Operations
NewPurchase orders in, production plan out
A full day of spreadsheet tallying became under two hours of checking.
Try it · based on the source's workflow
Read today's emailed purchase orders from [inbox or label]. Extract each order into a table: customer, product, quantity, delivery date. Match product names to our master product list, including these known name variations: [paste mapping]. Flag anything unusual: regular items missing, quantities far from the customer's norm, or new items you cannot match. Output the production tally in [format] and list only the exceptions for me to check. Never guess a product match: leave it flagged.
A starting template based on the workflow the source describes. Review it before you use it; you are responsible for what it does.