Our Production Planning and Scheduling Offering

Our demand planning consulting includes the following:

1. PP/DS: PP/DS often fails to meet expectations. We have found several things to look for in the configuration over the years. There is also the possibility that PP/DS was presented to you as having higher capabilities than it actually does. We can evaluate your PP/DS implementation and help you determine next steps.
2. Software Selection: What is the best production planning and scheduling application for your needs. Don’t ask the major consulting companies, as they will steer you to the solution that makes them the most money and that they have a pre-existing partnership with. Are you process manufacturing or discrete? Do you want to adjust the control factors in between runs? Are you thinking of optimization or heuristics? All of these factors and more can change which is the best vendor for you needs.
3. Blending Systems: Most of the best production planning and scheduling systems does not reside within the biggest vendors. For production planning, the fit between the application and the requirements are crucial due to the specificity of the production process. We can help combine systems to get you a system that very closely fits your needs.
4. System Evaluation: How does your current production planning system compare against the best solutions on the market? What could you do in a new solution, versus what you have now? These are all questions we can answer for you.

Our Focus

We bring a reality check to getting the most out of production planning and scheduling systems. We also do not have the blinders that other consulting companies have as we have not built our consulting model around one particular application and can see advantages and disadvantages of different systems. We also don’t think that there is one best system for all clients.

How We Are Different

Our approach is extremely different from most other consulting firms you have worked with. We approach production planning and scheduling at a much more detailed level, which is why its easier for use to see the distinctions between systems in this area, and how they must be uniquely customized for each environment.