Planning & Materials

Schedule jobs on machines and publish to MES

APS turns the master production schedule into a Gantt plan, flags overloaded machines and sends only the published version to MES.

IRISAPS · ScheduleWeek 45Mon 07:30

CNC-02

Press-01

Weld-03

MonTueWed

PO-2318

PO-2322

PO-2319

PO-2320

PO-2321

Schedule goal

Minimum latenessJobs are ordered by due date.

Changeover

Weld-03 · 35 minFrom the changeover matrix.

CNC-02 · Load 92%

Above the plant's load limit.

Bottleneck

Manual move

PO-2322 to Press-01CNC-02 load falls to 74%.

Schedule v7 published

MES Production receives the orders.

Example data

The planner picks a goal for the schedule.

What it does

01
Goal-based scheduling
Pick minimum lateness, maximum utilization or lowest cost. Changeover times come from the changeover matrix.
02
Bottlenecks and gaps
Machines above the load limit set for the plant are flagged. When data is missing, the plan says so.
03
Versions and adherence
Plans move from draft to frozen to published. Adherence compares planned and actual dates for closed jobs.

Planner entry: resources, capacity calendars, changeover matrix, MPS items, forecasts and settings.
MRP and WMS: bills of materials and stock levels for material constraints.
MES closes jobs and reports status. A CMMS breakdown takes a resource out of planning.

Scheduling is rule-based, with no global optimization. Each job is one block on one machine.
Only a published plan reaches MES. A draft or frozen plan stays invisible to the floor.
APS does not calculate material needs or place orders. That is MRP and Procurement.