Lean Scheduler

Lean Scheduler is a production planning and scheduling application for discrete manufacturing. Lean Scheduler is based on the current state-of-the-art Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) trend of finite capacity scheduling. However, it uses a novel AUTOMATED what-if analysis approach, instead of the traditional MANUAL what-if analysis approach of APS.

Competitive advantages of the novel approach are (1) the higher quality of results (better schedules) and (2) the results are produced faster than by the current manual APS approach.

The manufacturer’s benefits are: • Increased throughput • Increased utilization of resources (machines, people, tools, material) • Shorter lead and cycle times (jobs are done faster) • Improved customer satisfaction (meeting due dates, on-time delivery) • Improved lean production by reducing waste (queuing time, setup time, resource idleness) • Reduced scheduler’s effort (tedious and time-consuming scheduling activity) • Reduced production cost • Increased profitability without any capital investment • Improved bottom line (business value) • Improved competitiveness