Process Industry Scheduling
Intelligent production planning for complex process industries Process Industry Scheduling optimises production processes in process industries with strong interdependencies between equipment, materials, and production stages. The algorithm takes into account contamination risks, cleaning logics, sequence dependencies, intermediate storage, and resource constraints to generate stable and cost-efficient production plans. This leads to more efficient production campaigns, reduced downtime, and better utilisation of existing capacities.
Process industries are characterized by:
- complex material flows
- high cleaning and changeover effort
- contamination risks
- limited intermediate storage capacities
- sequence-dependent production processes
- a high level of interconnection between equipment
Process Industry Scheduling optimises automatically:
- production sequences
- cleaning and changeover processes
- resource utilisation
- setup times
- On-time delivery
Technical and logistical dependencies, such as intermediate storage and material flows, are systematically taken into account to generate feasible and cost-efficient production plans.
This becomes particularly critical in the case of:
- continuous production
- Campaign manufacturing
- multiple production stages
- complex sequence dependencies
- tight facility and storage capacities
Your advantages through Process Industry Scheduling
Lower cleaning and setup effort
Higher equipment availability
More stable production campaigns
Better resource utilization
Reduced downtime
Higher planning reliability
Who is Process Industry Scheduling particularly relevant for?
- Chemical industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Food Industry
- Beverage Industry
- Compound feed industry
- Cosmetics industry
Easy Integration
Process Industry Scheduling integrates seamlessly into existing:
- APS systems
- MES systems
- ERP systems
- custom planning solutions
The optimisation is implemented via standardized interfaces and enhances existing planning systems with targeted additional optimisation capabilities.
Relevant use cases:
- Sequence-Optimisation
- Tank & silo optimization
- Setup time optimization
- Form
Which constraints from the process industry currently define your limits?
In a joint discussion, we analyze the underlying planning logic and show how Process Industry Scheduling extends it in a targeted way.