About Production Plans

Each Production Unit can generate one or more products. For each product that it generates, a production profile will exist to identify information about that product, such as the maximum demonstrated rate of production and the amount of profit one of those products yields.

For each Production Unit, you will have one or more Production Plans in which you can define criteria, as outlined in the following table:

Plan Details	Description	Example
What	The products that you plan to produce. Each plan can include one or more products.	You plan to produce water bottles and labels.
When -or- How Much	When: The time period for which you want to track the production. In this case, you will provide the start and end dates, and the planned product quantity will be determined automatically based upon the production profile. This option is called a time-based plan. -or- How Much: The amount of each product that you plan to produce. In this case, you will provide the start time and the planned product quantity, and the end time will be determined automatically. This option is called a quantity-based plan.	When: You plan to produce bottles and labels from January 1, 2015 through April 30, 2015. -or- How Much: You plan to produce 50,000 bottles and 100,000 labels, starting January 1, 2015.
During Which Hours	The hours each day that you produce the specified products.	You have one shift running 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. -or- You have two shifts: 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M.
How Often You Enter Data	The frequency by which you enter production data and production losses. You can choose the Data Entry type to select the frequency by which you enter data.	You enter production data daily. -or- You enter production data once per shift.

Each production plan is represented by a Production Plan record.