Smart Production Plan
Using Smart Production Plan in Supply’d helps you save time, reduce waste, and ensure you produce exactly what’s needed based on real-time orders and stock levels.
Smart Plan Production in Supply’d is a powerful tool that helps you streamline your production planning based on real-time demand and product availability. By using Smart Plan, you can automatically generate production and supply plans that reflect customer orders, stock levels, and delivery schedules. It reduces manual entry, improves accuracy, and ensures you produce just the right amount - helping minimise waste and overproduction. This feature is especially useful for businesses managing multiple suppliers and recurring orders, giving you full visibility and control over your production needs with minimal effort.
Setting Up Smart Plan Production
Plan Details
Production Date Range
Select the date range you want to export using the calendar that appears when you click the field.
Click 
to confirm and save the selected date range.
Ensure that Smart Planning Date Range Interpretation is configured in the Production Defaults section of Production Settings so the selected dates represent the intended timeframe (ie. Required Date or Scheduled Date).
Location
Choose the applicable location.
Method
Select the method you would like to use for the smart plan.
Made to Order: Create production runs for each of your current Sales Orders during the date range.
Net Requirements: Deduct your current Sales Orders and expiry from inventory throughout the date range, ensuring that stock stays above Min Hold.
Suggested: Utilise your forecast rate of sale, stock expiry, and Min Stock Hold to keep you always in stock.
Default For Products: Use the default set in Smart Planning Date Range Interpretation in the Production Defaults section of your Production Settings.
For forecasting to work accurately, orders need to be consistently coming through Supply’d for a period of time - ideally at least two weeks.
For Net Requirements and Suggested, it is best to set minimum stock levels under Product Settings (global level), but they can also be overridden at the individual product inventory level ( Managing Inventory) if needed.
Advanced
Include Reasoning Data?
Select whether or not to include reasoning data in the smart plan export to help you understand the generated production runs.
Reasoning Data explains how each recommended production run was calculated, giving you insight into the factors Supply’d considered when generating the plan. This can include things like current stock levels, customer demand, and delivery schedules. Having this detail makes the plan more transparent, helps you understand why certain runs are suggested, and allows for easier troubleshooting or adjustments if needed.
Smart Plan Data
The Smart Plan data will be downloaded to your computer in a CSV file giving you a detailed breakdown of everything needed for upcoming production runs. It includes things like:
Products to be made
Quantities needed
Planned production dates
It’s a handy way to get a clear, organised view of what needs to happen, so you can plan ahead, order supplies, and keep production running smoothly.
If you selected "Yes" in the Include Reasoning Data field, you'll see an extra column, showing the reasoning behind the production data.
Review all the data and make any changes necessary, making sure any changed versions are saved as .csv files.
Be careful when changing numbers, as Yield and Batch Quantity are interconnected and must remain aligned to ensure the production calculations remain valid.
Importing Smart Plan Data into Production Runs
This feature helps eliminate manual entry and ensures your production runs are aligned with your demand forecast.
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