'Amy Leimer' Category
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Apr072009
Automatic Actions
One of the most important features of an APS system is the ability to integrate with an existing ERP. You need a way to accurately pull in work orders, inventory, machines, and tons of other data. Furthermore, you must be able to keep up with the constant changes being made every day in a typical ERP [...]
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Mar272009
Managing Downstream Resource Availability
In larger plants, regardless of industry, downstream resource availability can become an important constraint in scheduling. For example, you may have 10 production lines that all perform the same function, and 15 packaging lines that can all potentially package the same finished good. However, due to the plant layout, material coming off Production Line 1 [...]
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Mar202009
Constraint Modeling for Process Manufacturing
Often one of the key goals a client has in implementing an Advanced Planning and Scheduling tool is to automate the scheduling process as much as possible. Many planners use complicated Excel spreadsheets to schedule their machines and labor while keeping track of multiple constraints in their head. PlanetTogether contains many features that help model these constraints [...]
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Mar122009
Optimizing Your Optimizer
PlanetTogether’s Optimizer tool gives the planner lots of options for deciding what factors are most important when creating a schedule. For example, a planner might decide that meeting Job need dates is the first factor to consider. Then perhaps he wants to favor Jobs marked “Hot” and then create a schedule that minimizes the setup [...]