Pharmaceutical production planning, batch by batch
Turn the demand plan into production orders. PLAIO sizes each one to its lane, checks the components and shows each line's load by month.
See your own products planned
30 minutes with our team. Bring a few SKUs and the spreadsheet you plan production in today.
The lane sets the order size
A 2,000-tube minimum and 1,000-tube increments on a one-month lead time. Every order suggestion on this lane follows them.
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Production orders your lines can run
PLAIO checks the batch size, the components and the line load before an order reaches the floor. The planner fixes a problem in the plan, not on the shop floor on Tuesday.
Orders sized to the batch you make
Each production lane carries a minimum order and an order increment, and PLAIO flags any that are not a multiple of the batch size. Order suggestions follow them, inside the lane's lead time and frozen period.
The lead time includes quality release, so a batch is planned to be sellable when the market needs it.
Why it matters:
Nobody rounds a suggestion by hand before it goes to the ERP.
What changes for your planners
Components planned with the batch
Production lanes explode the bill of materials, so every order brings its component demand into the plan. Each component is planned on its own supplier lead time: three months for the API, one for the packaging.
Shelf life in every order
Set shelf life and minimum remaining shelf life per product and location. PLAIO flags stock that will expire unsold and supply that outlives its demand.
Line load by month
The Capacity Plan counts firm orders and order suggestions on each line, month by month. A line above 85% is marked near capacity while you can still move volume.
From demand plan to the shop floor
Demand
Supply planning runs against your demand plan, by product, location and month. A change in demand reaches the next supply run.
Production plan
PLAIO nets demand against stock, open orders and safety stock, then suggests production orders sized to each lane. Each order brings its component demand with it.
Capacity and schedule
The Capacity Plan loads those orders onto each line by month. The shop-floor schedule then places them job by job, around changeovers, cleaning, shifts and downtime.
See your products planned in batches
In 30 minutes we take a few of your products from the demand plan to production orders on your lines.
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