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Advanced Planning and Scheduling Solutions

Bridge ERP and MES gaps with AI-Powered Planning & Scheduling

  • Aligns Supply & Demand in Real-Time
  • Connects SCM, Production & Operations Teams
  • Maximizes Throughput & Reduces Downtime
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Why ERP alone is not enough

Industries We Serve

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Food & Beverages

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Packaging

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Chemicals

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Plastics

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Building & construction

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Pharma

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Automotive

What is PlanetTogether’s Advanced Planning and Scheduling?

It is an easy-to-use planning and scheduling tool for industrial companies to run smart factories at peak productivity with less stress.

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APS

Plan with APS

Build optimized, data-driven production plans that align with business goals and constraints.

Schedule with APS

Continuously optimize schedules based on capacity, demand, and real-time changes.

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MES

Take action on APS-generated schedules to ensure smooth execution, minimal downtime, and on-time delivery.

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APS sends optimized schedules to MES for precise execution, while MES provides real-time feedback to APS for continuous improvements

APS and MES work together to create a smart, optimized, and efficient production workflow.

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Why ERP Alone Isn't Enough

Transform Your Scheduling in 2025!

ERP manages data, but it doesn’t optimize your production. Learn how APS fills the gap with real-time scheduling, bottleneck prevention, and adaptive planning.

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  • Why ERP falls short in real-world production
  • How APS enables dynamic scheduling & automation
  • The impact of APS on efficiency & revenue
  • Actionable strategies to enhance manufacturing agility
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Real-Time Planning

Generate optimized schedules in seconds.

Constraint-Based Models

Align production with labor, material, and machine capacity.

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Fast ROI

Achieve measurable savings within months, not years.

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Trusted by Industry Leaders Worldwide

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Facing These Production Scheduling Challenges?

Manual scheduling tools and outdated methods lead to inefficiencies, unnecessary changeovers, delays, and high costs. Here’s what might be holding you back:

Difficulty Adapting to Demand Changes

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High Labor and Material Costs

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Delays Due to Inventory and Resource Constraints

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Inflexibility Across Multi-Site Operations

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How PlanetTogether APS Works for You

From minimizing disruptions to optimizing resource allocation, PlanetTogether APS addresses real-world manufacturing challenges effectively

Order Management and Fulfillment

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  • Deliver on time, every time, with optimized workflows.
  • Prioritize production schedules to meet urgent requests.
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  • Level load employees with appropriate tasks.
  • Adapt to resource shortages quickly.
  • Forecast needs to meet peak demand.

Resource and Capacity Management

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  • Detect material constraints and inventory levels.
  • Adjust schedules based on material shortages.

Supply Chain and Material Management

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  • Minimize setup times through strategic scheduling.
  • Minimize downtimes through optimized scheduling.
  • Optimize plans to meet sudden demand shifts.

Operational Efficiency

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Seamlessly Integrate APS with Your ERP, MRP, and MES Systems

We foster capacity planning for agile, lean and demand capacity manufacturing production priorities control for your MRP, ERP and MES software IT systems.

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Why Choose PlanetTogether APS?

Proven results for manufacturers worldwide.

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PlanetTogether APS tackles each stage of the manufacturing value chain, from raw materials to final delivery, with advanced features that provide real-time adaptability, visibility, and control over every production variable.

20% Lower Costs

Cut inventory and labor expenses.

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30% Faster Deliveries

Improve OTIF performance.

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50% Faster Scheduling

Optimize plans in seconds.

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See measurable savings within months.

Seamless Multi-Site Coordination

Schedules across all locations.

Fast ROI

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How PlanetTogether Benefits Your Entire Team

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Director of Operations

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Finance

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Supply ChainPlanner

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IT Manager

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Sales & CustomerService

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Production Planner/Scheduler

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See What Our Clients Are Saying

Streamlined operations across 33 production lines.

“Scheduling inefficiencies are now a thing of the past.”

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Atlantic Coffee

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50% reduction in data entry time.

“From spreadsheets to smart factory scheduling, APS transformed us.”

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Bema

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$16M annual savings and 6% unit cost reduction.

“Scheduling decisions are now based on KPIs, not intuition.”

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Graphic Packaging International

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Features that take your planning to another level

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“The shift to PlanetTogether is saving us about 15percent in inventory overhead and about 20 percent inovertime labor expenses. We’re not building equipmentto stock any longer—we’re building to ship!”

Real-Time Constraint-Based Scheduling

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BRUCE HAYS

Capable-to-Promise (CTP)

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What-If Scenario Planning

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Multi-Plant Optimization (SuperPlant™)

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Inventory Optimization

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Demand Forecasting and Planning

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Real-Time Visibility and Collaboration

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Flexible Production Modes

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KPI-Driven Reporting and Analytics

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Director of Manufacturing, DePuy Synthes, a Johnson & Johnson Company

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take to implement PlanetTogether APS?
Most clients implement the system within weeks and see immediate improvements in scheduling efficiency and production visibility.
Does APS support multi-site manufacturing?
Absolutely, with our SuperPlant™ feature, you can synchronize schedules across all locations.
Does APS integrate with basic ERP systems?
Yes, PlanetTogether APS integrates seamlessly, replacing manual scheduling tools.
What ROI can I expect?
Most clients see measurable improvements within one year, including cost savings and delivery performance.
What prerequisites should a company meet internally before installing APS?
APS is a “data-intensive” tool requiring the right information to be accurate. Fortunately, most companies already have 99% of the data needed to get started and you can improve it over time. One benefit of an APS system is that it provides an incentive to clean-up and standardize data that was previously under-utilized and somewhat neglected.
You’ll need routings and bills-of-material for discrete manufacturers or formulas and run-rates for process-manufacturers. For inventory-constrained scheduling, it’s also important to have a reliable inventory control process with accurate on-hand quantities. Also, if you follow a daily planning cycle, you’ll need to track production completions daily, as well; if weekly, then production updates can be tracked weekly.
We're not sure if we need "finite" scheduling. When is finite better than infinite?
While rough-cut infinite capacity planning is useful for planning labor and capacity levels long-term, most manufacturers find it far more value to use finite constraint-based planning. Unless you plan to schedule a very low volume of production orders (maybe 25) and can manually make drag-and-drop adjustments, finite scheduling will deliver many benefits infinite planning will not. Even if you have enough capacity on average, there are likely “clumps” of workload that will create temporary bottlenecks. Finite scheduling gives you the insight of where and when theses bottlenecks will occur. And you understand the impact of these changes on the order schedule, which enables you to produce detailed, actionable plans that invariably save valuable time on the shop floor and planning department.
Why do we need an APS tool if we already have an ERP system?
ERP systems are ideal in managing transactions, like order entry or inventory control. ERP evolved from accounting systems to keep track of what has happened versus planning for what is going to happen. As a result, the architecture is optimized for transaction processing rather than large-scale, high-volume data analytics. Consider a typical MRP re-gen can take hours or days while an APS re-gen usually takes a few seconds. This is a critical usability factor because no planner can afford to wait hours, let alone days, after every schedule change.
Better still, the design and development expertise in an APS system is unique and specialized, and hard to come by. Most ERP development projects leave planning as an afterthought and only address it superficially. APS is all about the details. That’s why most “classic” scheduling in ERP systems goes unused; it is too simplistic to affect real improvement. APS solves critical problems and drives productivity.
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