Designing company-specific shop floor scheduling and control solutions
Challenge
- Emphasis on greater throughput with existing resources
- Manual scheduling for complex systems is limiting
- Need to work within the scope of existing ERP systems
Solution
- Detailed constraint-based scheduling for the shop
- Address finite resources and update systems in real-time
- Integrate with ERP and MES systems
Benefits
- Increases the overall throughput for the shop
- Reduces inventory and the associated carrying costs
- Improves the productivity and utilization of shop resources
Expertise
- Developed various detailed scheduling models
- Experienced in advanced tools from companies such as i2
- Familiar with advanced algorithms for shop scheduling