Production facilities are looking to enhance throughput, minimize waste, and optimize the production within their facilities. However, many are unsure of the steps to take to achieve this. This is especially challenging for manufacturers with complex production complexes. Fortunately, advances in technology have allowed manufacturers from various industries to create a digital model of their production plants.
PlanetTogether’s Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) software creates a detailed constraint-based model of your factory. This is also called a “Factory Digital Twin” as it creates an in-memory simulation of your physical factory so that you can predict future production times while taking into account resource capacity, production rates, expected yields, and changeover.
PlanetTogether is a powerful and sophisticated software that will allow your manufacturing organization to first understand how their production is doing. Then, as the overall goal of most manufacturing companies is to increase profits and throughput, PlanetTogether APS can give insight into the areas that are in need of improvement and optimize the overall production process.
Once your production plant is modeled, you can use PlanetTogether's “What-If” Scenario feature to create multiple iterations of your production schedule and determine which version will be best in terms of throughput, optimization, costs, or on-time delivery.
As Advanced Planning and Scheduling softwares account for a multitude of constraints when generating a production schedule, you can be assured that the output will be feasible. For example, if you have a machine that is slower than the rest, the software will automatically adjust the cycle time of the operations that are scheduled on the machine. This will ensure that you are creating a realistic plan of the resource capacity you will be using.
As various types of constraints and scheduling preferences are accounted for, the production facility will have access to a model capable of running different simulations. Manufacturing plant simulations are changing the industry by facilitating the creation of a production schedule and optimizing production.
There are many benefits that come with creating a digital model of your manufacturing plant and using “What-If” scenarios to simulate your production. Some of these include:
With PlanetTogether, we’re able to make strategic decisions that improve operations. We can proactively prepare for anticipated increases or slowdowns in demand.
Advanced Planning and Scheduling Softwares have become a must for modern-day manufacturing operations as customer demand for increased product assortment, fast delivery, and downward cost pressures become prevalent. These systems help planners save time while providing greater agility in updating ever-changing priorities, production schedules, and inventory plans. APS Systems can be quickly integrated with an ERP/MRP software to fill the gaps where these systems lack planning and scheduling flexibility, accuracy, and efficiency.
With PlanetTogether APS you can:
The implementation of an Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) Software will take your manufacturing operations to the next level of production efficiency by taking advantage of the operational data you already possess in your ERP system. APS is a step in the right direction of efficiency and lean manufacturing production enhancement. Try out a free trial or demo!