Production Plans: Managing Plan Periods

Introduction

Production Planner Periods can be shared across multiple production plans and are available to all sites. They are used within Production Plans to: 

• Determine the timeframe of sales that are used to calculate the suggested production figures. 
• Split the plan into different sections based on time slot. 

Each section of the production plan is assigned a "Planner Period". 

The Planner Period determines the following for that section: 

• The layout of the section as either a List or Table. (Examples Here.)
• The sub-sections within the section which represent time slots. 

For example, in the below image a Planner Period that has two time slots has been used. The quantities in the Morning Production timeslot are based on sales predictions between 6am and 12pm; the quantities in the Afternoon Production timeslot are based on sales predictions between 12pm and 6pm.

Contents

Creating Production Planner Periods

To create a new production planner period: 

• Head to Digital Kitchen Management > Production Planner > Setup > Planner Periods.
• Select [NEW PRODUCTION PERIOD].

In the New Production Period window, enter:

• Production Period Name: Enter a name for the production period. 
• Display Style: Select the display style (for examples, Click Here): 
  • List: To display time slots within this production period as a list. 
  • Table: To display time slots within this production period as a table.  

Select [SAVE].

You'll then be taken into the production period to assign time slots. 

To assign a time slot to the production period, select [NEW PRODUCTION PERIOD TIME]. 

Within the New Production Period Time window, enter: 

• Production Period Time Name: Enter a name for the time slot.
• Start Time & End Time: Select the timeframe for which this production slot is for. The production plan will consider sales that take place during this timeframe. 

Select [SAVE]. 

Repeat the process until all time slots are assigned to the production period. 

Then select [SAVE]. 

Editing Production Planner Periods

To edit an existing production planner period:

• Head to Digital Kitchen Management > Production Planner > Setup > Planner Periods.
• Against the existing production planner period, select [EDIT]. 

All settings available when creating the production planner period as covered in the Previous Section are available to edit against an existing production planner period. 

Searching Production Planner Periods

Access Production Planner Periods via: Digital Kitchen Management > Production Planner > Setup > Planner Periods.

All companywide production planner periods are shown by default when accessing this section.

There is no option to perform a search to narrow down the list in this section currently. 

The production planner periods list shows the following:

• Name: The name of the production planner period.  

Deleting Production Planner Periods