Plan the right materials.Produce with confidence.
Material requirements planning (MRP)
Automill MRP ensures you have the right raw materials, in the right quantities, at the right time to execute your production plan, optimising inventory, reducing costs and keeping your feedmill running at full potential.
Before you commit to a production plan, Automill helps you understand whether you have the raw materials required to execute it.
Shortages seen before they bite
MRP calculates the raw materials required to produce the schedule and compares them against current stock and expected deliveries, so you can act before shortages impact production.
Recipe changes flow through
Recipe changes and production volumes are translated automatically into accurate material requirements.
What-if planning
Test scenarios, increase volumes and see the impact on material requirements instantly.
The planning cycle, from plan to performance
- Sales and demand
Capture customer demand and market requirements.
- Production scheduling
Plan volumes by product and time.
- Recipe management
Accurate formulations and nutritional targets.
- Material requirements
What is required, how much and when.
- Stock and warehouse
Current stock, reservations and expected deliveries.
- Procurement and ERP
Purchase orders and supplier deliveries.
- Production execution
Produce to the plan with real-time control.
- Consumption and variance
Actual usage, variances and cost per tonne.
What changes for the business
Buying
- Better procurement planning: what to buy, how much, and when
- Less emergency purchasing, with more time, options and better prices
- Better working capital management
Stock
- Prevent raw material shortages
- Reduce excess stock, freeing working capital, storage space and cash
Planning
- Realistic schedules based on material reality
- Validate that a production plan is achievable
- One connected plan for production, procurement and warehouse
Plan against what you actually used
MRP tells you what you should need, and Automill production data tells you what you actually used. Together they give you visibility, control and confidence.
