Production Planning

Production Planning helps you anticipate what to produce and when, based on current stock levels, consumption rates, and safety stock settings. Krafte offers both a basic priority table and an advanced planning system for more complex scheduling needs.

Production Planning Purpose

The Production Planning module analyzes your inventory data to predict when products will run out and suggests what to produce next. This helps you avoid stockouts and optimize your production schedule.

  1. Navigate to Production Planning in the sidebar menu.
  2. The system analyzes current stock levels, in-production quantities, and historical consumption rates for each product.
  3. Products are ranked by urgency — those closest to running out appear at the top with higher priority.
  4. From the planning view, you can create production orders directly with a single click.
  5. The planning data refreshes automatically as stock levels change and new consumption data is recorded.

Basic Planning

The basic planning view presents a simple priority table that shows how many days of stock remain for each product and color-codes them by urgency.

  1. On the Production Planning page, view the priority table.
  2. Products are categorized into priority levels: High (red, less than 7 days of stock remaining) and Medium (yellow, 7-14 days remaining). Products with more than 14 days of stock are shown in green or not flagged.
  3. The table columns show: Product name, Current Stock, In Production (units currently being produced), Available (stock + in production), Monthly Consumption (based on historical data), Days Until Stockout (estimated).
  4. Click the Quick Order button next to any product to immediately create a production order for that product with a suggested quantity.
  5. Review the table regularly (daily or weekly) to stay ahead of stockouts.

Advanced Planning (v2)

Advanced planning lets you create structured production plans with named schedules, date ranges, and detailed item-level planning. This is ideal for weekly or monthly production scheduling.

  1. On the Production Planning page, click Create Plan or navigate to the Advanced Planning tab.
  2. Enter a plan name (e.g., "Week 12 Production", "March 2025 Plan").
  3. Select the plan type: Weekly, Monthly, or Custom (with a custom date range).
  4. Set the date range for the plan.
  5. Add plan items — each item specifies a product, a target quantity to produce, scheduling details, and a priority level.
  6. Review the plan summary showing total production targets and material requirements.
  7. Click Approve to finalize the plan. An approved plan tracks progress as production orders are created and completed.
  8. Monitor plan completion percentage to see how much of the planned production has been achieved.

Safety Stock

Safety stock is an extra buffer of inventory you want to maintain to protect against unexpected demand spikes or supply delays. Krafte factors safety stock into its planning recommendations.

  1. The safety stock setting can be configured in the planning settings as a number of days of extra stock to maintain.
  2. For example, setting safety stock to 3 days means the system will recommend producing a product when its estimated stockout is within (threshold + 3) days instead of just the threshold.
  3. This effectively moves products into the High priority category earlier, giving you more lead time to produce.
  4. Adjust the safety stock value based on your production lead times and demand variability.
  5. Higher safety stock = more conservative planning (fewer stockouts but potentially more inventory). Lower safety stock = leaner inventory but higher risk of stockouts.

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