This system is used to track compliance by the plants to the Master Production Schedule.
The Master Production Schedule is a schedule of what products can be produced on what days from each plant in Canada. The plants are supposed to set up their production schedule, so that the schedule for shipment of the product can be maintained (see Master Shipping Schedule System). The process is in place so that the plants can plan the production of products and minimize changes to this plan, and thus minimize the effects of changes down the entire line of supply.
This system is similar to the Master Shipping Schedule system but it tracks the plants' compliance in producing the product on the scheduled day, as opposed to the Distribution Centre compliance in ordering product so that it gets shipped to them on a scheduled day. The two schedules are linked in that there is a delay between the Production schedule to the Shipping schedule because it requires a certain amount of time to actually ship the product. For example, 640 gram Sunchips Harvest Cheddar may be scheduled to be produced on Monday in the Cambridge plant. The shipping schedule for Mississauga would be Tuesday (takes one day to produce and then ship the product) while the shipping schedule to Thunder Bay would be Wednesday (takes one day to produce and then another day to ship the product) .
This system allows Frito Lay to enter the Master Production Schedule, and to import the actual amount of product that is produced at each plant..
The reports from this system give compliance by week, period (there are 13 four week periods per year) and for the entire year.