Plan your production before it starts — then measure how well you executed
Growkit's production plan lets you set delivery targets before production begins, then automatically compares them against real consignment data as the job progresses. No spreadsheet. No manual calculation.
Try production planning freeWhat is a production plan in Growkit?
A production plan is your internal forecast for a job card — how many consignments you expect to create, what quantities, when you expect to deliver them, and what revenue you expect to collect. It's created before production starts, purely for your own planning. Your buyer never sees the production plan — they only see the real consignments when they're dispatched.
How to add a production plan
From any job card page, tap the Production Plan section. You see a compact summary showing your current plan numbers — planned consignments, planned quantity, target value, target completion date. Tap to open the full production plan page where you add individual planned delivery items.
- Planned consignment name (e.g. 'First batch — 300 units')
- Planned quantity
- Target dispatch date
- Expected value (optional)
Efficiency — plan vs actual, calculated automatically
Once real consignments exist for a job card, Growkit compares them against your production plan on three dimensions. You see the results as percentage bars on the production plan page — no manual calculation, no spreadsheet.
Consignments
Planned 3 consignments, created 2 so far — 67% of plan
(consignments created / consignments planned) × 100Quantity
Planned 1000 units, dispatched 700 so far — 70% of plan
(quantity dispatched / quantity planned) × 100Revenue
Planned ₹5,76,000, invoiced ₹3,20,000 so far — 55% of plan
(revenue invoiced / revenue planned) × 100Matching planned items to real consignments
Each planned delivery item in your production plan shows whether it has been matched to a real consignment. When you create a real consignment, Growkit shows which planned item it corresponds to. You confirm the match — or Growkit matches automatically by date and quantity proximity.
Matched items show the real consignment code next to them. Unmatched items show "No consignment yet" — a signal that this planned batch is behind schedule.
Why production planning matters for manufacturers
Most Indian manufacturers work from memory and WhatsApp messages when it comes to production scheduling. There's no record of what was promised, what was planned, and how actual delivery compared. This creates three problems: buyers feel they're getting less than they were promised, sellers can't identify which jobs are running behind, and there's no data to improve future job estimation.
A production plan solves all three — it creates a written target at the start, tracks progress in real time, and gives you a retrospective score to learn from after the job closes.
Real example
A steel fabricator in Pune runs 8 job cards simultaneously. Before Growkit, he tracked delivery schedules in a notebook. He often underestimated delivery times and over-promised quantities. After 3 months of using production plans, his efficiency scores showed that he was consistently delivering 70–80% of planned quantities in planned timeframes — so he adjusted his future estimates by 20% and started hitting targets more accurately.
Frequently asked questions
Is the production plan visible to the buyer?
No. The production plan is internal — only the seller sees it. The buyer sees the real consignments when they are dispatched. You can choose to share the production plan summary with the buyer from the buyer portal settings, but this is off by default.
Can I update the production plan after the job starts?
Yes. You can add, edit, or remove planned items at any time. The efficiency score recalculates automatically when the plan changes. However, all changes to the plan are timestamped — so you can see what was planned originally vs what was revised.
What if I don't add a production plan?
The production plan is optional. If you skip it, the job card and consignments work exactly the same — you just won't see the efficiency comparison. For simple jobs with one consignment, skipping the production plan is fine.
Can I use the production plan for quoting purposes?
The production plan is an internal tool — it's not a buyer-facing document. If you need a formal quote for the buyer, use a Proforma Invoice instead. The production plan is for your internal tracking, not for sharing with buyers as a commitment.
Plan production. Measure efficiency. Deliver consistently.
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