The TROPOS Process and Materials Planning module allows you to manage the production activity by creating production orders and schedules to control the manufacture of finished products, co-products, by-products and waste from input raw materials. It provides the basis on which the TROPOS Production Monitoring module monitors costs, yields, quality and timeliness of production activities.

Production orders and schedules are created by production line for batch, continuous and semi-continuous processes. Material requirements are automatically highlighted in the form of order-based kitting lists for batch manufacture or via lineside stores-based material call-off schedules to support flowline manufacturing on a user-defined time frequency (day, shift, hour, minute).

Materials can be allocated to a line, schedule, contract or individual order to ensure that shortages are highlighted at the earliest possible moment. Where shortages are identified, the material call-off schedule highlights existing purchase orders which need to be progressed to clear the shortage. When goods are received, shortages are automatically cleared on a priority basis.

TROPOS Materials Planning reviews the current material situation (stock, production, and purchase orders) and suggests actions to be taken to satisfy this demand, such as creating new or amending existing purchase and production schedules.

Completions can be recorded by process stage as good, reject or awaiting approval with any yield variances being highlighted during the production process. Full traceability of all lot-controlled items is automatically maintained.

Comprehensive documentation is produced which can be tailored to meet individual requirements using the TROPOS White Paper printing toolkit. Process sheets, raw material requisitions, material call-off schedules, shortage notes, lot tickets, deliver to stores notes and quality test sheets are among some of the standard documentation provided.

TROPOS Process and Materials Planning

• Production Schedules
  • Batch Orders
  • Continuous Orders
  • Semi-continuous
  • Rework and Convert Orders
• Material Call-Off to Production
  • By Production Line
  • By Range of Lineside Locations
  • By Schedule
  • By Date Range
  • Summarised
  • Rounding to whole package/pallet quantities
  • Time-phased
  • Optimises stock in the lineside location
  • Highlights shortages and sources of supply
  • Expired Stock Control
• Material Handling
  • Allocation
  • Marshalling
  • Backflushing
  • Positive Issue
  • Alternatives
• Materials Planning
  • Regenerative, Nett Change and Gross
  • Online by item and/or business
  • Co-products
  • By-Products
  • Waste Handling
  • Recycled Materials
  • Plan alternative materials with authorisation controls
  • Alternate production methods
  • Yield
  • Sensitivity criteria
  • Demand and Supply Reviews
  • Origin of Demand
  • Purchase Consignment Stocks/Vendor Management Inventory (VMI)
• Documentation
  • Process Sheets
  • Material Requisitions
  • Material Call-Off reports
  • Lot and pallet tickets
  • Deliver to Stores Notes
  • QA Test Sheets