Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) search results

Energy firm Drax, which supplies up to approximately eight per cent of the UK's electricity needs, is enhancing its business processes following the successful implementation of a new Advanced Planning Scheduling (APS) system.

Energy firm Drax, which supplies up to approximately eight per cent of the UK's electricity needs, is enhancing its business processes following the successful implementation of a new Advanced Planning Scheduling (APS) system.

According to William Walker, sales director of Berkshire-based Walker Logistics Ltd, online retailers continue to employ under-performing fulfilment services partners for far longer than they should because of a misguided fear that switching to another supplier will result in a hiatus when customer orders will go unfulfilled.

Businesses are tying up working capital and limiting improvements to service levels by relying on dated planning tools which simply can't account for the complex decisions and trade-offs in today's supply chains, according to research carried out by global supply chain consultancy Crimson & Co.

NetDespatch, the parcel data management platform for postal and parcel carriers, has partnered with Mad Capsule Media, an independent software company specialising in ecommerce and shipping integration for e-tailers.

THE FUNCTIONAL SCOPE OF AN APS

There is some confusion about the definition of an APS (Advanced Planning System - Decision Support Solution for Supply Chain Planning), mainly related to its functional scope. Many vendors describe their software as an APS despite it only covering part of the core functionality required.

Planning & scheduling software solutions provider, Preactor International Ltd – A Siemens Company – has announced the deployment of its solutions at Team Plastique.

Siemens has acquired the Preactor Group headquartered in Chippenham in the UK, further expanding its international presence in the industry software market. Preactor's APS software solutions will add significant new components to the Siemens Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) portfolio.

Delft-based software company Exact has announced a strategic alliance with advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software provider, Preactor.

International advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software provider, Preactor, is expanding its presence in China by opening two dedicated China offices.