Manufacturing demo dataset

This dataset demonstrates the functionalities used for manufacturing supply chains.

• This company has a factory producing tables and chairs.

• The finished goods have a bill of material with subassemblies and raw materials.

• Machine and operators are required to perform the manufacturing operations.

• Finished good are shipped to a warehouse and 2 shops.

Check out the supply path of an item to visualize the supply chain.

The screens that distribution planners will use on a daily basis are:

• Forecast editor

  In this screen the planner and the sales team work on reviewing and updating the sales forecast for all items, locations and customers.

  Actions on this screen:

  • Review the forecast at different levels.

  • Adjust forecast when the statistical computed isn’t complete.

  • Adjust exceptional demand peaks (aka demand outliers) from the demand history.

• Forecast report

  The actions on this screen are similar to the forecast editor.

  Extra actions on this screen:

  • Export the forecast in a spreadsheet format.

  • Import forecast data from a spreadsheet (eg input collected from a customer).

• Plan editor

  This screen is a Gantt chart where the planner can interactively adjust the plan.

  Actions on this screen:

  • Review and analyze the task list on all resources. The color codes allow visual and intuitive review of the plan.

  • Drag&drop manufacturing orders to a new time.

    The system will propagate your changes to preceding and succeeding steps.

  • Drag&drop manufacturing orders to alternate resources.

• Resource report

  This screen gives a graphical overview of the loading of all resources.

  Actions on this screen:

  • Evaluate the loading on all resources and analyze bottlenecks.

    Identifying bottlenecks well in time allows the planner to take actions: schedule overtime, outsource production, buy extra machine, …
• Resource detail

  This screen gives an overview of all manufacturing orders planned on each resource.

  Actions on this screen:

  • Display the to-do task list for each resource.

• Sales order screen

  Actions on this screen:

  • Review sales orders that will be shipped late.

    This info can be used to reprioritize urgent demands, or to communicate the delivery delay to your customer.
• Demand report

  Actions on this screen:

  • Identify critical items where supply can’t keep with the demand.

    The planner analyzes the root causes and bottlenecks causing the backlog.
• Manufacturing order screen

  This screen provides an overview of all manufacturing orders - which can be either existing already in your ERP, either newly proposed by frePPLe.

  Actions on this screen:

  • Review newly proposed manufacturing orders (i.e. status = “proposed”) and send them to your ERP.

  • Generate a todo-list for operators and/or machines.

  • Review existing manufacturing orders (i.e. status = “confirmed” or “approved”) that are overdue and/or need expediting.

• Purchase order screen

  This screen provides an overview of all purchase orders - which can be either existing already in your ERP, either newly proposed by frePPLe.

  Actions on this screen:

  • Review newly proposed purchase orders (i.e. status = “proposed”) and send them to your ERP.

  • Review existing purchase orders (i.e. status = “confirmed” or “approved”) that are overdue and/or need expediting.

There are plenty more reports available. Understanding the above workflows will already give you a very good overview of how frePPLe can improve your planning process.