Manufacturers need to plan effectively, make the best possible use of their resources, and respond rapidly to customer requirements. The goal is efficient, streamlined and agile production. This is the basis for complying with deadlines, keeping inventories to a minimum, accelerating order fulfillment and reducing costs – while maintaining the ability to react flexibly to changing needs.
Are you looking to save time and money? Then raise the efficiency and transparency of your production planning.
Rapid, factor-weighted detailed production order planning saves you significant time – even and especially when you encounter operational disruptions. Your planner can put this time to good use.
You can plan all resources, machines, employees, tools and materials, simultaneously on a single platform. As a result, you have complete visibility into your manufacturing assets, deadlines and more.
Make efficient use of available assets.
The integrated material requirements planning function suggests what materials you should order in what quantity, helping you to maintain the ideal inventory levels.
Enjoy a wide variety of reporting functions, e.g. on machine capacity utilization and bottlenecks – as the basis for better day-to-day production planning and management.
The SYMESTIC Consulting team has extensive hands-on experience. They will advise and assist you with the efficient and targeted implementation of your advanced planning module. Take advantage of state-of-the-art strategies to simultaneously plan all key resources.
You can plan production in accordance with the factors that matter most to you. This is possible by giving greater weighting to more important criteria. The advanced planning module offers you the following parameters:
Minimize machine re-tooling costs
Reduce inventory and associated tied-up capital through just-in-time manufacturing
Minimize employee costs in conjunction with a variety of cost types, skills and shift models
Avoid penalties for late delivery by ensuring punctual order fulfillment
Minimize the costs of manufacture with effective control over multiple machines and order fulfillment times.
Avoid idle time for assets and resources
Minimize delays between individual operations for each production order
We will tailor the information flow and functionality of your planning tool to your specific processes and existing business IT systems.
APS enables highly realistic detailed planning on the basis of actual resources, allowing proactive, responsive manufacturing control. The solution is far faster and more efficient than a centrally organized ERP system and makes use of real-time shop floor data.
Professional, high-quality APS implementation is the basis for effective performance of sophisticated planning tasks and the best possible results.
Enjoy access to accurate information anywhere, anytime. State-of the-art technologies give you total visibility – in your factory or on the road.
We will show you how our MES solution empowers you to revolutionize your production operations and create a smart digital factory. Simply arrange a time that suits you.