It started like this: a busy snack company was juggling dozens of product lines, two very different factories, and nonstop changes in orders. Every day felt like putting out fires.
If a machine went down or an ingredient didn’t arrive on time, the whole schedule would fall apart. Schedulers were constantly rewriting plans, and backups needed weeks to get up to speed. Everything lived in spreadsheets, which meant decisions were more about gut feel than actual data.
Every last-minute order change led to hours of manual rescheduling.
Changeovers were unpredictable, eating up time and driving up labor costs.
No one really knew how much capacity they had—or when orders could ship.
Sound familiar?
The team realized that surviving day to day wasn’t enough anymore—they needed a better way to plan. They found a scheduling platform that helped them:
See actual production capacity
Sequence jobs more efficiently
Cut down on changeovers
Handle allergen planning without creating chaos
All in just three months.
25% increase in production output
30% drop in changeover time
60% improvement in visibility across the board
Suddenly, the schedulers weren’t just coping—they were in control. They could see bottlenecks coming, shift schedules as needed, and plan with confidence.
“Planning for two totally different facilities used to take forever. Now, I can handle it all in one place—and adjust quickly when things change. That’s been huge for us.”
For manufacturers juggling complexity, manual planning just isn’t built for scale. With the right tools, you can save time, ship on schedule, and stop planning from feeling like a daily crisis.
If planning your lines, allergens, and two very different facilities still happens in spreadsheets, you’re working way too hard for too little output. The snack maker in this story boosted production by 25%, cut changeovers by 30%, and finally got real visibility across both plants—all by moving to advanced planning and scheduling.
Want to see what that could look like on your shop floor? In a short demo, we’ll plug in your world—your lines, constraints, and demand patterns—and show you how PlanetTogether can:
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