ADVANCED PLANNING & SCHEDULING OVERVIEW

Peter NelsonSales Manager

888-317-8807, Pete.Nelson@PlanetTogether.com

INTRODUCTION

Collaboration among sales, production, planning, purchasing, maintenance and management to positively impact the bottom line.

CRITICAL BUSINESS ISSUES

Late deliveries due to manufacturing delaysMissed sales due to demand exceeding capacityLost orders due to excessive Work-in-ProcessHigh production costs due to machine set-up or machine down timeExcessive overhead due to managing scheduling changes and impact on delivery scheduleDifficult to plan for future capacity requirements

CRITICAL BUSINESS ISSUES

Job delays due to material shortages (raw materials and/or manufactured components)Excessive overtime costs due to inefficient resource utilizationJob delays due to tooling, molds or dies unavailableDisconnect among departmental objectives (sales, production, planning, purchasing, maintenance and management)Difficult to coordinate between plants and/or planners

Machines

Labor

Tools & Dies

Material

RESOURCES

MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS

• Raw Material• Machine 1 or

2• Saw Blade

Saw

• Machine• Skilled Labor

Paint • Labor Pool

Assemble

On-Time Delivery

Minimize Set-Up

Maximiz

e Profit

MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES

MANUFACTURING PROCESS

Line 2

Line 1

Bird House

Bird Feeder

Saw 13/8 “

plywood

Saw 2 1 /4“

plywood

Sand 1

Sand 2

Paint & Dry

House Sub

Assembly

Feeder Sub

Assembly

Final Assembly

PackagingShip

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE

Line 2

Line 1

Bird House

Bird Feeder

Saw 13/8 “

plywood

Saw 2 1 /4“

plywood

Sand 1

Sand 2

Paint & Dry

House Sub

Assembly

Feeder Sub

Assembly

Final Assembly

PackagingShip

SHOP FLOOR DISRUPTIONS

Line 2

Line 1

Bird House

Bird Feeder

Saw 13/8 “

plywood

Saw 2 1 /4“

plywood

Sand 1

Sand 2

Paint & Dry

House Sub

Assembly

Feeder Sub

Assembly

Final Assembly

PackagingShip

J4

J1 J3 J5

J8

J6 J7

J2

Late order material shortage

Inefficient set-up

higher costResource

Bottleneck

Machine down

SHOP FLOOR OPTIMIZATION

Line 2

Line 1

Bird House

Bird Feeder

Saw 13/8 “

plywood

Saw 2 1 /4“

plywood

Sand 1

Sand 2

Paint & Dry

House Sub

Assembly

Feeder Sub

Assembly

Final Assembly

PackagingShip

J4

J8

J2

Late ordermaterial shortage

J2

J3 J5

J1

J6 J7

APS – THE SOLUTION

Plans and schedules production based on available materials, labor and plant capacityOptimizes the schedule to meet customer service objectives, operational efficiencies, cost containment and profit objectivesAllows planners to quickly respond to disruptions on the shop floor and immediately see the impactProvides a safe planning environment using “what-if” as well and ability to “undo” a schedule change

APS - WHO BENEFITS?

Improves communication among departments−Accurate order dates to sales department−Detailed, actionable schedules to production department−Capacity loads to set staffing and machine resources to the planning department

−Schedule-driven material requirements to drive ordering to the purchasing department

−Cash flow projections to management−Maintenance & setup schedules to maintenance

department

APS – THE BOTTOM LINE

Decreased ExpensesReduced Production TimesImproved Machine UtilizationReduced Inventories

Increased RevenueIncreased On-time DeliveriesReduced Customer Stock-outs

Increased Cash FlowReduce Order-to-Cash andCash-to-Cash Conversion Cycle

PROCESS FLOW

BOM Routing

Work Orders

Sales Orders

Forecast

MRP

Purchase Orders

RM Inventory

Shop Floor

FG Inventory

Receiving Production

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PROCESS FLOW

BOM Routing

Work Orders

Sales Orders

Forecast

MRP

Purchase Orders

RM Inventory

Shop Floor

FG Inventory

Receiving ProductionA

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NEXT STEP

Call (888) 317-8807

To learn more about how Advanced Planning & Scheduling can work for your business