Forecast Management
Generate forecast proposal based on seasonal history and market trends.
Manage forecast figures flexibly based on actual sales and market results.
Forecast consolidation over different plants and countries.
Supply-Demand Balancing
Generate load from any combination of
Sales Orders Actual Stock Figures
Sales Forecast Production Forecast
MRP Recommendations
Make allowances for any operations that are already in progress.
Analyse Load
Make load and capacity enquiries.
Analyse load for weekly or monthly time buckets.
Examine load for individual skill groups.
Examine load for individual work centres.
Use the rough cut capacity plan to evaluate the feasibility of your MPS.
Model Production
Create models to predict possible changes in production requirements.
Reporting
Create work lists for skill groups, work centres, departments or plants, listed by date or resource.
Rough Cut Capacity Planning
The PearlChain Solution includes
Rough Cut Capacity Planning
Rough Cut Material Planning
Based on the business rules in Shape-IT our planning routines calculate not only resource capacity plans, but also shortages and excesses of material.
Collaborative Supply Chain
Specific capacity loads and/or material requests are also visualised for tier 2 suppliers.