Decide what can be produced before work is released
Build a planning horizon that connects demand, quantity, date, work-center context, material readiness, quality readiness, and the human decision to release or revise the plan.
Jodoo supports the collaborative planning record and approval path. It does not claim to calculate BOM explosions, automated MRP, forecasting, or finite-capacity optimization.
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- Demand and plan lines in one horizon
- Readiness separated from release
- Every plan change retains its reason and owner
Use different detail for commitment, release, and today
A long-range plan should not pretend to know the same details as a released order. Keep the records related while the decisions become more concrete.
- Horizon 1
Commitment outlook
Group demand by product, period, plant, and requested date. Identify capacity or material questions that require analysis.
- Horizon 2
Release window
Confirm quantity, work center, estimated hours, readiness, owner, and the decision to release, hold, or revise.
- Horizon 3
Near-term control
Connect released plan lines to schedule slots, change records, and the current production promise.
Make release criteria visible instead of burying them in planner notes
The plan line should show what is known, what is assumed, and who owns the unresolved decision.
Materials
Available, expected, short, or substitution under review
Release, hold, split quantity, or assign material action
Work center
Candidate center, load context, planned hours, and availability concern
Release to scheduling or request an alternate center
Quality / engineering
Required approval, revision, inspection, or specification state
Block release until the named evidence is accepted
People / tooling
Required skill, crew, tool, fixture, or setup constraint
Change date, route, or responsible owner
Keep demand, feasibility, and release decision as separate facts
This structure supports review and change without turning the form into a generic spreadsheet clone.
Demand reference
Source, customer or internal need, product, requested quantity, requested date, and priority.
Planning proposal
Plan period, proposed quantity, work center, estimated hours, and planner.
Readiness assessment
Material, quality, engineering, tooling, labor, and capacity signals with owners.
Release decision
Released, held, revised, or rejected with decision date, reason, and linked schedule work.
Preserve why the plan moved, not only its latest date
A new date without a reason destroys learning and makes customer promises harder to explain.
Demand changed
Original and revised quantity/date, requester, reason
Measure volatility and identify repeat sources
Readiness failed
Constraint, evidence, owner, expected recovery
Decide whether to hold, split, or resequence
Priority overridden
Approver, affected work, service impact, acknowledgement
Protect the rest of the schedule from invisible tradeoffs
Use Jodoo for collaborative planning decisions—and specialist software for advanced calculation
Choose based on the work required to make the plan feasible and keep it current.
Human readiness and release
Strong: configurable records, rules, ownership, approvals, and views
Integration to master data and production orders
Material explosion and purchasing signals
Can route exceptions and approvals around results
MRP with trusted BOMs, inventory, lead times, and supply logic
Finite-capacity optimization
Can manage chosen slots and controlled changes
APS engine, constraints, calendars, setup rules, and optimization method
Machine-level execution
Can collect human updates and decisions
MES/SCADA connectivity, genealogy, and real-time control
Plan around real constraints and explicit release decisions
The goal is a feasible promise, not a visually complete spreadsheet.
What is production planning software?
It helps translate demand into planned quantities, dates, resources, readiness decisions, and production releases. Some products also include MRP, forecasting, detailed scheduling, or ERP functions.
What is the difference between planning and scheduling?
Planning decides what and how much should be produced, when it is needed, and whether it is feasible. Scheduling assigns released work to more specific times, sequences, shifts, and work centers.
Can Jodoo calculate MRP from a BOM?
Jodoo is not an MRP calculation engine. It can capture and route material-readiness results, approvals, exceptions, and actions produced by ERP or MRP systems.
Can planners change fields and views without code?
Yes. A trained administrator can add readiness criteria, decision routes, filtered horizons, reminders, and dashboards while preserving existing records.
See what must happen after a production plan is approved
Move from demand and readiness into release, scheduling, progress updates, exception recovery, and verified closeout with a shared record trail.
Test readiness and plan changes with real owners
Open the populated planning app, inspect a blocked plan line and its change record, then adapt the release criteria to your production process.