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How to Calculate Production Planning - Techniques / Formula / Policy

How to Calculate Production Planning - Techniques / Formula / Policy I have received many queries from students and practitioners of ... thumbnail 1 summary
How to Calculate Production Planning - Techniques / Formula / Policy
I have received many queries from students and practitioners of Supply Chain that how to calculate Production Planning. Here I am shortly given them advise to calculate the Production Planning as per below formula, which will help you to calculate your objective results.
Forecast                        = Dispatch to Distributor  + Direct sale  + Export sale forecast

Dispatch to Distributor = (Current month + Next 2 months) Forecast for Distributor     Distributor current month opening inventory
Direct Sale =  Local Sales from Company FG store
Safety Stock for Current Month  = ( ( Current + next two months ) Rolling Forecast / 90 )    x  safety stock days
Order Lots = ( Quantity to Produce) / Batch Size
To detail working for an ERP system you’ll need to establish below pre-requisite policies to get the desire results of Production Planning System.

Establish the following policies:
  • Finished Product Inventory Policy.
  • Raw & Packing min / max Inventory Policy.
  • Planning Cycle
  • Define Machine Capacity
  • Define Process Name product wise. Mfg / Pkg
  • Define Machine Name.
  • Define Total Machine Hours
  • Define Total Labour Hours
  • Define No of person process wise
  • Machine hour rate
  • Labour hour rate

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