Infor Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS)

Advanced Planning and Scheduling

Advanced Planning and scheduling (APS) are the results of many years research into mapping real world problems of enterprise with technological innovation. APS is a system in which planning/ scheduling functions are synchronized across different divisions within/between the organizations to achieve complete optimization.APS systems works together with ERP as backbone and helps decision support tool for achieving organization's business objectives.

Expertise

With so many years of expertise we can confidently say that we know to implement Infor's advanced planning and Scheduling.

nicheBees has consultants with expertise on complete understanding of your business and model advanced planning and scheduling solution to meet your business needs.

We provide services on advanced planning and scheduling:

• Centralized multisite Finite Capacity/Finite material planning.
• Model sourcing rules ( Make / Buy decision).
• Automate order promising capabilities.
• Model shop-floor to reflect reality.
• Modeling setup optimization for maximum resource utilization and many other functionalities.

Benefits

With successful implementation of APS we ensure,

• Improved Customer responsiveness.
• Reduced Work In process inventory.
• Continuous synchronization of resources.
• Improved Order promising capabilities.
• Provide visibility across the supply chain.
• What if Scenario capabilities to evaluate multiple simulations for better management decisions.

We offer Following Services for Infor's Advanced Planning and Scheduling:

• Implementation.
• On Demand Services.
• Migration/Upgrade Services.
• Customization.
• Training.

Implementation:

Implementing APS solutions require complete understanding of business objectives to be achieved. Data should be extracted from ERP using ITK (Integration tool kit) to APS solution. nicheBees can model the business requirements in APS products and fine tune various parameters to achieve optimized results . We follow iterative solution approach that results in quick wins.

We ensure guaranteed solution delivery within shorter time frame, using our proven 5E delivery methodology. Before the engagement commences business benefits will be documented, to ensure that we deliver "Value".

On Demand Services:

You would like to improve order promising capabilities of your organization using APS solution. nicheBees can work with you to identify the business requirements and model in APS. This is just one of the many on demand services for which you can rely on nicheBees. We can address any of your requirements like:

• System crash and recovery process.
• Mini functional enhancements in the current implementation.
• User queries.
• Addressing complex business situation in APS to name a few.
• Upgrades / Migration to the latest software version.

Customization:

APS solution comes with standard template integration using ITK (Integration tool Kit). Unique business Requirements, specific to your organization have to be modeled by customizing the integration. We can create custom decision support reports that can monitor the various KPI's (Key performance Indicators) planning/scheduling. We help you quickly realize these requirements through the following phases:

• Identify the gaps and freeze the requirement.
• Deliver detailed designs.
• Develop, test and Document.
• Integration Testing.
• Deployment.
• Support.

Training:

nicheBees will design the training courses based on your business processes, required optimization to achieve business results and include trouble shooting portions too. Hands on exercise followed by class room training will help the attendees to practice and apply immediately.

Service Delivery Methodology