Demand Planning
Nella fabbrica «Lean» è indispensabile l’adozione di strumenti software a supporto delle attività di previsione e pianificazione della produzione che...
OVERVIEW
In a Lean factory, adopting software tools to support production forecasting and planning activities is essential. These tools help improve lead/lag times, reduce inventory and purchasing costs, and optimize the allocation of production and logistics resources.
BUSINESS CASE
The order collection process in companies is fundamentally vertical, but in an automated system, several common points must necessarily be implemented:
- Managing customer requests in various formats
- Decoding product codes that do not follow the company’s standard coding
- Applying logistics rules and lead times
- Feeding supplier planning systems with pre-processed shipping plans
- Providing internal and external customers with visibility on shipping plan progress, actuals, and lead/lag times
- Managing production calendars for plants
- Providing indicators of demand stability
SOLUTION AND BUSINESS VALUE
Bitia has developed a vertical solution for leading industrial groups that manages the entire process of collecting and processing production orders, interfacing both the ERP and MES systems. We support our clients with application maintenance and solution rollouts, which are used by over 100 end users across 5 plants in the EMEA region.
We receive and process requests from over 100 client companies in any format (XML, EDI, flat file) or through uploads via the web application. The applied logistics rules are based on sophisticated processing algorithms, and the resulting shipping plan can be analyzed through extensive reporting for customer analysis, central business functions, and plant managers.