Visual Planner

Production planning and scheduling for Exact Macola ES and Progression

Real time integration into Exact Macola

Whether you make to stock or make to order, it is essential to be able to plan production quickly and accurately.  Visual Planner is fully integrated with Exact Macola Progression and ES and works with POP and SFC modules.  It helps your production planning by providing an easy-to-use graphical view of your departments and work centers.  From a single screen you can see when the work can be done and whether the materials needed are available.  You can allow Visual Planner to schedule some or all of the production for you, meeting your target dates and finding the ideal times and work centers. 

Prepare production plans fast

Visual Planner has been designed to be easy to use, and quick to get up and running. With Visual Planner’s graphical planning screen, you can prepare achievable production plans – fast! And when you need it, the information stored in Macola is only a few clicks away. You can see customer orders, trail kit lists, bill of material, purchase orders, stock availability in multiple locations, production reports, and much more – all from the planning screen.

See stock availability in one or multiple locations

The benefits don’t stop with helping you schedule orders. When you are ready to start production, Visual Planner can help you to confirm all the components needed are available before you release the order. If the materials aren’t available, you can quickly rearrange production to keep things running smoothly. Visual Planner really helps you to synchronize purchasing plans with production plans, so that you do not order materials too early or too late. This will greatly help you to keep your material costs down.