Introduction to APS - What is Advanced Planning and Scheduling?

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Summary

TLDRPlanet Together's Advanced Planning and Scheduling is designed to enhance collaboration across various departments including sales, production, and maintenance, by optimizing the planning and scheduling processes. This solution addresses the challenges faced by companies that operate multiple manufacturing facilities or produce diverse products. It helps manage the complexities of scheduling by resolving material, labor, and capacity constraints simultaneously, thus minimizing inefficiencies and bottlenecks. The system allows for real-time adjustments to schedules in response to operational changes, which leads to improved on-time deliveries, lower costs, and higher profitability. Overall, it aims to improve a company's bottom line by reducing cycle times and enhancing resource utilization.

Takeaways

  • πŸ”„ Optimizes productivity by enhancing collaboration across departments
  • πŸ› οΈ Addresses resource constraints and material shortages effectively
  • πŸ“Š Enables real-time adjustments to production schedules
  • πŸ“ˆ Improves on-time delivery rates and customer satisfaction
  • πŸ’° Aims to increase revenue and reduce operational costs
  • πŸ“ž Easy communication of scheduling information to all teams
  • πŸ“‰ Reduces production cycle times and inventory levels
  • 🎯 Facilitates better forecasting of cash flows for management
  • πŸ”§ Fully integrates with existing systems for streamlined operations
  • πŸ“… Helps manage complex, multi-facility manufacturing environments

Timeline

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    The introduction highlights the complexity of planning and scheduling in manufacturing environments, especially for companies that produce various products and operate multiple facilities. Challenges such as collaboration among planners, equipment constraints, and workforce skills are presented as significant factors affecting operations. The discussion outlines the limitations of traditional MRP systems, which may lead to inefficiencies and material shortages due to misalignment between production schedules and material availability.

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Video Q&A

  • What industries can benefit from Advanced Planning and Scheduling?

    Industries that produce a variety of products, operate near or above capacity, or require skilled labor can benefit significantly.

  • How does it improve communication among departments?

    It provides accurate scheduling data that can be shared among sales, production, and purchasing teams, minimizing miscommunication.

  • What operational challenges does it address?

    It resolves material, labor, and capacity constraints simultaneously and optimizes workflows to meet customer service objectives.

  • Can planners adjust schedules easily?

    Yes, planners can quickly respond to disruptions and assess impacts with confidence, making adjustments as necessary.

  • What is the main goal of using Advanced Planning and Scheduling?

    The main goal is to decrease costs, increase revenue, and improve cash flow for businesses.

  • How does it affect machine utilization?

    It improves machine utilization by better scheduling jobs and minimizing idle time.

  • What kind of metrics can be tracked?

    Metrics such as on-time deliveries, profit margins, and resource availability can be tracked.

  • How does it help in forecasting future cash flows?

    Management can use the scheduling data to analyze and predict future financial trends.

  • Is it integrated with existing systems?

    Yes, Planet Together is fully integrated with other systems to streamline planning processes.

  • How can I learn more about it?

    You can call 888-317-8878 for more information on how it can work for your business.

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  • 00:00:01
    welcome to Planet togethers Advanced
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    planning and scheduling
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    overview thank you for joining us for
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    the next few minutes you'll see how
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    Planet togethers Advanced planning and
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    scheduling can directly impact your
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    bottom line through collaboration among
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    sales production planning purchasing
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    maintenance and management at multiple
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    facilities planning and scheduling
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    activities can be extremely difficult to
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    manage for companies that produce a
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    variety of products are operating near
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    or above capacity have multiple
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    manufacturing facilities are equipment
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    intensive or requires skilled labor
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    perhaps you can relate to some or many
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    of the issues presented here Each of
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    which can have a significant impact on
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    the bottom
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    line collaboration among multiple
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    planners Andor manuf facturing
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    facilities can add to the complexities
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    involved with planning and scheduling if
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    you are faced with some of these
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    challenges it may be time to consider
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    Advanced planning and
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    scheduling the more resources you have
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    to manage the more complex and
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    overwhelming the planning and scheduling
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    process can become machines may require
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    significant setup or changeover and
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    unlike labor resources cannot easily be
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    added added to the production line
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    certain jobs may only be allowed to run
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    on certain equipment or need routine
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    maintenance or go down tooling molds and
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    dyes can add to the complexity of
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    scheduling equipment and labor may be a
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    constraint based on certain skill levels
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    or you may want to plan future
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    requirements for long-term Staffing
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    considerations in a traditional MRP and
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    scheduling environment material
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    requirements are resolved by MRP
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    and capacity requirements are handled by
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    the scheduling system with this
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    two-phased approach the production
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    schedule can get out of phase with the
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    material requirements for example a job
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    can get released to the shop floor only
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    to find out there is a raw material
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    shortage or job gets moved on the
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    schedule but the preceding jobs do not
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    get rescheduled accordingly creating a
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    material shortage of excess work and
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    process let's look at a relatively
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    simple process process in this example
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    our routing calls for a saw paint and
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    assembly operation each operation
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    requires one or more resources we have
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    two saws however one can only handle
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    wood up to a certain thickness the other
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    saw is capable of handling any size for
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    certain jobs a special saw blade is
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    required the paint booth requires
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    laborers with certain skills and there
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    is significant setup when the paint
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    color changes from dark darker to
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    lighter color the last operation is the
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    assembly process we only need to know
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    that three people are on the assembly
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    line to make sure we have enough people
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    to work
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    today our small scenario seems simple
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    enough except for the fact that
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    different departments can have
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    conflicting goals and management
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    typically has multiple objectives that
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    need to be met maximizing profit may be
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    a difficult goal to meet when orders are
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    late the planner is going to expedite
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    the job work overtime or do whatever it
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    takes and cannot necessarily see the
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    impact on profit
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    objectives how difficult can it be to
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    manage the SK planning and scheduling
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    activities involved in building a
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    birdhouse well let's find out our
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    finished product consists of a bird
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    house and a bird feeder there are two
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    lines one for the house and one for the
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    feeder the process is identical for each
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    with the exception that the house can
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    only use saw number one the feeder could
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    actually go on to either saw number one
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    or saw number
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    two four orders come in and the jobs are
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    scheduled according to the order due
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    date one week later and we are in real
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    trouble one of the orders is already
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    late the red bird feeder is sitting in
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    the final assembly area however there is
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    no red bird house as we work our way
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    back we start to see all sorts of
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    inefficiencies and bottlenecks remember
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    our paint booth requires significant
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    setup time when we switch from dark to
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    light color paint but the planner failed
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    to take the color into consideration
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    when scheduling jobs four six and seven
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    there are three jobs lined up on sander
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    number one while the second sander
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    stands
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    idle finally to make our day saw number
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    two goes down
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    now let's see what happens when we
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    optimize our schedule to reflect all of
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    the objectives we have of minimizing
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    setup maximizing profit and meeting
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    ontime deliveries the bird feeder job
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    number two gets moved to saw number one
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    when saw number two goes down jobs three
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    and five are offloaded to sander number
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    two to eliminate the bottleneck on sard
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    number one and finally job six is moved
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    up to eliminate setup time the end
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    result is lower costs and higher profits
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    making sure that none of the other jobs
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    are
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    late Planet together Advanced planning
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    and scheduling resolves material labor
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    and capacity constraints simultaneously
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    by looking at all of the required and
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    available resources and the specific
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    capabilities of those
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    resources the schedule is optimized toet
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    Meet customer service objectives
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    operational efficiencies Cost
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    Containment and profit objectives it is
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    a collaborative tool that allows
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    planners to quickly respond to
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    disruptions on the shop floor and
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    immediately assess the impact by looking
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    at specific metrics such as ontime
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    deliveries profit and so on planners can
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    make changes to the schedule with
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    confidence knowing they can always undo
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    a schedule change or work in a wh if
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    environment before committing the
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    change who in your organization stands
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    to benefit from planet together Advanced
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    planning and scheduling sales will have
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    accurate order dates to communicate to
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    their customers detailed actionable
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    schedules will be dispatched to
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    production planning is able to
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    efficiently and effectively manage
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    capacity loads material requirements are
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    communicated to purchasing based on
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    realistic schedules scheduled and
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    unscheduled downtime and setup are
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    communicated to the maintenance
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    department management can forecast
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    future cash
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    flows the bottom line is that every
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    company wants to decrease expenses
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    increase revenue and increase cash flow
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    Planet together Advanced planning and
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    scheduling can potentially help you
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    improve the bottom line by reducing
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    production cycle times improving machine
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    utilization reducing
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    inventories increasing ontime deliveries
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    reducing customer stockouts and reducing
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    the order to cash and cash toach
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    conversion
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    Cycles how does the production schedule
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    get communicated to the shop floor are
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    planners spending time managing
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    spreadsheets or in Daily meetings with
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    production sales and
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    purchasing Planet together Advanced
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    planning and scheduling is the missing
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    piece in your current planning process
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    fully integrated with your other systems
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    it enables you to share accurate dates
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    with your sales and production teams
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    quickly adjust to changes and execute
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    according to
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    schedule to learn more about how
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    advanced planning and scheduling can
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    work for your business call 888
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    31788788900
Tags
  • Advanced Planning
  • Scheduling
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Collaboration
  • Manufacturing
  • Resource Management
  • Capacity Planning
  • Cost Reduction
  • Profit Optimization
  • Production Scheduling