Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS)

APS Value Point

(b) Improve inventory control, significantly reduce stocks of raw materials and intermediate products and reduce liquidity occupancy;

(b) Strengthening production planning and implementation management to reduce abnormal and unreasonable planned losses;

(b) Improving the level of management of business operations and establishing a replicable and scalable code for managing productive operations;

Efficient and functional emergency response modules and programmes adapted to fast-changing orders and production changes in enterprises.

Quick response submission function for clients

In accordance with the current enterprise ' s production plans, performance and client requirements, the priority of arranging the production of orders has been rationalized, and the delivery period of the orders has been calculated quickly on the basis of the production mechanism, taking due account of production capacity. The calculation automatically calculates the capacity load, balances the distribution of the capacity, and can be done in a graphic manner to show the capacity load profile to provide the basis for the order adjustment.

System auto-optimization programme

APS The core engine created by the system can automatically optimize production plans on the basis of optimization, such as colours, moulds, product process properties, etc. A viable plan of up to 10 per cent of the optimal production plan can normally be formed within a few minutes, and generally by hand or ERP The system will only achieve 40 per cent or more of the maximum plan, and the results of the automated plan will be adjusted using a graphical interface to produce the best production plan within five minutes. The use of this function reduces losses by more than 3 to 5 per cent and increases capacity by more than 1 to 5 per cent.

Optimization of inventories and reduction of funds

Using supply chain structure principles, combined with JIT (prompt manufacture) and TOC (constraint theory), to guide the preparation of tiers, to defunct stockpile where production is fully satisfied, and to free liquidity.

For production plans, the supply of raw materials and products in production are automatically calculated, and the quantity of stocks is minimized by means of material warning and advance plans, with time buffers in place of quantitative buffers, subject to guaranteed minimum stockpile requirements.

Cross-sectoral synergies

APS The system provides cross-sectoral synergetic functions that can be linked to ERP Systems such as SCM are seamlessly integrated to achieve synergistic planning between production plans and supply chains; through information sharing and real-time updating, departments can better coordinate their work and improve overall productivity and responsiveness.

Increased flexibility and reduced change costs

Rationalized capacity buffers, leaving room for adjustment for change, and changes in orders, depending on the circumstances, include changes in delivery schedules, changes in orders for additions and subtractions, changes in product types and emergency plug-ins. Input into the system, reprogramming production plans using rapid automatic optimization plan capabilities, and restructuring production and procurement supply plans within minutes.