orderbase PlanningBoard
inden orderbase consulting GmbH
orderbase PlanningBoard helps with the planning process of manufacturing
orderbase PlanningBoard – Adding Responsiveness to Business Central Production Planning
Business Central supports structured top-down planning. Sales enters orders, production plans capacity, and purchasing handles procurement. This flow is well covered by standard Business Central. However, the standard planning engine works with unlimited capacity assumptions, meaning it does not consider actual resource constraints when scheduling. The orderbase PlanningBoard enhances this process with interactive, graphical scheduling that adds visibility and improves planning reliability.
Yet real-world manufacturing also requires bottom-up responsiveness. Delayed materials or resource issues must trigger replanning and updates across departments. Business Central does not support this feedback loop natively.
The orderbase PlanningBoard fills this gap with visual, capacity-based rescheduling and cross-departmental coordination.
Objectives
The orderbase PlanningBoard consolidates all planning-relevant information in a single workspace, enabling planners to quickly identify and resolve scheduling conflicts and bottlenecks. It simplifies planning changes and supports collaborative multi-planner workflows within the same environment.
Key Features
- Graphical visualization of single- and multilevel production orders
- Transformation of Business Central tabular data (resources, capacities, workload, materials) into graphical representations
- Capacity, sequencing, and machine scheduling
- Visualization of capacity overloads, bottlenecks, material shortages, and late orders
- Simulation of planning scenarios with manual (drag & drop) and automatic optimization
- Automatic synchronization of all planning-relevant data
- Closed-loop integration connecting Business Central planning and PlanningBoard scheduling
- Cloud-native SaaS solution with a modern web-based UI
Benefits
- Clear visualization of complex, multi-level order structures
- Faster identification and resolution of capacity overloads and material shortages
- Automated sequencing based on optimization rules
- Reduced setup times, improved on-time delivery, and lower inventory levels
Supported Editions
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Premium
Supported Countries
- All countries where Business Central is supported
Supported Languages
- English, German