Advanced Planning and Scheduling

Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) is designed to optimize production scheduling and resource allocation in discrete manufacturing environments. It provides real-time planning, considering constraints like machine capacity, material availability, and labor resources, ensuring production is efficient, cost-effective, and meets customer demands.

Connected to your MES and shop floor in real-time — not a planning silo disconnected from execution.

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Key Features

  • Real-Time Production Scheduling

    Dynamically creates and updates production schedules based on available resources, order priorities, and capacity constraints, ensuring an optimized workflow that adapts to changes on the shop floor.

  • Constraint-Based Planning

    Incorporates multiple constraints, such as machine capacity, material availability, and workforce capabilities, to generate feasible and realistic production schedules that align with operational goals.

  • What-If Scenario Planning

    Enables manufacturers to simulate different scenarios by adjusting variables like demand, resource availability, and production capacity. This helps in proactive decision-making and assessing the impact of potential changes.

  • Seamless Integration with ERP/MRP Systems

    Integrates with existing ERP and MRP systems, synchronizing data for real-time visibility into inventory levels, production schedules, and customer orders, ensuring cohesive operations across the business.

Key Benefits

  • Enhanced Production Efficiency

    20-30% cycle efficiency gains

    • Reduces production bottlenecks by optimizing machine and labor utilization.
    • Provides real-time updates, allowing quick adjustments to production schedules.

  • Better On-Time Delivery Performance

    Up to 48% lead time reduction

    • Ensures timely delivery by aligning production with customer order priorities.
    • Minimizes delays caused by machine downtime, material shortages, or labor issues.

  • Reduced Inventory Costs

    30-50% inventory reduction

    • Optimizes material flow, ensuring just-in-time delivery of components.
    • Reduces the need for excess safety stock by better synchronizing production and material supply.

  • Improved Decision-Making

    Up to 25% productivity improvement

    • Real-time data and scenario planning enable faster, more informed decisions.
    • Provides visibility into the impact of changes in demand, resources, or capacity.

  • Increased Flexibility

    Up to 25% productivity increase

    • Quickly adapts to changing production demands or disruptions.
    • Simulates the effect of production adjustments to mitigate risks before implementation.

  • Higher Resource Utilization

    Up to 15% unlocked capacity

    • Maximizes the use of machines, materials, and labor through effective scheduling.
    • Reduces idle time and waste, ensuring that all resources are used efficiently.

Ready to Optimize Your Production Scheduling?

See how Tomax APS creates feasible, constraint-based production schedules that adapt in real-time to changes on your shop floor. Available as a standalone app or as part of the integrated Tomax platform. Start with what you need — expand when you're ready.

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