​PLANNING
  • ability to generate sales forecasts based on sales history and projected growth
  • ​ability to adjust sales forecasts as actual data becomes available
  • material requirements planning that collects data from forecasted needs, open orders, beginning quantity on hand, warehouse transfers, planned manufacturing jobs, open purchase orders, and inventory adjustments, then makes recommendations based on this information
  • material requirements planning that allows you to turn a recommended action into a production job or a purchase order
  • ​capacity planning that allows you to account for production line availability ​

 ​PRODUCTION SCHEDULING
  • schedules manufacturing based on a specified time range, location, and shift
  • accounts for minimum and maximum product inventory levels
  • accounts for customer order quantities​, available plant production time, and availability of labor
  • accounts for machinery, change-over times, and availability of production lines
  • ​allows you to view BOM dependents, and schedule all material needs
  • ​allows you to create jobs from production schedule