Connecting specialist manufacturing, production planning and supply chain expertise across the UK and North America
Kudos Solutions and NEO Digital Industries have joined forces through the Global Supply Alliance, strengthening the support available to manufacturers operating across the UK, North America and beyond. The alliance brings together complementary expertise in digital manufacturing, production planning, production scheduling, Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) and supply chain planning, giving manufacturers a stronger route to specialist support across their international operations.
For existing Kudos Solutions customers, this creates a direct opportunity to connect UK operations with specialist support from NEO Digital Industries North America where relevant. Equally, NEO customers with UK operations can access the local expertise and support provided by Kudos Solutions.
The aim is simple: to make it easier for manufacturers to access the right expertise, wherever their facilities are located. Manufacturing challenges rarely stop at national borders. Where organisations operate multiple facilities, the challenges experienced within one plant can often be reflected elsewhere in the business. Through the Global Supply Alliance, Kudos Solutions and NEO Digital Industries can help customers explore those challenges with the appropriate specialists and identify opportunities across their wider manufacturing network.
Two Specialists. One Connected Approach.
KUDOS SOLUTIONS
UK manufacturing & digital expertise
From our base in Leicestershire, Kudos Solutions works with manufacturers across the UK and internationally, helping organisations address complex production, planning, scheduling and digital manufacturing challenges through practical expertise and technology-led solutions.
NEO DIGITAL INDUSTRIES
Supply Chain Planning & Advanced Planning & Scheduling
NEO Digital Industries specialises in Supply Chain Planning, Advanced Planning & Scheduling and Siemens Opcenter APS, supporting manufacturers across North America and international markets with specialist production planning and supply chain expertise.
GLOBAL SUPPLY ALLIANCE
Connecting customers with the right expertise
The alliance connects Kudos and NEO across the Atlantic, giving manufacturers a clearer route to specialist support in the UK and North America, while helping customers access the right expertise for their location, systems and operational requirements.
Building on Proven Manufacturing Expertise
Kudos Solutions works closely with manufacturers to understand the operational challenges behind production planning, scheduling and digital transformation. Our focus is not simply on technology, but on how technology can support the way a manufacturing organisation actually operates. NEO brings complementary specialist expertise across Supply Chain Planning, Advanced Planning & Scheduling and Siemens Opcenter APS.
Opcenter APS enables manufacturers to balance demand, capacity and production constraints, create detailed schedules and simulate different scenarios before changes are introduced to the shop floor. This combination gives customers access to a broader network of specialist knowledge while maintaining a clear focus on their individual manufacturing requirements.
Looking to upgrade your planning and scheduling approach?
If production planning is becoming increasingly complex, your schedules are difficult to maintain, or your teams are spending too much time manually planning and replanning, the first step may simply be a conversation.
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Proven Results from Advanced Planning & Scheduling
The value of specialist planning and scheduling expertise can be seen through NEO’s published work with manufacturers across the Americas.
Its case-study portfolio highlights measurable improvements in areas including planning effort, productivity, setup time, service levels and OTIF.
Rather than simply describing the technology, these projects demonstrate how Siemens Opcenter APS can be applied to real manufacturing environments where capacity constraints, production sequencing, setup times, material availability and delivery commitments all need to be considered.
The examples below provide a snapshot of how Siemens Opcenter APS has been applied in real manufacturing environments, from reducing setup times and improving OTIF to dramatically reducing the time required to create and manage production schedules.
SALUS
Salus, part of the Avril Group, produces premixes and nucleus products for animal digestive health and nutrition. The company worked with NEO to implement Siemens Opcenter APS to address an extremely complex production scheduling process, shaped by near infinite product formulations, cleaning requirements between production runs and a hybrid model spanning Make To Stock, Make To Order and Engineering To Order. The project cut planning time to 20% of what it took before, increased productivity by 14% and reduced total delay volume by approximately 60%, but the standout result is the financial return: payback on the investment was achieved in less than two months.
NOVUS
Novus faced increasingly complex production planning and synchronisation requirements as its product portfolio grew. Working with NEO to implement Siemens Opcenter APS, Novus transformed its planning process, reducing weekly sequencing from hours to approximately 10 minutes and achieving a 68% reduction in delays. The project also contributed to a 20% increase in annual production, demonstrating the potential impact of a more responsive and structured approach to production scheduling.
EXPLORE MORE
Real manufacturers. Real results. NEO’s wider case-study library includes examples covering production scheduling, setup and changeovers, planning workload, service levels, capacity and OTIF. Across its published cases, NEO reports reductions of 40–98% in planning effort, productivity improvements of 14–60%, setup and production-loss reductions of 35–53%, and service-level improvements of up to 24 percentage points.
What Does This Mean for Our Customers?
For Kudos Solutions customers, the alliance creates an opportunity to look beyond their existing UK operations and ask an important question: Are your US teams experiencing the same production planning and scheduling challenges?
If Kudos Solutions has helped address production scheduling, capacity planning or wider manufacturing challenges within a UK facility, there may be an opportunity to explore whether similar issues are affecting your US operations.
Through the Global Supply Alliance, Kudos can facilitate an introduction to the NEO Digital Industries North America team, allowing the appropriate people within your US organisation to have a direct conversation with specialists who understand production planning, scheduling and supply chain challenges in the region.
Equally, manufacturers working with NEO that have UK facilities can access the local expertise and support of Kudos Solutions.
The purpose of the alliance is not to add another layer between manufacturers and their technology partners. It is to make it easier to access the right expertise in the right market.
UK to North America. Connected Support.
UK OPERATIONS
Kudos Solutions
Local manufacturing and digital expertise, supporting organisations from our base in Leicestershire and across the UK.
NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS
NEO Digital Industries
Specialist Supply Chain Planning, Advanced Planning & Scheduling and Siemens Opcenter APS expertise across North America and the wider Americas.
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
Global Supply Alliance
A connected route to specialist expertise for manufacturers operating across multiple regions.
One Alliance. Greater Reach. Connected Expertise.
Manufacturing is increasingly global, and the support available to manufacturers should reflect that. Through the Global Supply Alliance, Kudos Solutions and NEO Digital Industries are strengthening the connection between UK and North American manufacturing, giving customers a clearer route to specialist expertise in production planning, production scheduling, supply chain planning and Siemens Opcenter APS. For existing customers, the next step can be as simple as a conversation.
If your organisation has manufacturing operations in another region and you want to understand whether similar challenges are being experienced there, speak to your usual Kudos Solutions or NEO contact and we can make the appropriate introduction.
Have Manufacturing Operations Across the UK and North America?
Let’s connect you with the right team.
Through the Global Supply Alliance, Kudos Solutions and NEO Digital Industries can connect manufacturers with specialist expertise across both markets. If your organisation operates facilities in the UK and North America, we can help you explore whether similar production planning, scheduling or supply chain challenges exist across your wider operation.
Whether you’re reviewing your current production planning and scheduling approach, exploring Siemens Opcenter APS, or looking for ways to improve visibility and efficiency across your manufacturing operation, Kudos Solutions can help.
