Article planning
Read daily availability, compare issues, and resolve overbooking
Article planning shows articles as rows and days as columns. It combines stock with every internal and external material issue, revealing the quantity still available on each day.
Period and view
Choose the required date range, search articles or categories, and expand or collapse categories and subcategories. Only planned articles hides rows without an issue in the visible period. Your open groups and this display option are saved for future work.
Reading colours and bars
| Display | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Number in a day cell | Ready-for-use quantity still available that day |
| Red or below zero | Planned quantity exceeds available stock |
| Green bar | Internal material issue |
| Striped bar | External material issue or loan slip |
| Highlighted date | Today |
| Different background | Weekend |
Availability equals ready-for-use stock minus all overlapping issues. A multi-day issue affects every day of its period.
Opening a day cell
Click an article/day cell to open its usage panel. It shows total and ready-for-use stock, status breakdown, internal and external use, remaining or minimum available quantity, and the individual issues behind the result. Tabs separate internal from external use. With disposition permission you can change quantities or issues; otherwise the view remains read-only.
Opening an issue bar
Hover for name, period, and project or recipient. Open the bar to edit the material issue. Changes to period, quantity, or assignment are recalculated in article planning after refresh.
Resolving overbooking
Check the complete period
An issue may start before the visible red date or end afterwards. Open the entire bar and verify its full period.
Before a production week
- Include setup and strike in the date range.
- Enable Only planned articles.
- Open categories used by the participating crafts.
- Review negative and low positive quantities.
- Include external loan slips in the same period.
- Coordinate changes with project and material owners.