Every manufacturing firm strives to make best use of available resources to meet customer demand. With minimization of production costs and time as core objective, manufacturers utilize a multitude of methods to run an operation as efficiently as possible.

A solid production plan which defines production lot sizes forms the base of Resource Planning which determines the resource requirements of an organization and also detailed production schedule.

Manufacturers often have to choose between following a chase strategy by producing only what is needed or a level production strategy by producing to meet a fixed level or a combination of both. Such decisions involve a tradeoff between surplus inventory costs and shortage costs.

Harapa’s Production Planning solution helps customers to:

• Ensure optimum use of available resources to meet customer demand while satisfying multiple constraints.
• Maintain optimal level of Work-In-Process Inventory and finished goods inventory
• Simulate different production plans and analyze their effect on overall operations.