APS Integrations for ERP, MES, WMS, and Supply Chain Systems

Connect PlanetTogether APS with the systems your manufacturing team already uses, including ERP, MES, WMS, inventory, labor, and supply chain platforms. Use APIs, database connections, file exchange, and integration tools to keep scheduling data aligned across planning and execution.
Give planners a realistic production schedule built from current orders, materials, capacity, labor, routings, and shop-floor data without replacing your core business systems.

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Your production schedule may depend on data spread across ERP, MES, WMS, inventory, labor, shop-floor, supply chain, and planning systems.

Planners manually export and clean ERP data before scheduling.
Material, labor, or capacity updates do not reach the schedule quickly enough.
ERP dates and shop-floor reality often disagree.
Production teams rely on spreadsheets to bridge gaps between systems.
Late orders, shortages, or capacity conflicts are discovered too late.
Your IT team wants a scheduling solution that complements ERP instead of replacing it.

If two or more sound familiar, your scheduling process may need a better connection between ERP, shop-floor, material, labor, and planning data.

An APS integration review can help identify where disconnected data is affecting schedule reliability.

What an APS Integration Review Includes:

Current ERP, MES, WMS, labor, inventory, supply chain, and planning systems
Required scheduling data, including what PlanetTogether APS receives and sends back
Integration method options, such as API, database connection, flat-file exchange, middleware, Azure Data Factory, or iPaaS
Field mapping, data quality, and validation requirements
Estimated integration scope, timeline, and implementation steps

Integration Success Story | Medical Device Manufacturer Case Study

In less than 60 days, a medical device manufacturer used PlanetTogether APS to eliminate:
250 forecast-based production orders eliminated
Approximately 15% reduction in inventory overhead
Approximately 20% lower overtime labor costs

By connecting scheduling with current production and material data, the team moved from forecast-driven production to a more responsive, data-driven APS scheduling process.

Data PlanetTogether APS Can Receive

Customer orders, work orders, demand, and due dates
Inventory and material availability
Routings, operations, work centers, and production calendars
Machine capacity, labor availability, and resource constraints
Changeover rules, setup times, and production priorities
Shop-floor status, completions, downtime, and actual progress
Purchase orders, expected receipts, and shortages

PlanetTogether APS can connect with multiple types of manufacturing and planning systems. The examples below are representative, not a complete list.

System Type	Examples	Common Data Exchanged	Scheduling Value
ERP	SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, NetSuite, Infor, Epicor, QAD	Orders, purchase orders, inventory, routings, due dates, item masters, work centers	Turns business data into a realistic production schedule
MES	AVEVA, Plex MES, and other execution systems	Production status, completions, downtime, actual run progress	Keeps schedules aligned with shop-floor reality
WMS / Inventory	Warehouse and inventory systems	Material availability, inventory balances, shortages, receipts	Prevents schedules from relying on unavailable materials
SCM / Planning	Kinaxis, John Galt, Blue Ridge, and planning systems	Demand, forecasts, supply plans, planning priorities	Connects supply chain plans to executable production schedules
Labor / Workforce Systems	Shiftboard and employee scheduling systems	Labor availability, skills, shifts, crew coverage	Helps schedules reflect available people, not just available machines
Integration Middleware / Data Platforms	Azure Data Factory, customer-owned iPaaS, middleware	Field mappings, transformed data, synchronization workflows	Supports flexible data exchange across complex IT environments

PlanetTogether APS does not replace ERP. ERP remains the system of record for orders, inventory, purchasing, financials, and business records.
PlanetTogether APS uses ERP and operational data to create a more realistic production schedule based on capacity, labor, materials, routings, changeovers, and shop-floor conditions.
PlanetTogether APS adds a specialized scheduling layer on top of your existing ERP and operational systems. It uses ERP data as a foundation, then helps planners create more realistic production schedules based on the constraints that determine what can actually run.

This means manufacturers can keep ERP as the system of record while using PlanetTogether APS to improve production scheduling, scenario analysis, bottleneck visibility, and schedule responsiveness.

Keep schedules aligned with current data

Use connected order, inventory, material, labor, and shop-floor data to reduce outdated scheduling assumptions.

Reduce manual schedule updates

Limit repeated exports, spreadsheet cleanup, and rekeying between ERP, MES, WMS, and planning systems.

Expose material and capacity constraints earlier

Help planners see when shortages, overloaded resources, labor gaps, or downtime may affect production.

Support better scenario planning

Compare schedule options using current operating data before changing priorities, promising dates, or releasing work to the floor.

PlanetTogether APS can connect with ERP, MES, WMS, inventory, labor, workforce scheduling, supply chain planning, and integration middleware systems. Examples may include SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, NetSuite, Infor, Epicor, QAD, AVEVA, Plex MES, Kinaxis, John Galt, Blue Ridge, Shiftboard, Azure Data Factory, and customer-owned iPaaS or middleware platforms. These examples are representative, not a complete list.

No. PlanetTogether APS complements ERP rather than replacing it. ERP remains the system of record for orders, inventory, purchasing, financials, and business records, while PlanetTogether APS uses ERP and operational data to create realistic, constraint-based production schedules.

PlanetTogether APS can receive data such as customer orders, work orders, demand, due dates, inventory levels, material availability, purchase orders, routings, operations, work centers, production calendars, machine capacity, labor availability, changeover rules, setup times, and shop-floor status.

PlanetTogether APS can send back updated production schedules, planned start and finish dates, resource assignments, schedule changes, sequencing updates, material and capacity constraint alerts, and production priorities for ERP, MES, or shop-floor execution systems.

Many PlanetTogether APS integrations can be completed in about 4–8 weeks, depending on the systems involved, data quality, integration method, field mappings, and project scope. More complex multi-system or multi-site integrations may require additional planning and validation.

PlanetTogether APS integrations may use APIs, database connections, flat-file exchange, middleware, Azure Data Factory, or customer-owned iPaaS tools. The best integration approach depends on your systems, IT environment, data requirements, and scheduling process.

Yes. PlanetTogether APS can connect with multiple systems so planners can align ERP, MES, WMS, labor, inventory, and supply chain data in one scheduling process. This helps reduce disconnected spreadsheets, manual updates, and outdated scheduling assumptions.

Your IT team will typically help with system access, data exports, API or database connections, field mappings, testing, and validation. PlanetTogether can work with your IT and operations teams to define the data needed and choose an integration approach that fits your environment.

APS Integrations for ERP, MES, WMS, and Supply Chain Systems

You May Need APS Integration If Your Scheduling Data Lives Across Too Many Systems

Integration Success Story | Medical Device Manufacturer Case Study