Scheduling and Inventory Basics (Enterprise)

Two questions sink production schedules: 'do we have the capacity to deliver this?' and 'do we actually have the material?' Flaggity answers both with two Enterprise add-ons. Production Scheduling gives you capacity visibility; the Inventory Ledger gives you honest stock tracking. Both are additive — they reference your existing work orders, units, and facilities without changing them.

Production Scheduling

Scheduling is a capacity-visibility tool, not an automatic solver that decides for you. You define work centers, each with a daily capacity in hours, then place schedule entries onto a weekly board. Every cell shows load against capacity, color-coded so you can read it instantly:

• OK — comfortably within capacity.
• Near Capacity — getting tight, watch it.
• Overcommitted — you've scheduled more than the work center can do that day.

You can drag entries between days and work centers to rebalance, and link an entry to a work order so the schedule reflects real commitments rather than guesses.

Inventory Ledger

The Inventory Ledger tracks stock by item and facility with a full transaction history, so you always know not just how much you have but how it got there. Every movement is one of three types:

• Receipt — stock coming in (quantity goes up).
• Consumption — stock used, optionally linked to the work order that consumed it (quantity goes down).
• Adjustment — a correction, which requires a reason so the ledger stays trustworthy.

Items show an OK / Low / Out status against an optional reorder point, so low stock surfaces before it stops the line. Consuming below zero is possible but requires a deliberate confirmation, so you never quietly go negative by accident.

What happens next

Scheduling and inventory close the gap between a work order and actually delivering it: the work order says what's promised, scheduling says when you have the capacity, and the ledger says whether you have the material. Used together, the floor stops being a series of surprises.

Common questions

Does scheduling automatically level my load? No — it shows you the load and flags overcommitment so you can rebalance. It keeps a human in control rather than reshuffling your floor on its own.

Who can change stock levels? Inspectors can't; plant managers have read-only access; managers and admins can receive, consume, and adjust. Adjustments always require a reason.