Tactical Production Planning

Performance in Manufacturing

The economic slowdown affects manufacturers across the board. Order books are running low and companies are decreasing machine capacity to cut costs. But how do you determine the right number of shifts on your machines without jeopardizing your delivery performance? Efficient capacity planning, lower inventory levels and improved delivery performance are essential! To achieve these goals an advanced capacity planning solution is required. A solution that provides not only a day-to-day operational plan, but also enables you to run what-if scenario’s in which you can directly see the effects of your decisions on your KPI’s. Capgemini offers an order & capacity planning solution, based on the Quintiq “Company Planner” technology, that gives you the required transparency and flexibility that are needed to stay in control.

The Solution

To achieve excellent delivery performance, you need an integrated view on your machine and labour capacity, raw material availability and sales priorities. Quintiq “Company Planner” provides tactical planning (weeks/months ahead) and decision support to help you manage all of these aspects. It enables you to anticipate on peaks in demand, prevent production bottlenecks, optimize the sourcing of your materials and so forth. Key is that you are able to see the consequences of your decisions in an integrated way: for example choosing a more expensive supplier with a shorter leadtime will cost you some money, but you may be able to deliver your product on time. In this respect Company Planner is more than “just” a factory planning system; you will be able to optimize the supply chain beyond the walls of your factory.

The Benefits

Better planning is directly related to better performance. In order to manage the complexity and keep overview over all the details in the planning, manufacturers need to focus on the key performance indicators (KPI’s). We help you identify the KPI’s and we make sure that the KPI’s are measurable. Thus, we enable you to steer on the quality and profitability of the plans. In short: planning for profit.

A Quintiq capacity planning solution implemented by Capgemini’s GSC APS, has the following key benefits:

Increased revenue: revenue optimization, insight into order profitability and cost transparancy.
Increased efficiency: optimization of shift patterns, optimized use of alternative routings, campaign planning.
Lower inventory levels: multi level inventory optimization for make-to-stock environments.
Increased customer service levels: better order acceptance.

Why Us

Realizing complex multi-resource planning solutions is one of the core capabilities of Capgemini’s Global Solution Center APS. The solution center has successfully carried out over 40 Quintiq implementations at a wide range of industries. Capgemini’s Rightshore® delivery model, involving local entities and development centers in India and Holland, ensure high quality and sufficient implementation capacity in the emerging APS market.

Capgemini has long standing relationships in the manufactoring sector. Capgemini’s experience in the this sector is captured in the Global Supply Chain Planning Center of Excellence, encompasing 200 Supply Chain Optimization experts. Our expertise is at your disposal.

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