Production Plans are used for loading sales Forecasts into the system. These Forecasts are then accounted for when the Master Production Scheduling (MPS) system is run. Firm Planned Orders may be created for Items listed on Production Plans as the result of an MPS run. To access the master list of Production Plans, select the "List Production Plans" option. The following screen will appear:
Production Plans Master List
The "Production Plans" screen displays information on all existing Production Plans, including start date, end date, Site, Schedule number, status, and description
To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:
- CLOSE
Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.
Runs the report associated with this screen.
- NEW
Opens screen for creating a new Production Plan.
- EDIT
Enables you to edit highlighted Production Plans. The edit screen is the same as that for creating a new Production Plan—except that when editing, the fields will contain Production Plan information. Double-clicking on a Production Plan will also bring you to the editing screen.
- COPY
Highlight a Production Plan and then select this button to reach a screen for copying the Production Plan master.