How to Plan Batches On Sections? (kanban)

Learn how to use Kanban to add a plan for specific batches on selected production sections, accurately and efficiently.

Step 1: Permission Control

To be able to use this new update on the system, you have to make sure that you are granted the new permission created for planning batches on specific sections, by following those steps:

Go to Garment IO system
Go to Configuration
Then click on System Configuration
Then Navigate to Roles
Check who exactly you want to grant the permission to from the "Company Roles", then click on the edit button
it will open the permissions page for that Role, Go to the "Special Permissions" and check the "plan batches on sections" Permission. This will grant that role the permission to add a plan to certain batches on specific sections

Permissions

Step 2: Plan Order

Before adding a plan to certain batches on specific sections, you have to make sure that the production order is planned and have sections assigned to it. You can do that by following those steps:

Go to the production Department
Open Production orders
Then right click on any order you wish to make sure that it's planned
Then click on the "Production order plan"
This will open the plan of this production order. this will help you to check of the order is planned or not. if it's not fully planned, then you have to finish it's plan and assigning sections to it, so you can start planning the batches inside it.

Assigning Sections to Stages

Step 3: Add a plan to certain batches on specific sections

After granting the users the new permission, and after making sure that the plan of the Production order is complete, now you can add a plan for certain batches on specific sections. You can do that by following those steps:

Go to the Production department
Open the production orders page
Navigate to the production order you wish to plan the batches inside it and right click on it and click on the "Batches" option. This will open the batches page.

Note: You will find at the top of the page the total number of pieces in the batches, and the total number of planned pieces in those batches. The total number of planned pieces in the batches means that there are batches that were already planned. If you click on the total number of batches, it will open a table with the details of the production order — the numbers that appear in green mean that they are already planned, and the numbers that appear in red mean that they haven't been planned yet.

Total number of pieces in the batches

You can use the filter in the table if you wish to add a plan for the batches inside each cutting order separately, or select the batches you wish to add the plan to it

Then click on "Choose an action", then choose "Plan on sections" This will open a window with a table that allows you to plan the selected batches

Then choose the specific sections/section, you want the batch to be working on.

Note: You will notice that at the top of the window it has the number of pieces in the chosen batches. This is to help you know the number of pieces to be planned on the chosen sections.

Then you start entering the start date of this plan

Note: the start date cannot be out of the shift time that was already added to the production order plan, nor can you add a start date for it on weekends or holidays

Then enter the quantity you wish to be working on what sections then you click save

You will notice that there is an icon next to the cutting order number, The grey icon means that this order is not planned yet, the Green icon means that this cutting order/batch is planned.

Plan on sections

Notes:

If you already added a plan to certain batches and you wish to edit on it, you can do that by following the same steps. However, editing an already existing plan will delete the previous plan and will only save the new plan you added to it.
If you wish to edit a plan for a certain selected batches, you will follow the same steps above. However, when the plan window opens you would find that there are dates that are in grey, which means that those dates are already reserved for a plan. This is just to show you the dates and sections that are already reserved so you would be able to decide whether you would still add a plan to it or not, so you won't overload the selected sections on those reserved dates

Planning quantities

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I edit a plan I already added to certain batches?
Yes, follow the same steps to edit it. However, editing an already existing plan will delete the previous plan and only save the new one you added.
What's the difference between the green and red numbers in the production order details table?
Green numbers mean those batches are already planned, while red numbers mean they haven't been planned yet.
Can I set the plan's start date to any day I want?
No, the start date can't fall outside the shift hours already added to the production order plan, and it can't be set on weekends or holidays.
Who can use this feature?
Only users who have been granted the "plan batches on sections" permission through Company Roles in System Configuration.

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