Every time we get a new order from the sales department , first , one of my masters determines the necessary parts and quantities as well as the delivery date.

Once that information is present , it has to be entered into our production planning system ( PPS ).

It optimizes our production processes and creates possibly uniform work packages so that the setup times are minimized.

Besides , it creates a list of parts to be procured.

Unfortunately it is not coupled correctly to our Enterprise Resource Planning system ( ERP ) , so the data must be transferred manually.

By the way , that is the second step.

Once all the data is present , we need to decide whether any parts are missing and must be procured or if this is not necessary.

Once production is scheduled to start , we receive a notice from the system and an employee takes care of the implementation.

Finally , the order will be checked again for its quality .