Planitools Web-based MRP for SMEs: what it changes and what to define first Multiple users, shop floor, mobile, ERP connection: what web-based production software brings compared with a spreadsheet or installed software, and the seven points to define. Planning Production Scheduling Mar 31, 2025
Planitools MRP in Excel: how far a spreadsheet can go, and when to switch tools How far an SME can plan its production in Excel, what eventually breaks, how to strengthen the workbook without throwing it away, and when to move to software. Planning Scheduling Mar 30, 2025
Planitools Custom MRP software for SMEs: build it, or buy off the shelf? Custom-built, off-the-shelf or ERP module: real costs, lead times, dependency and the “structuring effect”, with an honest decision grid for an SME. Planning Scheduling Mar 30, 2025
Planitools Production planning in Excel: why the ERP is not enough Six-figure ERP systems, and the plan still lives in Excel: what Excel does well, where it breaks, and how to keep your rules when moving to software. Forecasting Planning Scheduling Mar 5, 2025
Planitools Food industry demand forecasting: baseline, promotions, use-by dates Baseline, promotions, use-by dates, seasonality: a step-by-step method to make forecasting reliable in a food SME, and the mistakes to avoid. Forecasting Planning Mar 2, 2025
Planitools Finite capacity production planning: moving beyond infinite-capacity MRP MRP assumes unlimited resources. Here is how to compare load with the real capacity of your work centres and build an achievable plan, step by step. Planning Scheduling Feb 18, 2025
Planitools Implementing a production planning tool that people actually use Scope, input data, S&OP, MPS and scheduling horizons, routines and common mistakes: the method for a planning tool your teams keep using. Planning Scheduling Feb 11, 2025
Planitools Centralised sales forecasting: good or bad idea? Centralised at head office or local, item by item: the strengths and limits of each approach, and how to organise the loop between sales and planning. Forecasting Planning Feb 6, 2025
Planitools MRP planning and batch traceability in a food plant: a case study How a marinated poultry workshop planned over 17 days, scheduled two dependent workshops and traced its batches with an Excel-VBA tool, ahead of the ERP. Case study Planning Dec 4, 2024
Planitools Short- and medium-term Excel production planning in the food industry A macro-enabled Excel workbook to plan manufacturing orders over fifteen days with the live raw material constraint, in a 200-person poultry plant. Case study Planning Dec 4, 2024
Planitools Integrating Excel with an ERP: making both work without double entry What must stay in the ERP, what Excel can handle, four ways to connect them and the pitfalls of double data entry, with an audit method. Planning Scheduling Nov 29, 2024
Planitools ERP implementation in a manufacturing SME: promises and reality What an ERP really brings to a manufacturing SME, what it will not do for planning and forecasting, and seven questions to scope the project. Planning Nov 29, 2024
