MES APS Demand-driven planning with real-time data

MES APS Dynamic customer order-driven planning with real-time data in pull system

easyMES automatically collects production data with IoT and analyzes the current production situation. Real-time data is used directly in customer order-driven APS planning. The result is presented visually so that planners and production management can understand the situation, see the consequences of different decisions, and change priorities when needed.

MES APS is an easyMES cloud service for customer order-driven production planning based on real customer needs - short and long term - and operational control with real-time data from production.

Material planning is done in ERP as before, but it is pulled by the MES APS production plan.

All manufacturing orders are created in MES APS for production in the priority order determined in consultation with sales manager and material planner for all customer orders and with detailed times for all operations in the order they are to be performed.

Planners and production managers have access to advanced and easy-to-use tools in visual interfaces with drag-and-drop for planning operations and orders according to customer order-driven priority order in a pull system for optimal OEE and sequence and JIT deliveries with real-time data from Real-Time Shop-Floor Management and IoT Hub. Real-Time Shop-Floor cloud service shows status and deviations from the production plans created by APS.

How does MES Pull System work?

The pull system is an important part of Lean and revolutionizes how companies plan and control production. easyMES has implemented Pull System for small and medium-sized enterprises at a level that only very large companies normally have access to.

Unlike ERP with push systems, all planning and control of production is done flexibly and adapted to actual customer demand in real time for efficient production and Just-In-Time deliveries with the highest precision.

Pull system combined with Real-Time Management creates efficient work and material flows and eliminates waste in the production process and optimizes resource utilization and reduces inventory values.

What benefits does a MES Pull System provide?

• Higher delivery precision, increased customer satisfaction and competitiveness
  • Through increased flexibility to quickly adapt production to changes, better handling of variations in demand
• Better economy
  • Through more efficient resource utilization and reduced waste, lower inventory costs, less obsolescence, reduced capital tied up and better cash flow.
• Increased engagement and greater participation
  • Through easier production planning, clear information about production goals and status, reduces employee stress
• Better collaboration between departments in the company and with suppliers
• Reduced environmental impact
  

How do I get started with easyMES Pull System?

Pull System is a turnkey cloud service and integrated in easyMES APS for very short startup time and no need for project plan and budget.

What can easyMES APS enable?

• Flexible production
• Just-In-Time and sequence deliveries
• Analysis and resolution of complex resource and delivery conflicts with simulation of alternative solutions
• Optimization of resource utilization both short and long term for efficient and flexible production
• Handle rush orders and create additional sales through simulation with consequence analysis
  

LINK: See how APS is used in practice at Log Max