Digital Kitchen Management
Production Planner Setup
Set up the production periods and production plans your kitchen's daily plans are built from.
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About
Production Planner setup decides how your daily production plans are built: which products they include, how they're laid out, and which past sales the quantities are based on.
Production periods
Set the layout and time slots for a section. Shared across all sites.
Production plans
Set up each site's plan: its sections, products and sales periods.
Daily plans
Created automatically each day, from the following day.
Before you start
Each section of a plan needs both of these, so set them up first:
The products to show in each section. If sections show different products, you'll need a family for each.
The layout and time slots for each section.
Ready to start?
Go to the Production Periods tab.
Production Periods
Production periods are shared across your production plans and every site. Each section of a plan uses one.
A production period sets:
The time slots
Each slot becomes a sub-section of the plan, with quantities based on sales in that time.
The layout
Whether the section shows as a List or a Table. see examples.
For example, this period has two time slots. Morning Production quantities are based on sales between 6am and 12pm, and Afternoon Production quantities on sales between 12pm and 6pm.
Creating a production period
1
Start a new production period
Go to Digital Kitchen Management > Production Planner > Setup > Planner Periods and select NEW PRODUCTION PERIOD.
2
Name it and choose the layout
In the New Production Period window, fill in:
A name for the period.
Select SAVE. The period opens, ready for its time slots.
3
Add a time slot
Select NEW PRODUCTION PERIOD TIME and fill in:
A name for the time slot.
The time slot. Quantities are based on sales in this time.
Select SAVE.
4
Add the other time slots
Repeat for each time slot the period needs.
5
Save the period
Select SAVE.
The period can now be used in a production plan.
Production Plans
Set up a production plan for a site: which past sales it uses, and the sections it's split into.
Need these first
Each section needs a product family and a production period.
Steps
1
Start a new plan
Go to Digital Kitchen Management > Production Planner > Setup > Planner Setup and select NEW PRODUCTION PLAN CONFIG.
2
Name it and choose the sales periods
Fill in:
A name for the plan.
Tick to create daily plans from this setup automatically.
The date range used for the Previous Period 1 figures. The planned quantities are based on this.
The date range used for the Previous Period 2 figures. Usually more recent, and shown for reference only.
Select SAVE. The plan setup opens, ready for its sections.
3
Add a section
Select NEW PRODUCTION PLAN SECTION and fill in:
The name shown at the top of the section.
The family holding the products for this section.
The period that sets the section's layout and time slots.
Select SAVE.
4
Add the other sections
Repeat for each section, then select SAVE.
5
Check the product settings
Each product can be rounded to a set number of decimal places in plans. Set up product settings for the production planner
6
Create a test plan (optional)
To see what a plan will look like, select CREATE PLAN FOR TOMORROW against the plan in Planner Setup. The plan doesn't need to be active. After a few seconds you'll see Success, and the plan appears in production plans.
You can delete and recreate test plans as you change the setup.
If the plan is active, daily plans are created from the following day.
How far ahead are plans created?
Set Production Plan Days Ahead, from 1 to 7 days, on the Site Configuration tab of site setup.
Edit
Change a production period or production plan.
What are you editing?
Production Periods
1
Open the production period
Go to Digital Kitchen Management > Production Planner > Setup > Planner Periods and select EDIT against the production period.
2
Make your changes
Change any of its settings. See how they work.
3
Save
Select SAVE.
The production period is updated.
Production Plans
1
Open the production plan
Go to Digital Kitchen Management > Production Planner > Setup > Planner Setup and select EDIT against the production plan.
2
Make your changes
Change any of its settings. See how they work.
3
Save
Select SAVE.
The production plan is updated.
Search
See your production periods and production plans.
What are you looking for?
Production Periods
Shown straight away
When you open Digital Kitchen Management > Production Planner > Setup > Planner Periods, every production period in the company is listed. You can't search or filter the list.
What's shown
The period's name.
Production Plans
Shown straight away
When you open Digital Kitchen Management > Production Planner > Setup > Planner Setup, every production plan for your site is listed. You can't search or filter the list.
What's shown
The plan's name.
Whether it's active.
Delete
Delete a production period or production plan you no longer need.
What are you deleting?
Production Periods
You can only delete a production period if
You have delete rights
If you don't but think you should, find out how to get access.
It isn't in use
No production plan section uses it.
This can't be undone
Deleting a production period is permanent. It can't be recovered.
1
Open the production period
Go to Digital Kitchen Management > Production Planner > Setup > Planner Periods and select EDIT against the production period.
2
Delete it
Select DELETE and confirm.
The production period is deleted.
Production Plans
You can only delete a production plan if
You have delete rights
If you don't but think you should, find out how to get access.
This can't be undone
Deleting a production plan is permanent. It can't be recovered.
1
Open the production plan
Go to Digital Kitchen Management > Production Planner > Setup > Planner Setup and select EDIT against the production plan.
2
Delete it
Select DELETE and confirm.
The production plan is deleted.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
QWhy haven't my daily plans been created?
Check the production plan is ticked as Active. Plans are created from the day after setup, as far ahead as Production Plan Days Ahead allows. To create any missing plans straight away, see creating plans by hand.
QHow are planned quantities worked out?
From sales of each product on the same weekday in the plan's Previous Period 1, split into the time slots of the section's production period. Previous Period 2 is shown for reference only.