Smooth inward movement of raw material and outward movement of finished goods are crucial for optimum production output. Production planning depends on order execution and sales forecast. One needs to have a clear-cut view of product demand well in advance to plan out production sessions to reduce downtime and balance equipment load.

ElegantJ BI provides several business intelligence benefits to Production Planning and Control.
Business Intelligence Advantages

• Optimise production planning and control with up-to-date information on variation in demand that affects the raw material requirement, which ultimately affects production planning and overall operation.
• Convey any new crucial information about any anticipated delays immediately to potential customers through customer service.
• Production analysis provides key information regarding capacity, production line operations, work order flow, yield, quality and costs.
• Keep track of plant wise and shift wise production to improve efficiency and maximize quality.
• Monitor plant wise and shift wise yield to maximize production and ensure on-time delivery.
• Get a look at trends in quality variations across shifts and plants.
• Monitor variation in actual material costs and planned costs.
• Analyse backlog, capacity utilization, system uptime, production cost variables, batch runs, scrap percentage and rework with just few clicks of mouse.

Moreover, with ElegantJ BI performance management system Business Intelligence Scorecards organizations across all industries and all business functions can achieve continuous improvement through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) enabled process performance monitoring against the set targets - KPI for Production Planning & Control, KPI for Finance, KPI for Sales, KPI for Distribution, KPI for Marketing, KPI for Human Resource Management, KPI for Customer Profiling, KPI for Customer Relationship Management, KPI Sales Force Management, KPI for Inventory and KPI for Supply Chain Management.