ATS Supports a North America Based Retail Chain to Integrate OPCENTER APS

Purpose

• Insight into the real capacity of the factory
• Consolidation of applications and data sources
• Insight into impact of last-minute orders
• Possibility to respond rapidly to changes
• Ability to project seasonal sales demands

Project Scope

• Project sales demands incorporating forecasts imported directly into OPCENTER APS
• Simplify the production planning and scheduling process
• Enabling the planner to do ‘what-if’ scenarios,
• Integration with MES to send work orders to the shop floor

Solution Approach

• OPCENTER APS to provide the necessary insight in production scheduling
• Tight integration with both ERP and MES to leverage the existing information in the company
• Powerful APS algorithms to create multiple planning scenario’s applicable to each situation

Systems & Tools

• OPCENTER APS software