CDC Factory

Schedule - Finite Production Scheduling in real-time

Update production schedules quickly to match the speed of the business weekly, daily, or hourly. Balance changing demand with available material, labor and equipment capacity. Reduce inventory investments and increase perfect order performance.

Issues Addressed

CDC Factory Schedule specifically addresses the finite scheduling needs of demand-driven process and consumer products manufacturers with a strong emphasis on ease of use, visibility & collaborative planning. Easier to use than a spreadsheet, this application enables production plans and schedules to be quickly updated to match the speed of the business – weekly, daily, or hourly - balancing the changing demand.

Capabilities

In addition to its finite scheduling functionality, CDC Factory Schedule includes built-in predictive metrics with workflow capabilities which provide powerful performance management, team planning and communications capabilities. This combination of collaborative scheduling with metrics-based performance management provides manufacturers with a compelling value proposition for increasing perfect order performance while improving efficiency of plant, labor and material utilization in the factory.

Benefits

  • Improved visibility & decision support: CDC Factory Schedule provides clear visibility of production schedules and commitments, with excellent decision support facilities to help consistently make the best scheduling decisions.
  • Improved response to change: Schedule's dynamic alert capabilities help identify and enable rapid response to changing demand and resource/materials availability in the optimum way.
  • Improved collaboration & performance management: Schedule's forward looking analytics and reporting tools with built-in workflow capabilities allow factory management to set and monitor performance targets. Schedules, targets, analytical results and reports are easily shared across the organization, maximizing communication between different stakeholders.
  • Improved operational efficiency: A powerful scheduling engine with flexible sequencing logic allows Schedule to deliver significant improvements in operational efficiency, including reduced changeovers, increased capacity utilization, reduced inventory levels and reduced labor costs. The results are higher customer service levels at lower costs.