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Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS)

Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) is an advanced planning and scheduling tool based on supply chain management principles and constraint theory. It utilizes advanced algorithms to achieve a dynamic balance between "materials" and "capacity" considering the limited resources of the enterprise. APS provides effective and accurate production scheduling and planning, enabling quick response to customer inquiries and delivery dates, reducing order-to-delivery (OTD) time, lowering production and inventory costs, and improving delivery performance.

Advanced Planning and Scheduling(APS)


APS embedded in the core of iTEC ERP

Do you have the following questions?
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The schedule is unreliable, production is chaotic, and the production plan scheduled in advance is always difficult to implement!
2
It is unable to predict how much the remaining order quantity can be promised.
3
 It is unable to predict whether the customer's required delivery dates can be achieved.
4
Unable to predict whether rush orders can be inserted, and the impact of accepting rush orders on existing orders.
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Unable to assess whether optimal capacity utilization can be achieved while meeting the delivery deadline.
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Unable to determine whether capacity or material prioritization should take precedence during scheduling.
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In the case of full capacity utilization, it is unable to automatically search for alternative processing and alternative production routing.
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How can production schedules respond quickly when customers and suppliers undergo frequent changes?
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Is the molds and jig allocation smooth?
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Production and sales have their perspectives and lack a communication platform.
General Scheduling vs. Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS)
APS Core Resource Planning
>APS Core Resource Planning >APS Core Resource Planning
The Most Challenging Problem For Businesses
"Three No's and One Lack."
The Most Challenging Problem For Businesses: Three No's and One Lack.
APS Core engine: Identify Key Bottlenecks and Adjust

Multi-dimensional Constraints: Identifying All Bottlenecks→Determining the Maximum Bottleneck (Critical Bottleneck)

1. Multi-dimensional constraints: Identify all bottlenecks → Determine the maximum bottleneck (key bottleneck)

Recalculating Process Scheduling with the Critical Bottleneck

2. Recalculate Critical Bottleneck Process Scheduling

Eliminating Bottleneck Processes and Accurately Predicting Lead Times

3. Eliminate bottleneck processes and accurately forecast delivery dates for bottleneck materials.
APS Dispatching Rules: Capacity Leveling

Before
Without APS Dispatching Rules

No APS dispatching rules.

After
After applying APS, capacity leveling is achieved.

After applying APS, capacity leveling is achieved.
The improvement of multiple KPIs is derived from APS.

The overall efficiency of the factory.

Efficiency improvement of individual machines or production lines

The results are far inferior to

those produced by the production scheduling plan


APS acts as a mediator to resolve conflicts and promote effective communication among departments
APS: The Mediator for Departmental Communication Conflicts