How To Reduce Food Waste Through Effective Planning 

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…

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White Paper – Opcenter APS – Meeting Needs And Eliminating Waste

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,…

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What’s new in Opcenter APS 2204

Increase resource utilization and on-time delivery We are excited to announce that the latest version of Opcenter APS 2204 has been released! Opcenter™ APS software, which is part of the Xcelerator portfolio, the comprehensive and integrated portfolio of software and services from Siemens Digital Industries Software, is a family of production planning and scheduling products…

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Apache log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) Update

DETAILS Siemens is aware of the attacks disclosed by the media related to the Log4j vulnerability. This article reports any updates we have in regards of Opcenter and SIMATIC IT product families.·  Currently, there are no indications that attackers have managed to get access to customer data orproduction services. Siemens is closely monitoring the situation.…

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Opcenter APS 18.5 has been released!

We are excited to announce that the latest version of Opcenter APS 18.5 has been released! Opcenter™ APS software is a family of production planning and scheduling products that improve the synchronization of your manufacturing processes. This gives you greater visibility and control, which enables you to increase resource utilization and on-time delivery while reducing…

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What’s new in Opcenter APS 18.4

We are excited to announce that the latest version of Opcenter APS 18.4 has been released! Opcenter APS software is a family of production planning and scheduling products that improve the synchronization of your manufacturing processes. Opcenter APS gives you greater visibility and control, enabling you to increase resource utilization and on-time delivery while reducing…

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