Fixed productions are productions which are planned and set in advance.
By planning these in advance utilising features such as the Default Production Numbers and the Sales Forecast store managers can work out how to make stock in the most efficient way and avoid creating waste.
Planning an upcoming production
In the sidebar head to Production > Production Planner and click the ‘Plan’ button for the date you’d like to review.
If you have Default Production Numbers set these will be auto-populated in your fixed productions, minus any carry-overs.
If Default Production Numbers have not been set the production columns will be blank and will have to be manually set.
You can manually adjust production numbers if needed or you can use the Historical Forecast to set new numbers for the day.
Setting an upcoming production using the Historical Forecast
Click 'Actions'.
Click 'Show Forecast'
The Historical Forecast will pop up to the right. You will be shown five weeks worth of sales data for the day you are planning
Use the toggle to switch off any days you don't want including in the forecast average
Click 'Show'
Numbers that have been adjusted per the historical forecast will be shown in blue
Make any manual edits you would like to
Once you are happy with your production numbers click ‘Save’.
You must always click ‘Save’ even if you have not made any changes before you can plan your benches
Editing an upcoming production
You can still make edits to a previously planned production if needed.
Just click the 'Edit' button for the date you'd like to change and adjust the production numbers accordingly.
Once you've made all required edits click 'Save'.
You can still make edits to your production numbers on the day of production if required. Once you're happy with the numbers and have clicked 'Save' you can plan your benches.
Fixed Productions FAQs
Why are some of the boxes on my production planner greyed out so I cannot edit the numbers?
If you cannot edit a products production numbers check if the production visibility is set for the product correctly within the Product List.
If a product does not have the production assigned to it you will not be able to plan its production.
I am getting an error message about sale price not being set when I go to edit a production, why?
If you are receiving an error message about sale prices when trying to plan a production this is because some recipes within your production range do not have a sale price set at a recipe level.
If a product does not have a sale price set you will not be able to edit the production numbers for this product.
You can easily identify which products are causing this error as they will have an orange ! next to them.
To fix this simply add in a sale price on the recipe, you may need to ask someone with Admin permission levels to action this.
If I use the historical forecast will I be shown what the number was before I clicked 'Show'?
No, when you apply the historical forecast numbers by clicking 'Show' the original number will be replaced by the forecasted number (it will turn blue so you can see each product where a quantity was changed).
If you decide you do not want to apply the historical forecast refresh the page without clicking 'Save' and the original numbers will be reverted to.
Can I see a history of the production forecast?
No, there is not a way to view the history of the production forecasts.
When you show the historical forecast you are shown five weeks worth of sales data, but we do not make data beyond the five weeks visible.