging extra shits or personnel, subcontracting or by installing more machines in-house.The PP module also generates standard costing for the entire order.