brotherton-erpnext/erpnext/docs/user/manufacturing/tools/production-planning-tool.md

Production Planning Tool helps you plan production and purchase of Items for a period (usually a week or a month).

This list of Items can be generated from the open Sales Orders in the system and will generate:

• Production Orders for each Item.
• Purchase Requests for Items whose Projected Quantity is likely to fall below zero.

To use the Production Planning Tool, go to:

Manufacturing > Tools > Production Planning Tool

Step 1: Select and get Sales Order

• Select sales orders for MRP using filters (Time, Item, and Customer)
• Click on Get Sales Order to generate a list.

Step 2: Get Item from Sales Orders.

You can add/remove or change quantity of these Items.

Step 3: Create Production Orders

Step 4: Create Material Request

Create Material Request for Items with projected shortfall.

The Production Planning Tool is used in two stages:

• Selection of Open Sales Orders for the period based on “Expected Delivery Date”.
• Selection of Items from those Sales Orders.

The tool will update if you have already created Production Orders for a particular Item against its Sales Order (“Planned Quantity”).

You can always edit the Item list and increase / reduce quantities to plan your production.

Note: How do you change a Production Plan? The output of the Production Planning Tool is the Production Order. Once your orders are created, you can change them by amending the Production Orders.

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