Production planning and engineering changes

Manufacturing is not currently offered. Manufacturing, including bills of materials, manufacturing orders, work centers, the Master Production Schedule, unbuild orders, the shop floor, production scrap, engineering changes (PLM), and subcontracting, has been taken out of the product for now. It is not in the sidebar, the Store, onboarding, search, the Agaro Agent, or the API, and workspaces cannot add it. Records created earlier are kept untouched for a later return. The rest of this page describes how the module worked and does not apply to your workspace today.

The Master Production Schedule at /manufacturing/mps plans demand by product and week. Engineering Changes at /plm govern recipe updates. These capabilities are separately enabled under Inventory settings, and they appear in the Manufacturing menu when the Advanced manufacturing pages switch (for the schedule) or the PLM app switch (for Engineering Changes) is on.

#Master Production Schedule

1. Open /manufacturing/mps.
2. Choose the planning horizon and product.
3. Enter or update the weekly forecast.
4. Review projected on hand, incoming supply, and suggested replenishment.
5. Generate replenishment for selected shortfalls.

The generator creates Draft manufacturing orders for products you make and Draft purchase orders for products you buy from their best supplier. It does not confirm, receive, or complete them.

Review every generated document before execution. Forecast is a planning input, not proof of customer demand.

#Work center planning

Operations attached to the recipe and manufacturing order can target work centers. Availability, dependencies, estimated duration, time off, and actual shop floor time provide the scheduling context.

Do not use a work center merely as a label if operations need sequence or duration. Put those values on the routing operation so the order can carry them.

#Engineering change workflow

Use an Engineering Change Order for an approved live recipe change:

1. Open /plm and create or open the change.
2. Review the current Bill of Materials version.
3. Enter the intended component or operation changes.
4. Complete the required review and approval stages.
5. Apply the change.

Application snapshots the prior version and advances the live Bill of Materials. Confirmed manufacturing orders remain tied to their prior snapshot.

#Common problems