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From source data to a production plan and its review.

I designed and implemented interfaces for a system connecting the production model, plan creation and adjustment, materials, supplies and review screens.

Product: Production planning system
Industry: Pipe manufacturing
My role: UX/UI Designer · Low-code Developer
Team: Cross-functional project team
Project status: Implemented version shown in recorded demo

Situation

Planning required orders, production and material availability to work as one process.

To make a decision on an order, employees needed to consider product specifications, deadlines, the production queue, production capabilities and materials. Individual data points only became useful when connected in one workflow.

Task

Make the planning chain understandable and connected.

The user needed to move from source data and constraints to a production model, then create or adjust a plan and finally review the result through the available comparison and statistics screens.

Action

I structured the interface around three connected stages.

Source data & constraints→Production digital twin→Plan calculation & adjustment→Statistics & review

01 · Production digital twin

1. Model the production environment

User task: define and review the data describing the production environment. Here, the digital twin was a production model of the enterprise, used to account for equipment, production capabilities, constraints and other parameters available to the system. I designed the screen structure and forms so this information could become the basis for planning.

Production model parameter screen — **Production digital twin.** Parameter setup screen used as part of the production model.

02 · Plan optimizer

2. Build and adjust the production plan

User task: create or adjust a plan option using data and constraints from the production model. The interface covered orders, a schedule view, saved variants, plan comparison and material checks. I designed the flows and prototypes and implemented the interfaces. I do not claim the optimizer was fully automatic or AI-based.

Production plan schedule view — **Plan optimizer.** Schedule view for working with the calculated or adjusted production sequence.

Comparison of two saved plan variants — **Plan comparison.** Saved plan variants can be reviewed side by side before a decision.

03 · Statistics and reporting

3. Review statistics and plan performance

User task: review the resulting plan and related information before further action. The source materials include comparison tables, time-based views and material data screens. Where the exact meaning of a metric cannot be confirmed, I keep the description neutral rather than assigning an unsupported business interpretation.

Time-based tabular data view — **Statistics and reporting.** A time-based data view from the source materials. Its exact business interpretation is not stated here beyond what is visibly shown.

Material requirements and availability screen — **Materials check.** Required, available and missing material amounts are shown together to support the next planning or supply action.

Supply form and register — **Supply management.** The supply form sits next to the register so a user can add a record without losing context.

Result

A connected user flow was implemented from the production model to plan review.

The recorded demo confirms working interfaces for plan comparison, materials and supplies, while earlier screens show the production model, schedule and analytical views.

Screens come from saved project versions and demonstration materials. On-screen values are not presented as project outcome metrics.