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OPLAN · M1

M1 — Cleanse the history

M1 · Explore

Screens are shown with sample plant data; the application interface is in Turkish.

M1 · Forecast

Demand Planning

From history to an approved demand plan in four steps.

M1 — Cleanse the history — 1. Cleanse the historyRaw sales and cleansed (base) demand on one chart; promotions, stock-outs and outliers are marked, and the reason for every correction is listed period by period.

M1 — Segment the items — 2. Segment the itemsABC by revenue contribution, XYZ by variability; each of the nine boxes carries its own model, service level and review policy.

M1 — Generate the forecast — 3. Generate the forecastThe engine backtests the models for every item, picks the one with the lowest WMAPE and writes down why; every model tried is in the table.

M1 — Agree and approve — 4. Agree and approveSales, marketing and finance enter their inputs in their own columns; the final figure changes with a reason code and, once the version is approved, moves on to S&OP.

M2 · Balance

S&OP — Sales and Operations Planning

Build an S&OP cycle and balance it through four views.

M2 — Build the cycle — 1. Build the cycleSelect the demand version; OPLAN aggregates it to family level and builds the production plan, the inventory projection and days of cover.

M2 — Check capacity — 2. Check capacityFamily production is converted into machine hours; load and open hours by production area × month are visible 18 months ahead.

M2 — Talk in money — 3. Talk in moneyThe volume plan is converted into revenue, cost and margin — a financial bridge by period and by family.

M2 — Compare with the budget — 4. Compare with the budgetPlan revenue and margin are compared with the budget by period and family; the source of the gap is spelled out.

M3 · Load

Finite Capacity Planning

Build the plan, see the bottleneck, check material and shipping.

M3 — Read the load board — 1. Read the load boardEach box is one work centre × week; click it and the operations in that cell are listed below, ready to be dragged to another cell.

M3 — Report the bottleneck — 2. Report the bottleneckWork that could not be pulled forward, has no alternative and could not be pushed back is listed with the reason and goes back to S&OP.

M3 — Check raw materials — 3. Check raw materialsThe plan consumes material in the week a batch starts; receipts, consumption and projected balance per week, minimum-level breaches in red.

M3 — Plan shipments — 4. Plan shipmentsShipments are formed by order completeness, minimum load or hold-back criterion and by vehicle type; fill rate and late promises are compared side by side.

M4 · Sequence

Machine Scheduling

Build the schedule, define changeovers and intermediate operations, read the ship date.

M4 — Build the schedule — 1. Build the scheduleChoose the dispatching rule; all operations of open work orders are sequenced to the minute on machine units. Click a box to open the whole work-order chain.

M4 — Fill in the changeover matrix — 2. Fill in the changeover matrixRows are the previous item or family, columns the next; light-to-dark and the reverse can take different times.

M4 — Define intermediate operations — 3. Define intermediate operationsCooling or transport makes the job wait but frees the machine; warm-up occupies the machine — the two are kept apart.

M4 — Read the ship date — 4. Read the ship dateOnce the last operation ends the job is ready to ship; early / late status against the promise and the weekly shipping load are in the table.

CORE · Define

The OPLAN Core

Set up the core for your company.

CORE — Define the production structure — 1. Define the production structureEnter sites, production areas and work centres; each area's flow type sets its capacity unit, batch and setup model.

CORE — Load master data — 2. Load master dataSix entities are managed with one screen layout; CSV column names match the integration contract, so a file from the ERP loads directly.

CORE — Set the rules — 3. Set the rulesFrozen horizon, capacity ceiling, shift limits, dispatching rule … module by module as constraints, rules and preferences.

CORE — See the hand-over points — 4. See the hand-over pointsWhich plan is produced and consumed by whom, and how the table fills when a module is missing — on one screen.

CORE · Explore

ERP/MES · Connect

Integration and OPERRA

Share the contract, map the fields, monitor the data.

ERP/MES — Share the contract — 1. Share the contractThe 29 sets, filtered by direction, open with their fields; send them all to the ERP / MES team as one CSV.

ERP/MES — Map the fields — 2. Map the fieldsNext to each OPLAN field, enter the ERP's column name or a fixed value; where left blank, OPLAN's own name is used.

ERP/MES — Monitor the status — 3. Monitor the statusWhich set is loaded, how many records, when it last arrived; empty mandatory sets are flagged at the top.

ERP/MES · Explore

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GURU · OPLAN assistant

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Hi, I'm GURU! I can answer your questions about OPLAN and supply chain planning (demand forecasting, S&OP, finite capacity, machine scheduling, ERP integration).