Construction materials production planning system (APS)
The planner combines materials, forms, equipment and production time with a delivery schedule. Design constructions are planned according to the sequence required for the work of the object.
The production sequence does not include the product group's significant forms, technological expectation, location or confirmed recipient readiness limits. The amount produced accumulates or the order is stopped before transmission, although the master line plan seemed feasible.
How the solution works
- The approved need for a product or item is linked to the recipient's term and process conditions.
- Materials, shapes, equipment and real remaining work are inspected.
- A production schedule is compared along with quality readiness and approved exit restrictions.
- The planner confirms the sequence and transfers the current need for logistics.
- A change in an object or production is returned to the impact assessment before the commitment is changed.
Key challenges
- Planning does not reflect actual production constraints
Solution capabilities
Product Readiness Schedule
The production sequence is based on a suitable resource and an approved technical basis.
Necessary process duration
Hardening, drying or the next stage is only included for the product in question under approved conditions.
Production and outward matching
The schedule accounts for quality readiness, storage constraints and logistics confirmation.
Object Sequence Change
For the project element, a new installation sequence is seen to affect the amount produced and the rest of the work.
Business context
- Planning does not reflect actual production constraints
- The production sequence does not include the product group's significant forms, technological expectation, location or confirmed recipient readiness limits. The amount produced accumulates or the order is stopped before transmission, although the master line plan seemed feasible.
- The supply schedule meets the need for installation
- For the contractor, it is important to get the items in the sequence they will be installed. The plan evaluates the forms, the technological time of maintenance and the removal, it is possible to combine the delivery schedule that is being executed. There is a reduced likelihood that unnecessary products will accumulate on the site at that time and the necessary part for the work will be missing.
Core features
- Product Readiness Schedule
- Necessary process duration
- Production and outward matching
- Object Sequence Change
Key integrations
- Enterprise resource planning system (ERP) / MRP
- Orders, needs, supplies and planned receipts of materials.
- Construction materials manufacturing execution system (MES)
- Actual status of operations, delays and remaining work.
- Warehouse management system (WMS)
- Real availability of materials and reservations.
- Computerised maintenance management system (CMMS)
- Planned maintenance windows and facility inaccessibility.
Potential impact (%)
The ranges indicate an illustrative relative change in the metric under the stated assumptions. Results depend on the starting position and actual use of the solution. Percentages for different metrics must not be added together.
Waiting for production due to unmatched removal
6–25%Decreasing
This illustrative scenario assumes that 20-50% of waiting caused by missing information or unclear responsibility can be addressed. That share is assumed to fall by 30-50%. Company data is needed to verify both the addressable share and the resulting change.
The storage time and additional reloading are measured, distinguishing the object's later change in need.
Replanning work due to a missed known process condition
6–25%Decreasing
This illustrative scenario assumes that 20-50% of waiting caused by missing information or unclear responsibility can be addressed. That share is assumed to fall by 30-50%. Company data is needed to verify both the addressable share and the resulting change.
The active work of repairing and debugging the schedule is measured due to the process conditions known but not included before approval. New external disorders are separated.
Share of orders prepared by the agreed facility supply sequence
1–4%Increasing
Sample starting part - 80%. Assumption: 15-35% of the remaining cases relate to an unassessed supply sequence of an object in a production plan; a solution would help resolve 20-40% of these cases.
The agreed sequence and timely ready orders are divided by all orders that had to be ready during the period. The reasons for production are separated from the schedule of the changed object.
Conditional calculation scenarios. The assumptions have not been validated against client measurements.
When this solution is relevant
- The production sequence of the elements does not correspond to the actually approved transfer or installation stage.
- The form, technological waiting area or mixture recipient readiness is only included in the plan in case of disruption.
Project scope and implementation
The planning tool is combined with the product process: forming, solidifying, storing, or delivering design constructions. The existing system is supplemented by missing constraints if it can apply them on a schedule. The overall planning of several dependent stages can make up the scope of a wider project.
Further development options
- Assessment of the reasons for additional transshipment of elements
- Comparing scenarios for a revised site schedule