Access: Administration Module >> Locations >> Production Time Slots
1/ Understanding the role of production time slots
Production time slots allow you to divide a day’s production into multiple periods (e.g., morning, lunch, afternoon).
They are used to:
refine production forecasts
organize team shifts
track production and stock by time slot
💡 By default, each restaurant has a single invisible time slot representing the full day.
2/ Checking required permissions
To create or modify production time slots, you must have:
the Manage Locations permission
the Configure Production Time Slots permission
💡 Once enabled, a Time Slots tab appears in the location’s administration.
3/ Creating production time slots
From Administration >> Location >> Time Slots:
Open the Time Slots tab
Add at least 2 time slots
For each time slot, enter:
a name (e.g., Morning, Lunch, Evening)
the start and end times
⚠️ Time slots cannot overlap. Overlapping times will prevent saving.
4/ Understanding the default distribution
Once time slots are created:
production is automatically and equally distributed across all time slots
💡 Example:
2 time slots = 50% / 50%
3 time slots = 33% / 33% / 33%
Tip: To concentrate all production in a single slot, set 100% on the first time slot of the day.
5/ Modifying an existing time slot
You can at any time:
change the name of a time slot
adjust its hours
💡 These changes do not affect:
existing production plans
previously calculated forecasts
6/ Adding or deleting a time slot
Adding a time slot
The distribution of existing products remains unchanged
The new slot starts with 0% allocation
Deleting a time slot
⚠️ This action has significant consequences:
production allocation for all remaining slots is reset
production is evenly distributed among remaining slots
all future forecasts, stock entries, and production data for the next 15 days are reset
💡 Past data is preserved. Old time slots remain visible for past dates with associated data.
7/ Setting production distribution by time slot
To modify production distribution for products, you must:
manage the location
have the Modify Production Distribution permission
Manually modifying distribution
Go to the production distribution table
Click the cell for the relevant time slot
Enter the desired percentages
💡 Changes are only saved when the total reaches 100%. Otherwise, changes are not saved.
Bulk modifying distribution
Select one or more products
Click Actions
Enter a distribution by time slot
⚠️ This replaces any existing custom distribution for the selected products.
8/ Special cases to know
Removing a product from the assortment also deletes its time slot distribution
Duplicating another restaurant’s assortment:
replaces the existing assortment
resets time slot distribution
Adding a new product to the assortment:
automatically receives an equal distribution across time slots
⚠️ Impact on forecasts
Modifying a product’s production distribution:
affects future forecasts for up to 15 days
resets both admin and operator forecasts
does not modify past data
⚠️ Key takeaways
Time slots structure all production planning
Any deletion must be done with caution
Changes only affect future data, never historical data