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