AXUG Partner Showcase – Introducing Preactor

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Planning and Scheduling
What’s the difference?

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 Planning and Scheduling Typical Detail and Horizon

Planning
• What to make
Low
• When to make it
Detail • How much to make
• Where to make it
• Materials Required
Planning • Resources Required

Scheduling • How best to make it

Scheduling
• Execute against plan
• Sequencing
High • Synchronization
Detail
• Priorities, constraints
Years Months Weeks Days Hours Minutes
and conflicts
• Monitoring execution
• Managing change
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Advanced Planning

A Strategic Decision Tool Forecast Demand Planning period

Starting Stock Orders Stock control parameters
Considers forecast and long term orders to decide Capacity
feasibility and set general direction of production;

Dynamically sets target stock levels to meet future

demand; Planning

Load balance across multiple resources considering eg ERP

constraints, materials shelf life;

Supports major decisions of production capacity:

• Extend work force
• Extend resource capacity
• Extend factories
Preactor GMPS

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Advanced Scheduling

Forecast Demand Planning period

A Tactical Decision Support Tool Starting Stock Orders Stock control parameters
Capacity
Considers detailed production demand to
provide production sequence, work to list;

Predicts effects of change in production, Scheduling Planning

interruptions, machine breakdown, scrap;

ERP
Reacts to real time production efficiency;

Supports decisions:
• Overtime
• Order prioritization Preactor APS Preactor GMPS
• Split production batches
• Due Date Negotiation
• Order Promising (CTP/ATP) Shift Patterns
Detailed constraints
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Sequencing Rules
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Preactor GMPS
Advanced Planning

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 MPS Data and MPS Planning Approaches

Forecast Stock Sales Orders

Make to Stock
(Forwards)
Target Stock Levels Resource
by SKU Preactor Capacities
GMPS
by Day/Week/Month Process Rates

MRP
Make to Order
(Backwards)
Achievable Daily/Weekly/Monthly
Production Load for each product

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MPS Period Loading – Backwards (Make to Order)

Not Capacity Constrained

Capacity

Capacity Constrained

J F M A M J J A S O N D

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Preactor GMPS - Stock Plots

When a change in demand occurs whether

that be in terms of quantity or delivery
dates you need to be able to quickly
assess if you are able to meet the new
requirements.

You can import your demand changes into

Preactor GMPS and create a new ‘what if’
plan. Your planning BoM will be exploded
and Preactor GMPS will show you if you
have any capacity issues. If there are
issues you can work interactively to create
an acceptable MPS.

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Preactor APS
Advanced Scheduling

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Accurate Models Produce Feasible Schedules

 Finite scheduling is based on a detailed Resources

model of the plant

Schedule
Constraints
 This leads to two very important benefits
over other planning tools
Processes

Calendars

Improved
Truly feasible
utilization of
schedules
resources

It can increase throughput, reduce work in process and raw material inventory.
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 Setup Time and Multiple Constraints

If we consider due date and sequence dependent Multiple Constraints

setup times then it is much more complex.

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Equipment

Availability

No Setup
Reduction 1 2 2 2 3 3 4

Labor
Some Setup Availability
1 2 2 3 2 3 4
Reduction

Power
Full Setup Constraints
1 2 4 2 3 2 3 Tooling
Reduction Constraints

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Material Control and The Material Explorer

Material
Visibility of
requirements
Shortages

Inventory
plots

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What if? Comparing Multiple Scenarios

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Impact Analysis and Schedule Repair

When things change, the tools are there to provide

clear visibility of the impact.

Planners can manually interact with the Gantt chart,

run automated schedule repairs or even rerun entire
scheduling rules.

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 Tight integration with both ERP and MES solutions allows
rapid response to changes.

Demand
ERP
Order
Amendments
New
Order Update
Material
Availability Schedule
Analyse

Preactor APS Constraints Sequence Schedule

Order Progress Generate

Schedule
Breakdowns
Update Release

Execute
MES/SCADA

The most successful companies are those using lean scheduling software. By connecting such systems
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to their ERP, MES and shop-floor data collection, they are able to monitor the state of execution against plan.
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The benefits & Unique Selling Points

Faster and smarter, with an ROI measured in weeks. What makes Preactor different?

Faster  Family of Products, competitively

 Creates plans and schedules in seconds or priced
minutes.  Technically superior, available in
Smarter multiple languages
 Management can identify potential
 Customizable for any type of
problems (cause & effect) and fix them planning and scheduling
before they actually happen. requirement
Systematic Results  Track record, install base and
 Improved Customer Service +90% availability of case studies
 Inventory Reduction -50%
 Cycle Time Reduction -25%  Local support – implementation,
 Productivity Increases - +25% training, post go-live
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Preactor Scheduling Demonstration

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Introducing Microsoft Graphical Scheduling
Integrated with AX

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Microsoft Graphical Scheduling

Microsoft Graphical Scheduling Description Cost

Ability to drag and drop operations Yes Software $ 6,250
Includes basic scheduling rules Yes Annual Maintenance $ 1,125
Supports multiple constraints Yes Estimated Services $12,500
Supports material control Yes Total $19,875
Includes What If scenarios Yes
Visual indicators such as late orders Yes
and invalid resources
User configurable screens Yes
Advanced algorithms such as setup No
minimization
Customized scheduling rules No

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