APS: A Manufacturer’s Time-Saving Gold Mine

One of the biggest complaints we hear from manufacturers is that they can’t effectively manage the planning and scheduling of their shop floor. If you can’t properly manage your shop floor, chances are you are overspending, overworking, and underutilizing other resources in your business. The solution we have for you is Advanced Planning & Scheduling software.

What is APS? Advanced Planning & Scheduling software, commonly referred to as APS, is the scheduling module within ERP software for work orders, workcenters and personnel that schedules workload and the shop floor.

One of its big features is its ease of use and manipulation with drag-and-drop scheduling, but here are a few others:

• Intuitive capacity planning
• Impressive customer service
• Flexible and accurate estimating and quoting
• Designed to save time and money

Using APS will allow you to:

• Schedule jobs efficiently and accurately
• Correctly estimate lead times
• Know your true capacity for machines, workcenters and personnel
• Know the status of all jobs in real time
• Easily schedule and reroute jobs

To learn more about APS and how your business can benefit from all that it has to offer, check out our webpage now.