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Explore our collection of articles, case studies, and documentation to get the most out of your manufacturing operations.
Why Traditional MRP Falls Short: The Case for Constraint-Based Scheduling
MRP assumes infinite capacity and sequential processing. In reality, your shop floor has bottlenecks, shared resources, and complex dependencies. We explore how constraint programming (CP-SAT) models these realities and produces executable schedules that MRP simply cannot achieve.
Changeover Optimization: How We Reduced Setup Time by 35% at a Cable Manufacturer
A Turkish cable manufacturer was losing 6 hours daily to color and diameter changeovers. By implementing sequence-dependent setup matrices and letting our solver optimize the production order, we cut changeover time dramatically. Here is exactly how we did it.
The Hidden Cost of Excel-Based Production Planning
Your planner spends 4 hours each morning rebuilding the schedule in Excel. When a machine breaks down, another 2 hours. We calculated the true cost of spreadsheet-based planning across 50 manufacturers—the numbers are staggering. Plus: a self-assessment checklist for your operation.
Real-Time OEE: Moving Beyond Monthly Reports to Live Production Intelligence
Most manufacturers calculate OEE monthly from aggregated data. By then, the problems are history. We show how connecting your shop floor terminals directly to an analytics engine enables real-time availability, performance, and quality tracking—with alerts that matter.
SAP Integration Done Right: OData, IDocs, and the Middleware Question
Connecting your APS to SAP can be a nightmare or a smooth operation. After 20+ SAP integrations, we have learned what works: OData for master data, IDocs for transactional flow, and why you probably do not need expensive middleware. A technical deep-dive for IT teams.
From Tribal Knowledge to Digital Work Instructions: A Shop Floor Transformation
When your best operator retires, decades of knowledge walk out the door. We helped an automotive supplier digitize 200+ work instructions, embed them in kiosk terminals, and reduce quality defects by 35%. The methodology applies to any discrete manufacturer.