How modern planning works

planning 101 a crash course now, let’s get you up to speed on how planning works so you can start using planeus confidently in your daily tasks at the heart of planeus’s smart planning is a simple idea match what you want to produce (demand) with what you have available to produce it (supply) let’s break it down! what do you want to produce? (capacity demand) everything starts with order items order item think of order items as the list of dishes someone ordered an order item tells planeus what product you need to make (the article) how many units to produce when it should be finished (the delivery date) article & technology think of articles are the dishes on a menu that a restaurant can cook for its customers, while technologies are the recipes each article in planeus has at least one technology a technology is a set of predefined procedures that shows which steps are needed to make the product how long each step takes what resources (machines, workers, tools) are needed any setup times, buffer times, or overlapping steps so, your total capacity demand comes from adding up all these steps across your order items—how much time they take, which resources they need, and their deadlines what do you use to produce? (capacity supply) now, let’s look at what you actually have to get the work done—your resources resources think of resources are your cooking equipment and your staff a resource can be a machine (e g cnc machine, paint booth) a person (e g skilled operator, inspector) a tool or accessory (e g mold, fixture, adapter) a vehicle or storage (e g rack, cart, forklift) even an abstract thing (e g a calibration setting) a resource in planeus is anything that has limits, like limited capacity (e g can only handle two jobs at a time) limited quantity (e g only one specific mold available) limited time (e g only available during certain shifts) limited space (e g weight or size constraints) limited wear and tear (e g tools that need maintenance) by defining these limits, planeus helps you avoid overloading your machines, people, or tools planeus also considers working shifts and company calendars holidays and public holidays planned maintenance or downtime unexpected gaps (like machine repairs) specific resource availability patterns (e g machines that run only during night shifts) all of this helps determine when and how much each resource is really available for planning your production this is just the basics planeus has many more powerful features to help you create a plan that fits your unique operations and real world constraints see the next chapter how planeus works docid\ ysl fjjhprteaog qqgqp for more!