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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