APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) Asprova APS
APS system that creates production schedules
at high speed for multiple items and multiple processes
Asprova Case Studies
High Tech
The characteristics and problems of High Tech companies
The products diversification, the shortening products' lifecycles, and the volatile demand changes are quite distinct in the high tech industry. Companies in this field are required to develop precise sales and production predictions in order to minimize stock-outs and inventories by calculating MRP and schedules, forecasting the demand based on the information from its market as well as from its sales forces and by demand forecasting software. In actuality, however, the demands can never be calculated correctly because they are affected by tastes and fashion of general street-level consumers, and the high tech companies have to manage the gap between forecast and the actual results. Depending on products, "Vertical startup", in which new plant and equipment run full production volume in order to achieve their planned performance level immediately at the start of production, and "Vertical shutdown" at the end of a product's life are carried out. In this way, even bigger demand changes occur and affect material suppliers, and these suppliers must deal with the situation. This problem, or "bullwhip effect" is fierce even in the global market. Companies must manage the demand changes by minimizing inventories.
Solution
To deal with the fierce demand changes, inventory reduction by scheduling with finite capacity must be realized. Visualization of scheduling results and progress in each process is very important.
The fields of Asprova users
LEDs, connectors, solderless terminals, microprocessors, printed circuit boards, silicon wafers, air conditioner cases (plastic molding), speakers, ceramics, watches, semiconductors, lead frames, CD-ROMs, CD-R / DVD / CD-ROM drives, electric wire, LCDs, stereos, photo masks, WF cables, sockets, mobile phones, connectors for mobile-phones, IC packages, aluminum electrolytic capacitors, photoresist, TFT modules, piston rings, needles, piano wire, printer pins, automotive meters, photoelectric board, digital cameras, car navigation systems, refrigerators, light fixtures, sensors, signal controllers, solar-powered battery modules, vacuum fluorescent displays, batteries, multipolar connectors, power cables, mainframe computers, projection equipment, quartz transmission equipment, desktop PCs, carbon electrodes, projectors, printers, power boards. heating equipment controllers, solar cell wafers, medical electrical equipment, SD cards, portal media players, connectors, bar code readers, CCFL(Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps), IH Rice cookers, cooking accessories, Car navigation, Digital instruments, Wire parts ...
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Case Studies
・Wire parts,Plugs & connectors - New Nam Lee Electrical Co.,Ltd
・Digital Complex machine - Ricoh
・Factory Automation - Mitsubishi Electric Nagoya
・Missile - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
・OhmeWorks - Casio Micronics
・ventilation fans - Mitsubishi Electric
・CCFL(Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps)-Hitachi Electronic Devices
・IH Rice cookers, cooking accessories-Panasonic Home Appliances
・Car navigation-Tohoku TKR
・Digital instruments-Yamaha Corporation
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