# Fast Planning Software

> Fast Planning Software is cloud & on-premise MRP and production planning software: BOM explosion, netting, work orders, machine loading, Gantt scheduling, OEE.

Fast Planning Software — base URL https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/. Built by Improsys (Pune, India) under the Fast Technology brand; part of the Fast Suite of 12 manufacturing & business software products.

## Core pages
- [About Us](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/about-us): Fast Planning Software is a Fast Technology product built in Pune by Improsys — the MRP and PPC profile of a 1
- [Automotive Component Planning Software](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/automotive-component-planning-software): Planning & MRP for automotive & precision-component makers — cycle-time capacity planning, plan vs actual, rej
- [Best APS Advanced Planning & Scheduling Software](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/best-aps-advanced-planning-scheduling-software-india): APS decides what to make on which machine and when. Compare manual, ERP-MRP and finite APS for Indian manufact
- [Best Production Planning & Scheduling Software](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/best-production-planning-and-scheduling-software-india): Compare Excel, ERP MRP and a dedicated planning & scheduling tool. Fast Planning gives Indian manufacturing SM
- [Blog](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/blog): Practical guides on MRP software, production scheduling, machine capacity planning and OEE and efficiency trac
- [Contact Us & Book a Free Demo](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/contact-us): Book a free Fast Planning Software demo or get a quote. Tell us how you plan and a specialist replies within o
- [Free Production Schedule Excel Template (Machine-wise Plan)](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/free-production-schedule-excel-template): Free production schedule Excel template: plan jobs machine-wise with qty, start, end, priority, setup and cycl
- [Integrations](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/integrations): Fast Planning connects to WhatsApp/email/SMS alerts, Dhruv AI analytics, IoT machine data and Fast Production,
- [Knowledge Base](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/knowledge-base): Straight answers on the sales plan, MRP and netting, process sheets and routing, machine loading and schedulin
- [Production Planning Learn Hub](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn): The complete Production Planning learn hub — in-depth guides across fundamentals, methods, operations, India (
- [Machine Shop Planning Software](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/machine-shop-planning-software): Machine shop & job-work planning: finite machine loading & % loading, process sheets, cycle & setting times, D
- [Make-to-Order Planning Software](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/make-to-order-planning-software): Make-to-order planning software — plan against confirmed orders and per-order BOMs, net against stock, and rai
- [Planning Software Pricing](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/planning-software-pricing): Fast Planning pricing is scoped to your plant — users, planning tier from MRP to full PPC, integrations and de
- [Process & Batch Manufacturing Planning Software](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/process-batch-manufacturing-planning-software): Planning for process & batch plants: batch process sheets, MRP netting to a forecast or sales plan, reorder-le

## Features
- [Plan vs Actual, Efficiency & OEE Dashboards](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/features/efficiency-oee-dashboards): Operators book process status by barcode; Fast Planning reports plan vs actual, machine and operator utilizati
- [Machine Loading & Capacity Planning](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/features/machine-loading-capacity): Finite machine and work-centre capacity planning: daily machine loading, % loading per resource, load on pendi
- [MRP BOM Explosion & Netting](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/features/mrp-bom-explosion): Explode demand through the BOM to gross requirements, net each item against stock and open supply, then split 
- [Process Sheets & Routing](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/features/process-sheets-routing): Master and order process sheets — operations, standard cost, cycle and setting time. Re-sequence, reassign mac
- [Sales & Production Plan](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/features/sales-production-plan): Capture gross demand as a sales or production plan, or pull it from confirmed orders. Set order and finished-p
- [Production Scheduling & Priority](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/features/scheduling-priority-gantt): Sequence work orders by order and resource priority, produce an order-wise planned schedule, lay them on a Day

## Integrations
- [Integrations](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/integrations): Fast Planning connects to WhatsApp/email/SMS alerts, Dhruv AI analytics, IoT machine data and Fast Production,
- [Dhruv AI](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/integrations/dhruv-ai): Dhruv AI adds planning dashboards, AI insight summaries on machine load, plan-vs-actual and OEE, plain-English
- [IoT / Industry 4.0 Machine Data](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/integrations/iot-machine-data): Industry 4.0 machine data: barcode process-status booking, automatic machine data capture, Pick-to-Light and r
- [Fast Production, Inventory & Purchase](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/integrations/production-inventory-purchase): The MRP handoff: work orders flow to Fast Production, net requirements become purchase requisitions, and every
- [WhatsApp, Email & SMS Alerts](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/integrations/whatsapp-alerts): WhatsApp, email and SMS alerts from Fast Planning Software: plan-release, work-order and purchase-requisition 

## Guides & Blog
- [Blog](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/blog): Practical guides on MRP software, production scheduling, machine capacity planning and OEE and efficiency trac
- [Machine Capacity Planning Explained](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/blog/machine-capacity-planning-explained): Machine capacity planning explained: load vs capacity, % loading, bottlenecks, projected availability and load
- [OEE & Efficiency Tracking](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/blog/oee-efficiency-tracking): OEE and efficiency tracking: OEE = Availability × Performance × Quality, with worked examples, plan vs actual,
- [Production Scheduling Guide](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/blog/production-scheduling-guide): Production scheduling guide: order and resource priority, finite vs infinite loading, Gantt boards, sequencing
- [What Is MRP Software?](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/blog/what-is-mrp-software): MRP software explained: BOM explosion, the netting formula, purchase requisitions vs work orders, MRP vs MRP I
- [Production Planning Learn Hub](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn): The complete Production Planning learn hub — in-depth guides across fundamentals, methods, operations, India (
- [Automotive Component Production Planning Guide](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/automotive-component-planning): How automotive and precision component plants plan production — OEM call-offs, cycle-time capacity, job-work (
- [Benefits of Production Planning Software for Manufacturers](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/benefits-of-production-planning-software): The real benefits of production planning software, each tied to a mechanism: stock reservation, live netting, 
- [Festival & Seasonal Demand Planning in India](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/festival-seasonal-demand-planning-india): Plan for Diwali and India's seasonal demand swings — how to forecast, pre-build stock and schedule capacity ar
- [How MRP Works: BOM Explosion & Netting](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/how-mrp-works-explosion-netting): How MRP works step by step: explode the BOM to gross requirements, net against stock and open supply, offset f
- [How to Improve OEE & Machine Utilisation](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/improve-oee-machine-utilisation): How to improve OEE and machine utilisation — the Availability x Performance x Quality formula, the six big los
- [Job Work & OSL Planning in India (GST, ITC-04)](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/job-work-osl-planning-india): How Indian manufacturers plan outsourced (OSL) job-work components — Fast Planning's first-class OSL planning 
- [Machine Loading & Capacity Planning](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/machine-loading-capacity-planning): Machine loading and capacity planning explained: how load and capacity are calculated, the loading percentage,
- [Machine Shop Production Planning & Scheduling Guide](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/machine-shop-planning): How CNC and job-work machine shops plan production — finite machine loading, Gantt scheduling of shared machin
- [Machine Utilisation & OEE Benchmarks for Indian Plants](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/machine-utilisation-benchmarks-india): Realistic machine utilisation and OEE benchmarks for Indian plants — what good looks like, how to measure it h
- [Make-to-Order Production Planning Guide](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/make-to-order-planning): How make-to-order and engineering manufacturers plan production — order-specific BOMs, netting per order, work
- [Make-to-Order vs Make-to-Stock (MTO vs MTS)](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/make-to-order-vs-make-to-stock): Make-to-order vs make-to-stock: how each plans demand, holds stock and quotes lead time, how they run in MRP, 
- [MRP Planning Parameters Explained](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/mrp-planning-parameters): MRP planning parameters explained: procurement method, lead time, lot sizing, MOQ, safety stock and reorder le
- [MRP Software for Indian MSMEs: A Buying Guide](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/mrp-software-india-sme-guide): A practical MRP software guide for Indian MSME manufacturers: BOM explosion, netting, reorder levels and how t
- [MRP vs ERP](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/mrp-vs-erp): MRP vs ERP explained: MRP is the planning brain, ERP the wider system it lives in. What each does, where they 
- [How to Prevent Material Shortages](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/prevent-material-shortages): How to prevent material shortages in manufacturing — netting against stock and open supply, reorder-level auto
- [Process & Batch Manufacturing Planning Guide](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/process-batch-manufacturing-planning): How process and batch manufacturers plan production — recipe BOMs, batch sizing, netting against stock, batch 
- [Production Planning in Excel](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/production-planning-excel-vs-software): Production planning in Excel breaks predictably: no multi-level BOM explosion, stale stock, no reservation, no
- [7 Production Planning Mistakes to Avoid](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/production-planning-mistakes): The most common production planning mistakes — planning gross not net, ignoring capacity, stale BOMs, no plan-
- [The Production Planning Process](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/production-planning-process): The production planning process in nine steps: capture demand, explode the BOM, net supply, split buy vs make,
- [Production Planning Reports & KPIs](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/production-planning-reports-kpis): The production planning reports and KPIs that matter — plan attainment, schedule adherence, machine utilizatio
- [Production Planning Software Price in India](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/production-planning-software-price-india): An honest INR guide to production planning and MRP software pricing in India: per-user licensing, on-premise v
- [Production Planning Trends in India 2026](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/production-planning-trends-india): The production planning trends shaping Indian manufacturing in 2026 — AI planning, Industry 4.0, finite schedu
- [Production Planning vs Scheduling](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/production-planning-vs-scheduling): Production planning vs scheduling, explained cleanly: planning sets quantities and dates via MRP; scheduling s
- [Production Scheduling with Gantt Charts](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/production-scheduling-gantt): Production scheduling with Gantt charts: sequencing work orders by priority, forward vs backward scheduling, d
- [Reorder Level Planning & Reorder Point](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/reorder-level-planning): Reorder level planning explained: the reorder point formula, safety stock, reorder quantity and min-max, when 
- [Sales Plan & Demand Planning](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/sales-plan-demand-planning): Sales plan and demand planning: forecast vs confirmed orders, building the production plan, forecasting method
- [What Is MRP? Material Requirements Planning Explained](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/what-is-mrp): What is MRP? Material requirements planning explained in plain English: the net requirement formula, BOM explo
- [What Is Production Planning Software?](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/what-is-production-planning-software): Production planning and control (PPC) and MRP software explained — demand to plan, BOM explosion, netting, wor
- [Work Order Prioritisation Guide](https://www.fastplanningsoftware.com/learn/work-order-prioritisation): How to prioritise and sequence work orders on the shop floor — order vs resource priority, finite machine load