PRODUCTION PLANNING SYSTEM
Get to know our planning and scheduling method for factories
What is production planning software?
The planning and sequencing module of the MESbook helps to plan and schedule production in an optimal way and connected to the reality of the plant by working fully integrated with MESbook manufacturing.
The key to our sequencing method: Service and Productivity
Availability of resources
Minimize inefficiencies
Interdepartmental communication
What is included in the MESbook Planning/Sequencing module?
- Sequencing of production in the form of a Gantt chart type graphical display.
- Time viewing horizon from hours to weeks.
- Adaptation to the productive complexity of simple routes, route networks and parallel operations.
- Communication with any data source through a web-api platform that connects MESbook directly with the subsystems.
- Adaptable to different types of factory architecture: serial machines with uniform flow systems or shop-floor type, open manufacturing systems.
Advantages of the Planning and Scheduling system
PRODUCTION SCHEDULING
It helps to schedule production taking into account the constraints and finite physical resources available: people, machines and costs.
schedule management
It provides automatically, quickly and without errors, different scenarios for the management of simple schedules.
SYSTEMATIZATION
Systematizes a key process for the company, reducing dependence on people, Excel sheets, etc.
RELIABILITY
Communicates and feeds back in a bi-directional way. bi-directionally with the production module of MESbookimproving reliability by always working with the factory reality.
We adapt to every need
Planning and scheduling levels
basic planner
- Logical ordering of OFs, grouped with criteria and display of expected completion time.
- Graphical display of orders and resources in the form of a Gantt chart.
- Handling of graphic interface "drag & drop" assigning the orders to the lines with recalculation of estimated time of completion calculated at standard speed.
- Connectivity: Connected to the ERP Production Plan and to the actual production (processed and good if there is automatic scrap) and to the ERP for the purpose of good discharged into the system.
- Finite capacity.
- Batch and serial planning.
- Customizable alert system.
intelligent sequencer planner
- Incorporates into the planner an optimal sequence proposal based on requested deadlines, change matrix and resource availability criteria (people and machines) and costs.
- Scenarios: scenarios can be created and after review by the user, the user can decide which of all the scenarios becomes the current one so that all the data is updated.
- Flexibility for the treatment of tasks: dependencies, division of chained or parallel tasks, etc.
- It works with a Machine Learning engine and by applying Artificial Intelligence proposes the best sequences and productive scenarios.
- It takes into account the resources fed into the tool.
Benefits of incorporating our module in factories
Improved customer service
Maximizes productivity
Minimizes manufacturing costs
Improved internal coordination
- Work on maximizing productivity before production.
- Ensure feasible planning with a reliable completion date.
- Manufacture based on company-configurable options.
- Improve coordination between production, purchasing and sales.
- Know in advance what will be delayed to coordinate with the customer.
- Flexibility to adjust to changes in demand.
- Plan different planning scenarios to choose the best one at each moment.
- To be able to replan production immediately in the event of internal problems (machine breakdown, unavailability of raw materials, etc.).
- To be able to plan improvement and maintenance actions in advance during periods of low activity, without affecting production.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Capacity constraint refers to the limitation of a plant's production due to the limited capacity of an asset or resource. This can be a bottleneck in the production process that prevents more from being produced, which can reduce efficiency and increase costs.
A production scheduling system integrated into an MES system can address the capacity constraint by enabling production planning and scheduling based on available resource capacity, which optimizes resource utilization. In addition, real-time monitoring of production allows adjusting the production sequence based on resource availability and maximizing efficiency in real time.
A production scheduling system integrated into an MES system enables real-time monitoring of production, allowing you to adjust the production sequence based on resource availability and maximize efficiency in real time. This means that any potential problems can be identified early and corrective action can be taken before they become major problems.
A production scheduling system integrated into an MES system enables real-time production planning and scheduling, which allows adjusting the production sequence according to the availability of resources and maximizing real-time efficiency. In addition, real-time production monitoring allows adjusting the production sequence according to the availability of resources and maximizing efficiency in real time.
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