Manufacturing Scheduling Software & Production Planning Software
The PIMSS production software toolset provides advanced planning and optimization functionality, including manufacturing capacity planning, master production scheduling and line scheduling. PIMSS (Process Industry Manufacturing Scheduling System) offers an integrated solution spanning the manufacturing supply chain, ranging from long term strategic optimization to real-time manufacturing scheduling:
- Production Planning Systems
- Real-time Advanced Manufacturing Planning Software
- Production Capacity Planning Software
- Material Planning & MRP Software
- Strategic Production Planning
- Lean Manufacturing Software
Production Planning Systems
PIMSS is the fastest production scheduler currently available in the market and is capable of automatically planning and optimizing very large manufacturing operations in seconds. Its flexibility enables it to model highly complex production processes accurately without the need for approximation or compromise on performance.
The objective of PIMSS is to maintain high customer service levels while minimising inventory and maximising manufacturing efficiency. PIMSS is designed for scheduling highly complex manufacturing operations processing thousands of products in an environment where minimising changeovers and balancing resource usage are vital. MJC˛'s advanced manufacturing software is particularly applicable to operations which produce short shelf-life or fast-turnover goods against a backdrop of tight order fulfilment windows and increased demand for flexibility from the customer.
The PIMSS production planning software takes into account:
- Actual or forecast product demands by customer and due date(s);
- Actual or forecast demand for own label products;
- Ideal stock levels, taken as a constraint or calculated by the production system;
- Raw material planning requirements, as a constraint or calculated by PIMSS;
- Labour requirements, shift patterns, and break cover, taken as a constraint or calculated by PIMSS;
- Process capacities and throughputs by product or product type, links to secondary processes, packing/bottling areas and equipment constraints;
- Machine routing constraints and fixed production order scheduling;
- Work in progress constraints, intermediate products, core blends, inter-factory movement, on-line and off-line packing;
- Assembly planning rules and product scheduling sequences;
- Master scheduling considerations, as a constraint or calculated by PIMSS; and
- All changeover times and constraints (e.g. product mix changes, formers, moulds, plan size, pack size, packaging material, product type, colour etc.).
Taking account of these constraints and other rules as required, PIMSS creates an integrated manufacturing schedule and corresponding factory plan which optimizes utilisation of machines while balancing labour requirements and inventory levels. The master schedule details production by factory area and machine type while the line schedule specifies manufacturing orders by individual machine & product. Our advanced manufacturing software is fully configurable and may be used to model complex interdependent production lines as well as multi-site operations. The production planning software is driven by a user-friendly graphical interface and all reports (graphical and tabular) can be customised to meet the specific requirements of the user.
Real-time Advanced Manufacturing Planning Software
For businesses that need to operate with minimal inventory levels while maintaining high customer service it is vital that the factory planning process is not a constraint on the agility of the operation. PIMSS's ability to automatically reschedule very large operations in a matter of seconds enables it to respond dynamically to new customer orders or operational issues while maximising the efficiency of the production process and staying within the constraints of the master production schedule if appropriate.
The PIMSS production line planning software includes a suite of powerful dynamic optimization algorithms that enable PIMSS to respond quickly to real-time events such as last-minute changes to customer order scheduling, machine breakdowns or raw materials shortages. PIMSS integrates easily with manufacturing execution systems or manufacturing ERP/MRP planning software to obtain live updates about orders and stock positions. PIMSS can also interface to production scheduling control systems (e.g. SCADA) to obtain real-time data about actual production performance.
Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) are critical elements in the competitive strategy of lean manufacturing operations, delivering lower costs while improving delivery times and maximising quality. MJC˛'s production optimization software includes computer aided manufacturing optimization tools for lean manufacturing optimization and just in time (JIT) planning of extended manufacturing operations. PIMSS can model complex inter-line, inter-site or customer-supplier relationships, and can re-optimize the plant schedule dynamically in response to events as they take place along the supply chain.
Capacity Planning Software
PIMSS's capacity planning tools model production rules and constraints with enough detail to ensure that capacity plans and "rough-cut" schedules are still accurate enough to be of use for managing the manufacturing operation. Our capacity planning software takes actual or forecast orders as input and automatically generates a master schedule and inventory requirements based on factors such as line throughput, labour availability, raw materials availability, planned preventative maintenance, batch scheduling rules, seasonal profiles, cycle planning constraints, transport constraints, etc.
The timescale and degree of granularity of the capacity plan is configurable, ensuring that PIMSS optimizes according to the requirements of the business. PIMSS includes a powerful graphical user interface which displays the master schedule in the form of gantt charts, histograms or tabular reports, depending on the preference of the user. The planning system includes flexible analysis and reporting tools to enable users to quickly assess the factory schedule and identify potential opportunities or issues.
Material Planning & MRP Software
PIMSS is an enterprise-level MRP software system. Demand planning, capacity planning and line scheduling are integrated to ensure that all aspects of the operation are optimized. PIMSS is readily integrated with other enterprise resource planning systems or with process control or process automation systems, enabling real-time exchange of information between the manufacturing planning system and other enterprise control systems. In a computer integrated manufacturing environment PIMSS can interface with manufacturing execution systems to receive or send live information about production plans and manufacturing schedules in real time.
PIMSS is often integrated with our e-Stock (inventory control) and i-Data (demand forecasting) modules. Alternatively, PIMSS can receive forecast demands or inventory requirements from existing factory planner systems, using this information to automatically create production schedules or manufacturing plans which in turn can be automatically transmitted to process control systems.
Strategic Production Planning
PIMSS provides a computer aided manufacturing toolset for strategic and long-term planning of the manufacturing operation. Our production planning program can help answer questions such as:
- What if demand planning shows a need for increased production capacity?
- What if I use a new raw material supplier?
- What if labour work patterns are to be modified?
- What if process automation leads to increased capacity?
- What if I install a new automated production facility?
- What if new process control software is implemented?
PIMSS's 'what if' planning environment, working independently of the live operation, can schedule and optimize the manufacturing process, taking all these 'what if's and more into account. Following thorough analysis, new processes and facilities can then be confidently integrated into the live lean manufacturing environment.
Lean Manufacturing Software
PIMSS is ideally suited to complex industrial manufacturing processes. It is a state-of-the-art computer aided manufacturing software solution which can help your business in its drive towards lean manufacturing. Optimization can typically be performed in seconds and PIMSS supports 'what if' capacity planning in addition to day-to-day scheduling activities. PIMSS provides user-friendly graphical tools for data entry, manual scheduling and reporting alongside its powerful optimization engine.
PIMSS offers a complete manufacturing planning and production management software solution, providing functionality such as:
- Line scheduling and production planning
- Rough cut capacity scheduling
- Tactical and strategic decision support
- Integrated maintenance scheduling
- Labour planning and employee scheduling
- Complex process control and process automation modelling for lean manufacturing operations
- Advanced 'what if' scenario modelling capabilities in a computer integrated manufacturing environment
- Plant planning and factory simulation
- Process control optimization
Our software tools allow the manufacturing business process to be planned, managed and optimized in an integrated way. PIMSS addresses all aspects of production optimization, ranging from long-term strategic capacity planning and plant optimization through to dynamic process control and batch job scheduling.
The PIMSS scheduling and planning software gives companies the lean manufacturing competitive advantage they need. Computer aided manufacturing software drives the optimization of the production process, providing the control required for effective planning and resource management. The powerful scheduling algorithms reduce wastage in the manufacturing process, while the independent 'what if' environment allows long-term capacity planning and analysis of trial configurations. Using PIMSS in a computer integrated manufacturing environment greatly improves customer service levels while simultaneously increasing efficiency and maximizing output.
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