A typical day by role

Production planner

1. Planning: release new sales orders, then firm plan or release production orders for their lines.
2. Check the green Ready to finish cards and change them to Finished.
3. Material plan: look at red and amber bars in Order readiness. Expedite late purchase orders or move operations on the Schedule.
4. Schedule: adjust bays and dates. Use Capacity load to spot overloaded days.

Assembly lead / operator

1. Labor: each person scans their badge and job at the start of the shift. Switch jobs as work moves.
2. Shop floor or order details: start, pause (with reason) and resume operations. Report output and finish when the operation is done.
3. Consumption: scan the parts pulled from stores for today and post them before the end of the shift.
4. Clock out at the end of the shift.

Quality

1. Put an order on QC hold with the reason and NCR number when an inspection fails or a customer witness is needed.
2. Release the hold once the issue is closed. The order shows red on Planning until then.

Buyer

1. Material plan with Exceptions only: sort out red parts (past order-by) first, then the blue striped ones (still in time).
2. Tick the planned purchases and create requisition lines. Carry them out to purchase orders in BC.
3. For amber bars, call the vendor to pull the purchase order in.