Hi guys,
I have recently accepted a promotion to a planner in a meat processing business. The process involves buying in specific primals and then cutting them up on production lines to be packed and sent out. We have a forecast and orders come in daily. Currently we use a Excel spreadsheet containing all the primal and retail stocks, a list of all the products and the quantities to produce that day. Plans are created daily. The interesting part is that we build 50% of the subsequent days forecast.
I would like some guidance on the world of planning, are there any bibles of planning that I should read? organisations I should be aware of?
Any help much appreciated,
Dean.