PlanetTogether: An Extension of Your Supply Chain Team

Supply chain optimization depends heavily on a comprehensive and data-driven planning process. One of the most effective ways of achieving this enhanced production floor visibility is with Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) software.

 PlanetTogether offers a robust planning, scheduling, and analytics software platform that not only improves the planner's productivity by 75%, but also features ongoing support from our highly-experienced engineers here at PlanetTogether. Our client solutions engineers are with you from the start of the software implementation process and provide ongoing support as your needs change in the future. 

Assisted Implementation

PlanetTogether's commitment to supply chain optimization begins with our client-centric implementation process. In as little as six weeks, we customize the software with personalized data. Our team begins by identifying your critical success factors (CSF's) to provide a tailored APS solution. For example, if your company is having trouble with on-time delivery, we'll track your due-date performance. If material stockout is a constant issue, we track these persistent bottlenecks on the shop floor. Additionally, if you're having trouble with excessively long lead times, we can set up metrics for make-spans and queue times. Not only that, we incorporate your specific production processes and priorities so the APS software solves your company's specific needs. PlanetTogether takes into consideration any challenges that your business might face so that we can measure the gained results with the initial key performance indicators (KPIs). We get together with your data, system, and team to align your staff with how to use the software.

Customer Support

Once the APS software is implemented, our client solutions engineers do their best to act as a resource for our clients. Our solutions engineers have, on average, over 20 years of experience in the manufacturing industry. We're deeply entrenched in finding innovative solutions to the ever-growing manufacturing roadblocks. Furthermore, we make sure that our clients are using their software as effectively as they can. When a problem does arise, however, we do our best to give our clients personalized service and develop a solution for their pain points.

Critical Success Factors

From the very beginning, we zero in on a client's critical success factors. These are the factors that ensure a company achieves its manufacturing, financial, and operational goals. Through ongoing collaboration, we align our engineering team with your supply chain team, eliminating any gaps in knowledge. Our team isn't one to disassociate from the post-implementation process. We feel proud when we see company growth. Planners can check how their KPI's are performing simply by looking at their analytics dashboard feature on the APS software. We never stop optimizing our client's software to drive continuous improvement as needs evolve.

APS software helps drive supply chain success by synchronizing a variety of complex planning decisions using data-driven strategy. Our team is comprised of a team of operations specialists and software engineers who will never stop working toward practical scheduling, planning and analytics solutions to make manufacturing companies more successful.

Beyond Spreadsheets: How PlanetTogether APS Extends Your Supply Chain Team

See how PlanetTogether Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) helps supply chain teams move beyond spreadsheets and basic ERP reports. This short video shows how PlanetTogether APS centralizes production plans, improves visibility across plants and departments, and makes it easier for planners, schedulers, and supply chain leaders to collaborate. It’s an ideal next step if you want your planning software to act as an extension of your supply chain team—supporting faster decisions, better on-time delivery, and fewer last-minute surprises.

 

You Don’t Just Need Software—You Need an APS Partner

In this article, you’ve seen how PlanetTogether acts as an extension of your supply chain team—helping you build a high-quality planning model, align internal processes, integrate with ERP/MES systems, and focus on the critical success factors that drive real results. PlanetTogether’s client solutions engineers stay involved beyond go-live to support continuous improvement, not just a one-time install.

The next step is understanding what a full Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) implementation actually involves and how to structure it so your team and your partner succeed together.

Our white paper, “APS Implementation: Just the Facts,” gives you a practical roadmap for moving from interest in APS to a live, value-producing system. It explains the typical scope, data requirements, integration approach, and roles for IT, supply chain, operations, and your APS provider.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to:

• Turn existing ERP and supply chain data into a reliable APS model instead of rebuilding everything from scratch
• Plan integration so APS becomes a natural extension of your ERP/SCM environment—feeding optimized schedules back to purchasing, production, and customer service
• Set realistic expectations for project phases, timeline, and internal involvement
• Define responsibilities between your internal team and the APS partner to reduce risk and speed time-to-value
• Make sure APS delivers what your supply chain team really needs: better visibility, more reliable commitments, and a planning process that scales as you grow

If you want your planning software provider to function as a true extension of your supply chain team, this implementation guide is your logical next step.