2. Collaboration among sales, production, planning, purchasing, maintenance and management to positively impact the bottom line.

3. Late deliveries due to manufacturing delays Missed sales due to demand exceeding capacity Lost orders due to excessive Work-in-Process High production costs due to machine set-up or machine down time Excessive overhead due to managing scheduling changes and impact on delivery schedule Difficult to plan for future capacity requirements

4. Job delays due to material shortages (raw materials and/or manufactured components) Excessive overtime costs due to inefficient resource utilization Job delays due to tooling, molds or dies unavailable Disconnect among departmental objectives (sales, production, planning, purchasing, maintenance and management) Difficult to coordinate between plants and/or planners

5. Material

6. Raw Material Machine 1 or 2 Saw Blade Saw Machine Skilled Labor Paint Labor Pool Assemble

7. On-Time Delivery Minimize Set-Up Maximize Profit

8. Line 2 Line 1 Bird House Bird Feeder Saw 1 3/8 “ plywood Saw 2 1 /4“ plywood Sand 1 Sand 2 Paint & Dry House Sub Assembly Feeder Sub Assembly Final Assembly Packaging Ship

9. Line 2 Line 1 Bird House Bird Feeder Saw 1 3/8 “ plywood Saw 2 1 /4“ plywood Sand 1 Sand 2 Paint & Dry House Sub Assembly Feeder Sub Assembly Final Assembly Packaging Ship

10. Line 2 Line 1 Bird House Bird Feeder Saw 1 3/8 “ plywood Saw 2 1 /4“ plywood Sand 1 Sand 2 Paint & Dry House Sub Assembly Feeder Sub Assembly Final Assembly Packaging Ship J4 J1J3J5 J8 J6J7 J2 Late order material shortage Inefficient set-up higher cost Resource Bottleneck Machine down

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12. Plans and schedules production based on available materials, labor and plant capacity Optimizes the schedule to meet customer service objectives, operational efficiencies, cost containment and profit objectives Allows planners to quickly respond to disruptions on the shop floor and immediately see the impact Provides a safe planning environment using “what-if” as well and ability to “undo” a schedule change

13. Improves communication among departments − Accurate order dates to sales department − Detailed, actionable schedules to production department − Capacity loads to set staffing and machine resources to the planning department − Schedule-driven material requirements to drive ordering to the purchasing department − Cash flow projections to management − Maintenance & setup schedules to maintenance department

14. Decreased Expenses Reduced Production Times Improved Machine Utilization Reduced Inventories Increased Revenue Increased On-time Deliveries Reduced Customer Stock- outs Increased Cash Flow Reduce Order-to-Cash and Cash-to-Cash Conversion Cycle

15. BOM Routing Work Orders Sales Orders Forecast MRP Purchase Orders RM Inventory Shop Floor FG Inventory ReceivingProduction ?

16. BOM Routing Work Orders Sales Orders Forecast MRP Purchase Orders RM Inventory Shop Floor FG Inventory ReceivingProduction A A

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