Advanced Planning and Scheduling

Advanced planning and scheduling 1 'Advanced planning and scheduling' (also referred to as 'APS' and 'advanced manufacturing') refers to a Manufacturing Process Management|manufacturing management process by which raw materials and production capacity are optimally allocated to meet demand

MRP II - Criticism 1 Authors like Pochet and Wolsey argue that MRP and MRP II, as well as the planning modules in current Advanced planning and scheduling|APS and Enterprise resource planning|ERP systems, are actually sets of heuristics

Advanced manufacturing - Use of Business/Management Methodologies 1 In fact, the Wikipedia definition of “advanced manufacturing” is “advanced planning and scheduling” described as “a manufacturing management process by which raw materials and production capacity are optimally allocated to meet demand.” Overall, the following business or management methodologies were listed as being a part of advanced manufacturing:

Advanced manufacturing - Use of Business/Management Methodologies 1 *Advanced Planning and Scheduling (Wikipedia, online, accessed June 2010)

Manufacturing execution system - Functional areas 1 * Scheduling (production processes). These activities determine the production schedule as a collection of work orders to meet the production requirements, typically received from Enterprise resource planning or specialized Advanced planning and scheduling systems, making optimal use of local resources.

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