February 14, 2023 How “Real” is Your Real-Time Monitoring Solution? Managing supply chain production planning without real-time monitoring technology is like trying to drive with a foggy... Read More Tags: Advanced Analytics , Advanced Planning and Scheduling
February 7, 2023 Five Things to Love about Advanced Planning & Scheduling Solutions February brings Valentine’s Day, and while romance might not be top-of-mind for busy supply chain managers, there’s lots to love... Read More Tags: Advanced Analytics , Advanced Planning and Scheduling
March 15, 2022 Agile Production Planning is a Home Run for Supply Chains Today’s supply chain managers are like batters in baseball waiting for the next pitch, only to receive a constant string of... Read More Tags: Advanced Analytics , Advanced Planning and Scheduling
March 9, 2022 Three Case Studies for Improving Production Planning Industry 4.0 technologies that improve efficiency, visibility and collaboration on the factory floor are being implemented in... Read More Tags: Advanced Planning and Scheduling , Digitization
February 5, 2019 What Is Job Shop Scheduling? Historically, we tend to think of Henry Ford’s adoption of the assembly line as one of the most important moments in the history... Read More Tags: Advanced Analytics , Job Shop Scheduling
August 28, 2018 The Marriage of Industry 4.0 and Job Shop Scheduling For decades, production planners in non-clocked production environments have been trying to optimize their job shop scheduling... Read More Tags: Advanced Analytics , Digitization
July 12, 2018 How ENisco Mastered Job Shop Scheduling (Case Study) Here at the flexis blog, we’ve spoken on more than one occasion about the inherent difficulties of job shop scheduling and the... Read More Tags: Automotive Industry , Industry 4.0
June 26, 2018 Why You Should Never Do Job Shop Scheduling in Excel Fun fact: In computer science, job shop scheduling is considered an NP-hard problem, which in this case means that the problem is... Read More Tags: Industry 4.0 , Job Shop Scheduling
November 21, 2017 The Importance of Job Shop Scheduling It’s the holiday season. You’re planning a big meal for friends and family. You’ve decided on the menu, selected recipes, made a... Read More Tags: Industry 4.0 , Job Shop Scheduling
July 6, 2017 Mapping for Efficiency: The Importance of Job Shop Scheduling It’s summer. You’re planning a big road trip. You’ve consulted maps, charted a route, marked off places to refuel your car, grab... Read More Tags: Industry 4.0 , Job Shop Scheduling
November 15, 2016 4 Myths About Machine and Resource Scheduling In any business, the right proportion of personnel and resources are critical drivers in fostering productivity, efficiency, and... Read More Tags: Intelligent Planning , Job Shop Scheduling
August 11, 2016 flexis Product Spotlight Q&A with Hansjörg Tutsch Today’s blog entry features a brief Q&A with flexis Vice President of Research Hansjörg Tutsch about flexis’ job shop management... Read More Tags: Job Shop Scheduling , Planned Production Programs
August 4, 2016 A Road Map for Efficiency: 4 Benefits of Job Shop Scheduling It’s summer and that means my family is preparing for a week-long road trip we take each year to relax, unwind, and visit parts... Read More Tags: Demand Capacity Planning , Job Shop Scheduling