Master Production Schedule:
capacity, prioritization and plan stability with Anaplan
With Anaplan and Beyond Plans, the Master Production Schedule (MPS) becomes a strategic lever. Secure your data, balance workload and capacity, simulate what-if scenarios and secure your trade-offs. The objective: a stable, controlled plan adopted by your teams.
Why
Beyond Plans?
An effective PDP is more than just a tool. Beyond Plans combines industrial consulting, Anaplan integration, and field adoption to ensure the reliability of multi-site data, stabilize the plan, prioritize production orders, and connect PDP and procurement.
MPS (Master Production Schedule):
the essentials at a glance
The MPS aims to translate demand into a realistic production plan, balancing workload and capacity. With Beyond Plans and Anaplan, you benefit from a reliable cloud model integrating multi-site constraints, production scenarios and MPS–MRP synchronization.
Context
Demand variability and bottlenecks create delays, cost overruns and plan instability.
Our approach
Anaplan + Beyond Plans: capacity diagnostics, what-if scenarios, ERP/MES integration, and adoption.
Key benefits
Stabilized plan, improved OTIF, reduced inventory, and load/capacity balance.
From uncontrolled load to load/capacity balance
Manufacturers face demand variability, multi-site constraints and bottlenecks. Misalignment between S&OP, MPS and MRP leads to delays, cost overruns and costly work in progress. Without a reliable tool, capacity management and trade-off decisions remain fragile.
Our MPS solution
Consulting + MPS model + scenarios: Beyond Plans structures your MPS with Anaplan and a proven methodology. Capacity diagnostics, trade-off rules, what-if simulations (subcontracting, overtime), MPS–MRP synchronization and standardized governance. Adoption ensured through Lemon Learning.
Key benefits of the production master plan
With Anaplan and Beyond Plans, you obtain a stabilized plan, reducing order changes. You improve service levels (OTIF), reduce inventory and work in progress, and control costs. The workload/capacity balance becomes manageable through clear governance.
About Anaplan for your Master Production Schedule
Anaplan is the cloud platform that enables the creation of a reliable, connected Master Production Schedule. It integrates capacity constraints, multi-level bills of materials and production scenarios, and connects to your ERP, MES and SCM systems for robust industrial planning.
The Master Production Schedule (MPS) FAQ
Do you want to secure your MPS and stabilize your plans? Here are answers to the most frequently asked questions: alignment with S&OP, planning horizons, RCCP/MPS differences and deployment timelines.
MPS vs S&OP: what are the differences and how do they work together?
S&OP defines the overall supply and demand directions. The MPS translates these decisions into a detailed operational plan, prioritizing production orders and balancing workload and capacity.
What planning horizons and time fences are required for an effective MPS?
An effective MPS covers the mid- to long-term horizon, with defined time fences to freeze or adjust plans. This helps avoid constant changes and stabilize industrial decisions.
RCCP vs MPS: when should each be used?
RCCP (Rough Cut Capacity Planning) provides an overall capacity assessment. MPS (Master Production Schedule) refines this plan at a more detailed level (product/line). They complement each other in building the Master Production Schedule.
What are the deployment timelines and organizational prerequisites?
An initial MPS can be deployed within 12 weeks. Prerequisites include reliable data (bills of materials, routings, calendars), clear governance and strong involvement of industrial teams in the process.
The MPS demo
Discover how Beyond Plans and Anaplan structure a reliable and stable Master Production Schedule. In less than 30 minutes, we present a demo tailored to your challenges: workload/capacity balance, what-if scenarios and MPS–MRP synchronization.
Discover all our use cases
Beyond the MPS, Beyond Plans deploys Anaplan across the entire value chain: budgeting, financial consolidation, S&OP, Workforce Planning, cash flow forecasting and P&L modeling. Each use case illustrates the power of integrated and collaborative planning.