From a customer order to the factory floor, on one plan.
Foreman is a production-planning system for manufacturers. It brings sales requests, the weekly plan and the machines on the floor into one place, checks every order against real capacity, and keeps the company’s ERP in step.
- Product
- 1 litre bottle, bronze
- Quantity
- A full production run
- Needed by
- Friday next week
- In stock
- Checked against the ERP
How it works
One request, from sales to shipment
Every order follows the same clear path, so sales, planning and the floor always see the same picture.
- Sales
A request is raised
Sales enters what the customer needs and by when.
- Foreman
Capacity is checked
The request is compared with each machine’s capacity and the current plan.
- Planning
The request is approved
A planner approves it, with stock levels and deadlines in view.
- Foreman
It joins the weekly plan
The job is allocated to a machine and a day.
- The floor
Output is recorded
Each station works from its own sheet and records what was made.
The weekly plan
Every machine, every day, at a glance
Planners see how full each machine is across the week, where there is room, and where a day is asking for more than a machine can give.
- 1 litre bottle, bronze Recorded
- 1 litre bottle, silver Recorded
- 4 litre can In progress
Each station prints the sheet for its own machine, and records output as it goes.
Connected
In step with the ERP, in both directions
Foreman works alongside the ERP the business already runs. Items, customers and stock flow in. Work orders and completed production flow back. Nobody types the same thing twice.
- Items
- Customers
- Stock levels
- Work orders
- Completed production
- Stock transfers
Working together
Foreman keeps the plan. Your people run the plant.
Foreman takes care of
- Checking each request against capacity
- Keeping the weekly plan current
- Reminders when something is waiting
- Keeping the ERP and the plan in step
Your team looks after
- Approving requests and setting priorities
- Deciding what runs on which machine
- Running the machines and recording output
- Customer commitments
Designed with care
A plan the whole business can trust
Approval before production
A request joins the plan only once the right person has approved it.
One source of truth
Stock, items and customers come from the ERP, so both systems always agree.
A history of every change
Every edit to the plan is recorded, with who made it and when.
Attention where it is needed
The team is alerted when a sync falls behind or a request has been waiting too long.
Built within your systems
Foreman stays in step with the ERP you already run, so items, customers, stock and work orders match on both sides.
Curious whether Foreman would suit your team?
We are happy to walk you through it in more detail, and to hear how the work is done in your organisation today.