Plan-to-Produce

Plan-to-Produce

Plan-to-Produce with SAP: Confident Production in a Fast-Paced Market

Can your operations keep up with today’s demand volatility?

In Philippine manufacturing, everything is moving faster—from seasonal demand spikes and rush orders to supply chain disruptions and regulatory shifts. But when you’re planning and production aren’t fully connected, you lose time, stock, and money.

That’s why forward-thinking manufacturers are investing in smarter, integrated solutions that drive agility and profitability across the entire plan to produce (PTP) cycle.

What’s Holding Manufacturers Back?

Production Delays from Inaccurate Forecasting

In many plants, sales and production teams still work off disconnected spreadsheets. This leads to missed targets, overtime costs, and excess inventory.


Materials Not Available When Needed

Delays in procurement or poor visibility into raw material inventory cause unplanned downtime and missed customer commitments.


Too Much Waste in Time, Materials, and Energy

Inconsistent production schedules and last-minute changes lead to inefficient energy usage, rework, and material losses


Inflexible Production Plans

Can’t keep up with changes in orders or customer preferences? Without dynamic capacity planning, you’re always playing catch-up.


Poor Visibility from Planning to Shop Floor

Disconnected systems make it hard to see the impact of demand fluctuations or disruptions across the supply chain.

Streamline Your Entire Plan to Produce Process with SAP

SAP connects forecasting, planning, production, and inventory in one digital thread, so you can respond to market demands without missing a beat.

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Forecast demand using real-time sales, finance, and market data. Create achievable production goals aligned with your business strategy. Perform scenario simulations to identify the best path forward.

Demand Management
Manage independent and dependent demand with real-time updates. Improve forecast accuracy and integrate it directly into your production planning strategy. Suitable for both Make-to-Stock and Make-to-Order models.

Long-Term Planning
Run simulations based on Bills of Materials (BOMs), lead times, and historical data. Check if your plant has the capacity and materials needed. Confidently move simulations into operational planning.

Master Production Scheduling (MPS)
Prioritize the scheduling of high-impact and bottleneck materials. Balance stock availability and production constraints to improve service levels and working capital.

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
The core of SAP Plan to Produce, MRP matches supply to demand at every step. Generate automated procurement proposals, reduce stockouts, and align materials to actual production schedules.

Shop Floor Control
Convert production orders into actionable tasks. Track job status, materials used, and operator performance in real time—making shop floor management more responsive.

Capacity Planning
Match available work centers with forecasted load. Balance machine and labor capacity with shift schedules and maintenance downtimes.

Inventory Management
Get real-time control of on-hand, in-transit, and special stocks like consigned or project-specific inventory. Accurately track goods movement and minimize shrinkage or overstocking.

Settlement
Identify cost variances after production. Settle production orders and analyze deviations in labor, material, or overheads for continuous improvement.


Real Business Impact

  • Reduced days in inventory and faster production cycles
  • Increased forecast accuracy and raw material availability
  • Lower cost per unit through minimized waste and energy use
  • Better agility to meet local and export demand changes
  • Full transparency from planning to shop floor to settlement

Ready to transform your manufacturing operations?

Let’s build a Plan-to-Produce process that works for the Philippine market. Discover how SAP can align your forecasting, production, and fulfillment for sustainable growth.

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