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How much does it cost to NOT be on the cloud?

by Marie Laenen | Sep 18, 2020 | Knowledge Base

If your company still vouches for on-premise software, you’re lagging behind. And, let’s put it bluntly, you’re losing money, time, sweat, and tears. Here is why. Fewer costs Even though on-premise solutions may seem cheaper than a software’s cloud version at first...

5 reasons why implementing APS is hard… and can even result in AI

by Marie Laenen | May 26, 2020 | Knowledge Base

Implementing an APS tool is quite hard. All too often it’s underestimated. If you’re thinking along the lines of “It can’t be that hard – we install the software, we load our data, and we’re up and running”, you’re quite far from reality. Implementing APS is...

Estimating the ROI of your APS implementation

by jdetaeye | Apr 22, 2020 | Knowledge Base

Estimating the ROI / Return On Investment of any software implementation for your company is an art and a science. Many factors come into the equation, many of which are interconnected, and all which are hard to predict accurately. Referencing a Dupont diagram we have...

Backward or forward scheduling?

by Marie Laenen | Dec 13, 2019 | Knowledge Base

What are backward and forward scheduling techniques? How do you choose one over the other and what is the impact on your daily production schedule? Which one works better? In this article, we compare both backward and forward scheduling and attempt to answer these...

Benefits of enhancing your ERP’s production planning with APS

by Marie Laenen | Nov 20, 2019 | Knowledge Base

The ERP systems we use today have many powerful features we can use to optimize the way we manage our process in manufacturing businesses. In fact, the most top reason for implementing an ERP system in the first place is to increase efficiency. After all, that’s ERP’s...

How to optimize your machine setup time when scheduling your production

by Marie Laenen | Oct 28, 2019 | Knowledge Base

Why you need to reduce changeovers and setup timeReducing machine setup time is crucial for supply chain planners or schedulers in some industries. In fact, utilizing the same resource (machine) to manufacture different products requires a changeover. It means...