apintra® Production Planning

Maximum Efficiency and Flexibility for Your Manufacturing

apintra® Production Planning and Control (PPC) optimizes your entire manufacturing process, delivering maximum transparency, efficiency, and agility. Powered by intelligent network planning, all production workflows are dynamically calculated and continuously adjusted in real time — from material availability and machine capacity to workforce allocation.

Flexible Production Control

• Dynamic adjustment of all production orders up to final scheduling
• Automatic recalculation of material and capacity requirements when changes occur
• Variant configuration with minimal setup effort
• Optimized BOM Processing for Maximum Efficiency

Bill of Materials (BOM) Management – Flexible and Intelligent

• Distinction between master BOMs and actual production BOMs
• Automatic BOM structure adjustments based on real-time production changes
• Support for sub-BOMs and outsourced production with separate work orders
• Integrated formula logic for custom calculations

Whether duplicates, recursive structures, or automatically calculated assemblies — apintra® enables maximum flexibility without the need for time-consuming data re-entry.

AI-Powered APS + Network Planning — The Heart of Production Planning

apintra APS (Advanced Planning & Scheduling) extends classic network planning with finite capacities, real-time data, and multi-objective optimization. The result is a dynamic, integrated system that reliably plans, controls, and continuously improves complex value chains and supply networks.

Capabilities at a glance

• Finite-Capacity Planning & Bottleneck Control: Plans with real limits for machines, labor, tools, and materials—including qualifications, shifts, and alternative resources.
• Sequence & Setup-Time Optimization: Automatic, AI-assisted sequencing that accounts for sequence-dependent changeovers, lot sizes, batching, and overlapping.
• Real-Time Rescheduling: Consumes live MES/IIoT signals, alerts, and inventory changes; event-driven recalculation of all impacted operations instead of static partial updates.
• What-If & Simulation: Smart forward/backward scheduling, simulation of constraints, alternative routings, and delivery dates—decision support at the push of a button.
• Multi-Objective Optimization: Parallel optimization of costs, lead times, WIP, on-time delivery (OTD), and service levels; configurable goal weights per plant, line, or customer.
• Material & Inventory Intelligence: AI-driven demand forecasts (seasonality, trends, outliers), ATP/CTP checks, and automatic replenishment with min/max levels.
• Dynamic Buffers & Time Fences: Time and stock buffers for maximum supply security; adaptive safety times by risk and criticality class.
• External Manufacturing & Supply Chain: Make-or-buy comparisons; inclusion of on-order inventory, supplier lead times, and reliability in scheduling and costing.
• Transparency & KPIs: Gantt and heatmaps, bottleneck dashboards, KPI cockpit (lead time, OEE-aligned metrics, on-time performance); early warnings on deviations.
• Seamless Integration: Standardized, bidirectional, event-driven interfaces to ERP/MES/SCM.

Why apintra APS + Network Planning?

Our APS-enhanced network planning replaces imprecise net-change methods: rather than partial recalculations, every relevant change is recomputed comprehensively and consistently—with finite capacities, the latest data, and clear objectives. The outcome: stable plans, high delivery reliability, and a measurably more efficient production flow.

Integrated Data Collection – Live Insights from Shop Floor to Management

• BDE (Shop Floor Data Collection): Capture operational data and automatically link it to production orders.
• PZE (Personnel Time Tracking): Flexible shift models, piecework calculation, and integration with payroll systems.
• MDE (Machine Data Collection): Automated machine data capture for accurate production monitoring.
• All systems are fully integrated into the graphical control center, providing real-time visualizations of your production environment.
• AI-Supported Production Monitoring Continuously monitors operations, detects anomalies, and provides intelligent optimization recommendations.

Why Choose apintra® Production Planning?

• Dynamic Production Control – All changes are recalculated in real time
• Automated Network Planning with AI – Optimizes capacities and resource allocation
• Efficient BOM Management – Less administrative overhead, maximum reuse
• Integrated Data Capture (BDE, MDE, PZE) – Accurate performance insights across the board
• AI-Based Forecasting – Anticipate and avoid disruptions before they occur
• Maximum Transparency – Full visibility of progress, material needs, and capacity planning at all times

With apintra®, you manage your production processes with precision, speed, and flexibility. Adapt to changes in real time and optimize your entire production planning today with apintra®!