ATS Supports an International Aerospace Supplier Implementing OPCENTER APS
Purpose
- The plant manufactures blades and nozzle guide vanes for the aerospace and industrial gas turbine industries.
- Align scheduling of multiple complex manufacturing areas and having a single overview
- To create more visibility on what will happen in the future
Project Scope
- Create insights into the real capacity of the factory
- Create an insight on the expected end dates of works orders
- Explore possibilities to respond rapidly to changes
Solution Approach
- OPCENTER APS provided necessary insight on production scheduling
- Tight integration with both ERP and MES to leverage the existing information within the organization
- Powerful APS algorithms to create multiple planning scenario’s applicable to each situation
Systems & Tools
- OPCENTER APS software
The Results
25% reduction in customer complaints on delivery performance
More than 5% yield improvement through improved scheduling
10% increase in delivery performance
Improved forecasting ability
The ability to create and compare various planning scenarios to pick the best applicable scenario at that moment
Empowered the customer project team members to be involved in the design of the two-way data exchange between ERP, APS and MES
