One thing we are often asked about is the difference between ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) software and how APS software can improve ERP software, especially in the complexities we see in the Food and Beverage sector. Here we look at the differences between them, and how they can work…
DIGITAL INDUSTRIES SOFTWARE Improving visualization of scheduling data and matrices for production schedules Benefits• Improve visualization of scheduling data and matrices for production schedules.• Compare key scheduling KPIs.• Author key transactional data.• Automate workflows for automatic scheduling.• Visualize published scheduled data through Opcenter APS Anywhere – viewer. SummaryOpcenter™ software is part of the Siemens Xcelerator…
With 30 years of business experience and over 100 years of gathered experience in the planning industry, we understand that planners’ ultimate goals are to get products out of the door, keep customers happy, reduce waste, and work efficiently and effectively. Here at Kudos Solutions, we’re proud to be a successful provider of planning and…
How you manage your inventory will directly impact the cash flow of your business. When you fail to effectively manage stock, you’re putting your business at a disadvantage. You wouldn’t typically aim to tie up too much cash in your stock room, but you equally don’t want to run out, either. The correlation between inventory…
We’re a company and a team of individuals who take enormous pride in being a great, trusted partner to our clients: understanding their needs from their perspective while being able to provide consistently high daily support daily. This is what we think that everyone deserves from their planning and scheduling software provider: here’s what you…
The FDs we speak with are often, and unsurprisingly, worried that planning and scheduling software will be too expensive to show a quick enough Return on Investment (ROI) to justify the cost. In the current climate, there’s increased pressure to deliver cost savings – and quickly. While it’s true that some investments can take a…
Excel is great: there’s a good reason why neither Google nor Apple have been able to topple Microsoft’s dominance in 37 years. However, while it’s a powerful tool, it’s not the only, or best, software for everything. A prime example of this is where an Excel spreadsheet is used instead of Advanced Planning and Scheduling…
It’s fair to say that this is the biggest question facing most businesses at the current time. “When raw material costs are rising and customers are protecting their margins, how do we maintain our profitability?” For those in the FMCG sector, like our clients, it’s a pressing question that needs a viable answer. Fortunately, there…
Food waste is something that we hear an increasing amount about: both the financial cost (circa £19 billion) and the environmental impact (6.7million tonnes of waste associated with 25 million tonnes of greenhouse gases). More effective planning in the production process can create a 40-50% reduction in raw materials inventory, which, in turn, reduces the…
Effective Planning and Scheduling in Volatile, Very High Mix and LowVolume Discrete Manufacturing EnvironmentH. Adil1, K. Sekkat2, D. Shaw3 1 Group Optimisation Manager at Oxford Engineering Ltd, 6 Colwell Drive, Abingdon Business Park,Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1AU, United Kingdom, habib.adil@oxeng.co.uk2 Chairman of Oxford Engineering Ltd, 6 Colwell Drive, Abingdon Business Park, Abingdon,Oxfordshire, OX14 1AU, United Kingdom,…
