Schedules that re-optimise when the plan changes

Higher DIFOT, less work-in-progress and finished goods inventory.
Trade-offs made visible: set multiple objectives and compare scenarios financially.
Less planning time: centralise planning and scheduling across plants and production stages.

For complex planning & scheduling activities – especially those that are heavily constrained or require multi-stage scheduling and frequent re-scheduling – our experience is that off-the-shelf software packages just don't work. Because of the many differences between problem types and industries, you often end up with a rigid system with pre-set objectives, logic, and scope, which doesn't quite fit your core operation.

Because our Integrated Planning & Scheduling Optimiser module of Decision Cloud^® is tuned to your specific business rules, constraints and processes, it can be used to optimise a wide variety of planning & scheduling activities, including production, maintenance, equipment and labour – allowing you to dynamically create schedules that are optimised for cost, profit, utilisation, or customer-defined objectives (such as service levels, etc.)

The benefits of integrated planning, scheduling, and optimisation are numerous, including:

Increased delivery on time and in full (DIFOT)
Reduced work-in-progress and finished goods inventory
Reduced planning time
Ability to dynamically re-optimise around unexpected changes in demand and other events
Ability to conduct financial what-if analysis and scenario comparison
Ability to set multiple objectives/goals and analysing the trade-offs
Centralising the planning and scheduling function across multiple plants
Optimising across multiple production stages or steps
Evaluating the impact of business rules, process, and constraint changes