Digitalization is changing everything, and manufacturers must be able to react quickly and intelligently to unexpected changes in order to respond to shorter lead times and satisfy customer demands. These challenges are faced not only by large enterprises, but also small and medium-sized organizations. Siemens Opcenter Advanced Planning and Scheduling (formerly known as Preactor APS) is specifically designed to meet the critical need for detail, accuracy and efficiency in the production planning and production scheduling processes of the modern manufacturing business.
Siemens Opcenter Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) products use advanced algorithms that balance demand and capacity to generate achievable production schedules. Opcenter APS can be used for long-term strategic planning covering months and years, medium-term tactical planning for a planning horizon of a few weeks, as well as for detailed sequencing and scheduling. The software can be installed out-of-the-box, but it is flexible and can be customized and configured if necessary. Opcenter APS can be used standalone to manage planning and scheduling, but it is also designed for full integration with other enterprise software systems, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Execution System (MES), data collection, forecasting, demand planning and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) monitoring.
IndX has been delivering Siemens software for Production Planning & Scheduling to manufacturers across all industry sectors for over a decade. We believe in the flexibility, reliability and scalability of these products, which is why we continue to work with them in order to help our customers optimize processes and grow their businesses.
Siemens Opcenter Advanced Planning software is designed to facilitate long-term and mid-term production planning. It considers forecast and long-term orders, supports decision-making about feasibility and affects the general direction of your production strategy. Advanced Planning supports major production capacity decisions related to your workforce, resource capacity and factories. The software enables you to determine what to produce, how much to produce, where to produce it, when to produce it and exactly what materials and resources are required to do so. Features and capabilities include:
Siemens Opcenter Advanced Scheduling software enables you to generate a feasible production schedule based on the actual capacity and availability of your resources and other constraints. Production orders can be scheduled quickly using intelligent built-in rules, and the planner can manually interact with the schedule to make changes based on their experience or new information. Advanced Scheduling enables you to optimize decision-making related to overtime, order prioritization, production batches, order delivery negotiation and order processing. Features and capabilities include:
Manufacturing plans only deliver value when they are realistic, adaptable, and connected to execution. Siemens Opcenter Advanced Planning and Scheduling exists to bridge the gap between demand, planning, and shop floor reality. It orchestrates capacity, materials, and constraints into achievable production plans while giving planners the flexibility to model alternatives and respond to disruption. By aligning strategic intent with operational feasibility, it turns planning and scheduling into a competitive advantage rather than a bottleneck.
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IndX brings deep expertise in production planning and scheduling to help manufacturers deploy and scale Siemens Opcenter Advanced Planning and Scheduling across complex environments. We provide implementation, integration, configuration, optimization and change management services, supported by proven accelerators to ensure rapid value and sustained planning excellence.
