How important is production scheduling today?

In our uncertain world today, factories are facing high levels of variability from both the external market demand and availability of labor resources. In view of this uncertainty, Production Scheduling systems are of tremendous importance.

AVAILABLE NOW! Siemens Opcenter APS 18.1

We are excited to announce the availability of Siemens Opcenter APS 18.1! Siemens Opcenter APS introduces three new tools for…

Improving Profitability with Advanced Scheduling

I started my journey with Siemens Opcenter Advanced Scheduling (formerly called Preactor) in 2008.  I remember well my first contacts…

AVAILABLE NOW! Siemens Opcenter APS 18

We are excited to announce the availability of Siemens Opcenter APS 18! As a result of a manufacturing operations management…

APQR — Advanced Planning Quality Radar: Excellence in Closed Loop Quality

It is essential for automotive manufacturers to build a quality plan to deliver a robust product and to satisfy customer…

NOW AVAILABLE: Preactor APS version 17.2

We are excited to announce the latest version of Preactor APS has been released! Version 17.2 features improvements to Advanced Planning, material pegging and Gantt interaction.
Preactor software…

Empowering the Planner

“Not knowing that it was impossible, he went there and did it.” This adaptation of a great quote from the French thinker Jean Cocteau still seems to be the only modus operandi for companies large and…

ERP – Making the Investment Work using APS

The materials war has been won (via MRP and/or Kanban control), the capacity war has just started. Companies with a high cost of raw materials and/or high value of end products are trying to move tow…

The Leanest Lean You Have Ever Seen

Lean manufacturing represents a cultural change at all levels of a company. Its prime objective is to eliminate waste, whatever form that takes. The most obvious examples in the production area might…