===== Planning Level =====
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The **Planning Level** is the forth level of the [[ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:a:autopyramid]]. It uses [[ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:m:mes]] to monitor the entire manufacturing process. For example, in a factory to plan for everything from raw materials to the finished products. This allows management to visualize the current state of operations and aids them in making decisions and adjust raw material orders or shipment plans based on real data received from [[ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:s:superlevel|Supervisory]], [[ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:c:control_level|Control]] and [[ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:f:fieldlevel|Field Levels]].

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