Production Planning (APS)
Production optimization with Advanced Planning and Scheduling
In make-to-order and series production, it is crucial to provide the correct tools and the specialists available with the required quantity of material in time. This saves production time and costs. proALPHA therefore plans and optimizes resources according to managerial targets such as delivery reliability and cycle times.
APS – Take Full Advantage
Reliability, accuracy and delivery reliability – we've got it all! The knowledge and experience of our experts helps you to launch your production planning and keep it afloat on cloud nine. Are you wondering how to achieve this? You only need three steps. See for yourself!
APS - Take Full Advantage
"APS – Take Full Advantage" combines the three steps which enable you to use your APS according to your requirements in the long run. We will analyze your current production planning, uncover potentials and help you get started. Together, we will tailor the parameters of the optimizer and the configuration of the master files essential for APS to your specific needs. This will increase the quality of the master files. We will continuously check your planning results and thus identify positive and negative developments of your production planning. Our recommendations will help you to perfectly adjust your APS to these developments.
Always included: the exchange with you and your team. This way, your APS will deliver top performance in the long run.
What We Offer You:
We are happy to offer you our total package with all three steps included – Your Entry and Your Potentials, Tailored to Your Needs, Permanent Improvement – and a duration of 12 months for EUR 21,000. This saves you approximately 12 percent compared to booking the steps individually.
Individual Packages at a Glance
Of course, you can also book the steps individually:
1. Your Entry & Your Potentials
Entry, analysis, potentials
Duration: approx. 1 week
APS – Your Entry & Your Potentials
In the course of the APS entry, we will analyze your current production planning, uncover first potentials and help you get started.
These questions are the main focus:
- How high is your delivery reliability
- How reliable are your communicated delivery dates?
- How transparent is your production planning?
- Do you work based on resource reservation?
- Do you take the existing production situation into account?
- How are the resources loaded?
2. Tailored to Your Needs
Customized configurations – for you only
Duration: approx 4 - 6 weeks
APS – Tailored to Your Needs
We will tailor the parameters of the optimizer and the configuration of the master files essential for APS to your specific needs. This will increase the quality of the master files.
We will discuss the most important influential factors and interpret the results of the optimizer with your team. We will show you how you can optimally control the production based on the planning and what necessary decisions you must make.
At the end of this step, the results of production planning will correspond to the defined degree of automation.
3. Permanent Improvement
Detailed improvements – permanently
Duration: 3, 6 or 12 months
APS – Permanent Improvement
We will continuously check your planning results. In doing so, we will identify positive and negative developments of your production planning. Our recommendations will help you to perfectly adjust your APS to these developments.
You will discuss the current status with our team during a monthly phone call.
What We Offer You
You want to find your way into using your APS? You have already achieved first positive results and want more? Your planning results correspond to the defined degree of automation and you are looking for further improvements?
Book our packages for an even better use of your APS here.
