Planning Fixed Productions

What Are Fixed Productions?

Fixed productions are productions planned and set in advance. By planning ahead you can produce stock efficiently and minimise waste.

Planning an Upcoming Production

Step 1: Access Production Planner

Go to Production > Production Planner
Click the Plan button for your chosen date

Step 2: Review Production Numbers

If you've set Default Production Numbers, they'll auto-populate
If not set, columns will be blank and require manual input
Forecasted numbers appear next to each product for reference

Step 3: Adjust Quantities

Automatically set your production numbers using the forecast by clicking Actions > Apply Forecast to Production
You can manually adjust quantities as needed
Numbers adjusted from the forecast turn blue
Click Save when finished

Important: Always click Save before planning benches, even if you made no changes.

Using Historical Forecasts

Click View Forecast to see five weeks of sales data for your planning day:

Use toggles to exclude specific days from the forecast average
When you click Show, original numbers are replaced with forecasted numbers (shown in blue)
To revert without saving, refresh the page before clicking Save

Note: Forecast history beyond five weeks is not available. If you are using a forecast provided by a third party system it is not possible to adjust the forecast.

Editing a Planned Production after Bench Planning

If you need to make edits to your planned production once you have begun Bench Planning:

Go to Production > Production Planner
Click the Edit button for your chosen date
Click the Amend button
Adjust production numbers as needed
Click Save

The products you have adjusted will be unassigned from any benches they were previously assigned to and will need re-assigning to a bench in the Bench Planner page.

Understanding Carry-Overs

Carryovers adjust your planned production numbers, not the forecast. How they behave depends on whether production numbers already exist for the upcoming day.

When Production Numbers Are Already Set

If you’ve already saved a plan for the next day, or have default production numbers in place, when you input the carryover amounts:

The planned numbers automatically update to reflect the carryovers.
The forecast does not change.
Note: if a product’s planned quantity is 0, carryovers won’t reduce it — it stays 0.

When Production Numbers Are Not Set

If you haven’t planned the next day yet and no defaults exist:

The forecast values shown are not affected by carryovers.
If you use Apply Forecast, it simply copies the forecast as-is.
You’ll need to manually adjust those numbers if you want to account for carryovers.