APS Advanced Planning and Scheduling
APS optimizes plans subject to resource constraints, including capacity and materials. It can support long-term master planning for known orders and forecasts, as well as short-term planning and production scheduling within an individual enterprise, providing a tool for improving and optimizing management.
Forecasting and supply-chain planning
- Forecast planners can use qualitative and quantitative information to develop forecasts and manage forecast fluctuations.
- Constraint-based supply-chain planning helps improve planning accuracy.
Planning and scheduling functions
- Match supply with demand under constraints and identify limiting factors. Improve planning visibility and traceability, with interactive simulation.
- Schedule manufacturing using constraints and rules, providing online capacity visibility.
- Perform rapid available-to-promise (ATP) checks and order-status enquiries, with visibility of supply capability and order status.
- Support collaborative planning with suppliers for forecasts, supply capability and purchase orders (POs).
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