Demand and production

Sales orders and forecasts provide demand context for master schedule and planned orders. The work order carries the product, ordered quantity, planned interval and the bill and route selected for production. Production Planner reviews material requirements and shortage ownership before release. On the floor, the operation record gives each operation its planned interval, work center and assigned Operator. The production log captures the actual interval and good or scrapped quantity, allowing the team to examine output against the production record that generated it.

• Planning proposals. Each planned order distinguishes Work from Purchase demand and retains the demand type and source reference, with release and need dates. Review Proposed suggestions before releasing them. The MRP exception list makes Shortage, Expedite, de-expedite, Cancel and past due work visible to its assigned owner.
• Assigned operations. Track operations as Pending, in progress, Completed or on hold. Planned start and planned end provide the schedule; actual start and actual end describe execution where recorded. Agree how employee references resolve to the signed-in Operator for an assigned-work filter.
• Accepted completion. The production log separates good quantity from scrapped quantity and retains start time and end time. The completion command must consume previously unreceived accepted output from the terminal operation. Reporting intermediate throughput must not receive the same material into finished inventory.

Define the planning horizon, approved sales-order intake and the warehouse used for finished demand. The demand workflow requires positive quantities and refuses repeated demand creation for the same order. Agree how free inventory and open supply contribute to net requirements, then verify the MRP result against a bounded case before scheduling it. Shop Floor Supervisor and Quality Inspector also agree which operation checks and holds must be resolved before accepted output may be completed.

Start with an Approved sales order and its sales order lines, then follow the demand into master schedule. Production Planner reviews Proposed planned orders and the linked shortage evidence before releasing a work-order record. Inspect work order components against the bill and work order operations against the selected route. A second intake of the same order must not create additional demand.

On the floor, report good quantity at an intermediate operation and again at the terminal operation. Rehearse a partial accepted completion and resend the same command. Only the previously unreceived terminal output should produce a completion stock movement and update quantity completed. A log interval with end time before start time must be refused. Repeat the exercise with a quality hold: the material cannot complete while its required disposition remains unresolved. These checks establish the handoff between production reporting, quality authority and inventory receipt.

• Production schedule — Follow planned operation intervals and work waiting on hold.
• My assigned operations — Review operations linked to the mapped employee identity.

Follow demand to accepted output, then review the batch. Check roles to agree who performs and records each operation.