Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS)

CASE STUDY: Trek Bicycle speeds customer deliveries and improves operational efficiency

August 12, 2022

Trek Bicycle Corporation, a leading specialty bike manufacturer based in Wisconsin, United States, has realized huge manufacturing efficiency gains through digital manufacturing.

By Claudia Basso

2 MIN READ

CASE STUDY: C. E. Schneckenflügel increases sales 100% by accelerating customer delivery time

August 10, 2022

C. E. Schneckenflügel, Germany’s leading screw blade manufacturer, is leveraging Siemens Opcenter Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) to improve production efficiency, cutting customer delivery time by 50%.

By Claudia Basso

2 MIN READ

CASE STUDY: Plastoform increases production efficiency by 8% with more efficient scheduling

August 9, 2022

Plastoform, one of Europe’s leading thermoformable plastic material manufacturers for the automotive, agriculture and marine industries, is realizing huge gains in production efficiency with automated scheduling.

By Claudia Basso

2 MIN READ

An Integrated APS and SCM disrupts traditional Supply Chain Management

July 18, 2022

It is no secret that supply chains, involving hundreds or thousands of external suppliers, partners and third parties, are becoming increasingly strategic and complex. Moreover, supply chains are increasingly forced to keep pace with the new model of the circular economy.

By Nash Chakraborty

2 MIN READ

Planning for a more resilient supply chain

June 30, 2022

Using digital collaboration to achieve productivity and delivery goals When manufacturers are asked to characterize their supply chain today, resilient…

By Alessandro Cereseto

< 1 MIN READ

Manufacturing operations management (MOM) – Harmonized MES, QMS, APS, and MI

June 7, 2022

Watch this video to learn how a harmonized MOM solution that includes MES, QMS, APS, and Manufacturing Intelligence helps cut costs, improve quality, and accelerate the end-to-end manufacturing cycle.

By Eric Mitchell

2 MIN READ

What’s new in Opcenter APS 2204

May 11, 2022

Increase resource utilization and on-time delivery We are excited to announce that the latest version of Opcenter APS 2204 has…

By Alessandro Cereseto

2 MIN READ

What’s new in Opcenter Scheduling SMT 2204

April 28, 2022

Discover the new user experience to streamline shop floor operations This release offers an updated look and applies the latest…

By Alessandro Cereseto

2 MIN READ

Man checking inventory in a warehouse. He has employed a make-to-stock strategy instead of make-to-order.

Make-to-order versus make-to-stock planning: What makes sense for you?

August 18, 2021

Whether your manufacturing company currently approaches planning primarily through a make-to-order (MTO) or a make-to-stock (MTS) strategy, it may be…

By Eric Mitchell

3 MIN READ