Production Schedule Optimization Module
Opcenter (Preactor) APS production planning from SIEMENS
Simatic IT – Opcenter (Preactor) APS – operational planning and production schedulingа
INFOCOM offers the implementation at enterprises of discrete, continuous and hybrid types of operational planning systems from Siemens Industry Software Solution – Opcenter (Preactor) APS.
The Opcenter APS program can be used both for strategic (read – long-term) planning, up to several years, and for short-term planning – building a production schedule. The ability to forecast in detail the production schedule in Opcenter APS is valuable, with the ability to quickly reschedule and conduct a comparative analysis of several alternative production schedules.
Opcenter APS specifications
High performance. All powers in one cycle
Access to Siemens consultants
Integration modules with other systems (ERP, PDM, MES)
Easy reconfiguration of planning models
Setting up scheduling rules and external rules
Features of planning for various industries:
- It is necessary to calculate the operational schedule accurate to the work center;
- the need to calculate a schedule for the movement of materials between workshops;
- order Priority Management;
- minimization of changeovers by work center;
- long production cycle;
- control of the timing of orders;
- large amount of planning data for multi-transfer production;
- tracking the status of a specific order in production;
- nested production lists.
- A wide variety of sizes, volumes, geometries and printing materials;
- labeling and packaging requirements are dictated by manufacturing processes, customer and market;
- increased requirements for dimensional accuracy and correct geometric shape of labels and packages;
- high demands on color accuracy;
- strict requirements of sanitary standards;
- changeover of equipment according to the color of the dye, the shape of the workpiece;
- equipment and source material compatibility;
- availability of the necessary technological equipment;
- dependence on the qualifications of personnel in the implementation of the technological process;
- dependence on the qualifications of personnel in the implementation of the technological process.
- A production environment with complex mold and tooling management;
- changeover of equipment according to the color of the dye, for the replacement of molds or tooling;
- equipment and source material compatibility;
- availability of the necessary technological equipment;
- meeting the need for raw materials for casting, assembly and packaging;
- dependence on the qualifications of personnel in the implementation of the technological process;
- the need to take into account the minimum batch for casting;
- different execution time of the technological process on different equipment.
- Fluctuations in the quantity and quality of stocks of raw materials;
- seasonal fluctuations in product demand;
- short shelf life of products and raw materials;
- a lot of pressure from competitors and the consumer market;
- the need to combine different packaging and batching requirements;
- complexity in the combination of discrete and process types of production.
- The complexity of technological processes for the production of basic types of products;
- particular attention to the quality of products and raw materials;
- re-adjustment of equipment by the type of product produced;
- incompatibility of certain types of products and processes;
- increased requirements for the cleanliness of production facilities and containers;
- meeting the need for raw materials for production and packaging;
- different execution time of the technological process on different equipment;
- Fluctuations in prices for raw materials, whose cost is from 50 to 70% of the cost of production;
- seasonal fluctuations in product demand;
- limited volume of tanks, tanks and their connections to each other;
- strict requirements for the storage and movement of both raw materials and finished products;
- the presence in the technological cycle of “bottlenecks” that directly affect the rate of production (for example, the operation of the rectification column).
- Raw materials (paint, fabric) are mainly imported, delivery times can be from 1 to 6 months;
- at delivery, the percentage of scrap for fabric is unknown, it can be 5 – 25% – the need depends on the seasons and the weather;
- a lot of personnel and DCs are involved in the production, it is also necessary to connect DCs with batch processing with DCs performing one operation at a time, in the context of a large number of factors (color, style, fabric, threads, etc.);
- the need to plan operations that may or may not occur (dyeing defects must be collected by color and fabric in sufficient volume and started for re-dyeing);
- production must take into account the presence of waste and by-products;
- large and frequently changing PF nomenclature.
- When planning, it is necessary to link the operations of manufacturing PF wire based on redistribution with operations of PVC insulation based on the order with minimal waste;
- planning happens by redistribution;
- the same PFs are used in different products, but physically they are different PFs, since the same wire is wound on different drums;
- accounting for incoming raw materials is carried out in tons, accounting for planning in coils, sales are carried out in km;
- large assortment of products sold;
- the number of redistributions can reach 20.
Would you like more information about the planning system?
As a partner of Siemens Industry Software Solution INFOCOM sp. z o.o. offers a full range of services for the implementation of MES systems in an enterprise, including operational planning.
You can request additional information on the capabilities of the Opcenter APS planning system by filling out the form at the bottom of the page or by e-mail sales@infocom-ltd.pl
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