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Factory Physics Planning
A good plan makes execution easy.
C-Suite's Factory Physics Planning brings the power of Factory Physics scientific framework to operations planning. Factory Physics Planning works hand-in-glove with Factory Physics Scheduling to optimize scheduling parameters while providing more flexibility and better responsiveness than traditional advanced planner optimizer (APO) found in legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications. There are two basic problems with existing APO and ERP systems: (1) lot sizing is done without consideration of capacity and (2) planning lead times are assumed to be attributes of the part. The first issue results in conservative (i.e., large) lot sizes which increase inventory and reduce responsiveness. The second issue results in more inventory and less responsiveness; conditions especially aggravated by complex bills of material.
Factory Physics Planning is the next generation of operations planning tools and provides a complement to existing ERP investments while outperforming existing APO applications. Factory Physics Planning is dynamic and avoids rescheduling, risk-based to accommodate uncertainty and automatically links planning with execution.
Factory Physics Planning is a tool for business planners that want short cycle times, low WIP, high productivity (high utilization of labor and machines), low inventory, and predictable on-time delivery -without constant tweaking and manual intervention by planners and expeditors.
