# Production Plan
Production plan helps user to plan production aginst the multiple sales orders or the material requests and also plan for the purchase of the raw materials which will be used in the production.
To use the Production Plan, go to:
> Manufacturing > Production > Production Plan
## Planning for Production
#### Production Against Sales Orders
* Select option as Sales Order from the drop down list of get items from. System will show the filters, using that we can pull the sales orders for the production.
* Click on Get Sales Orders to fetch sales orders based on above filters
* Click on Get Items for Production Order to fetch the items from the above sales orders.
* Include Exploded Items :- To include subassembly items of raw materials in the production.
#### Production Against Material Requests
* Select option as Material Request from the drop down list of get items from. System will show the filters, using that we can pull the material requests for the production.
* Click on Get Material Request to fetch material requests based on above filters
* Click on Get Items for Production Order to fetch the items from the above material requests.
## Planning for Material Requests
* Click on get raw materials for production button to fetech raw materials required in the production.
* Include Non Stock Items :- To add non stock items in the material request planning.
* Include Subcontracted Items :- To add subcontracted item's raw materials if include exploded items is disabled
* Ignore Existing Ordered Quantity :- If enabled then system will not check the projected quantity to make material request.
# Options To Make Production Order and Material Request
