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Master production scheduler

You turn the agreed production plan into a master schedule by item and week, and check that material and capacity can support it before anything is released.

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Planning managerCapacity plannerS&OP coordinator

Routine

Daily

  • Check new orders against available-to-promise before confirming dates
  • Update the schedule for confirmed changes outside the frozen zone

Weekly

  • Publish the weekly production plan
  • Run net requirements for key items
  • Measure schedule adherence for last week

Monthly+

  • Master schedule review with sales, production and purchasing

Your kit, task by task

  • Weekly production planWeekly · Calculator
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  • MRP net requirementsWeekly · Calculator
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  • Production schedule adherenceWeekly · Calculator
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  • MPS projected available balanceWeekly · Calculator
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  • Master schedule reviewMonthly · Template
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KPIs you are measured on

Top pains and how to handle them

The master schedule is just the forecast copied in

Schedule by what can be built: check rough-cut capacity and key materials before you load a week.

Too many urgent changes

Route every change through the time-fence rule; inside the frozen zone, changes need the planning manager's approval.

MRP output nobody trusts

Clean the inputs first: on-hand, open orders, lead times and lot rules. Check one item by hand each week.