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…
This short video shows every day issues that planners within FMCG industry can relate to. Watch this video and find out if we can help you!
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,…
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…
