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Expert knowledge for manufacturers: understand how planning levels, from demand forecasting to an executable production plan, work together and how assumptions and constraints shape planning decisions.
AI in production planning: methods, benefits and limits
AI in production planning mainly refers to methods that compute sequences, assignments and batches under real constraints – above all…
Production planning metrics: what an APS improves – and what it does not
In production planning, an APS mainly improves on-time delivery, lead time, work in progress, setup share, OEE and planning effort. What…
Working with an APS system: how roles, processes and daily work change
An APS system (advanced planning and scheduling) brings orders, capacities, material and staff together in realistic detailed production…
Saving energy in production through planning: avoiding peak loads, using low-cost hours, filling chamber equipment
In many industrial plants, saving energy is achieved faster through production planning than through new plant technology. Avoiding peak…
Expert knowledge for software providers and implementation partners: learn how planning solutions can be extended with workforce planning and enhanced through industrial optimisation, without the need for in-house development.