Make | Configure | Assemble to Order

IFS/Make | Configure | Assemble to Order™ manages and simplifies production to order, from advanced MTO to simple ATO, and for order-unique design as well as characteristics-based configuration and standard products. Based on the Seiban philosophy, it supports full-level pegging to any user-definable structure level together with a partial MRP calculation. The pegging is utilized for actual costing, progress monitoring and up- or downstream propagation of changes in supply and demand, in dates or in quantities. There is full APS functionality for order-unique structure which allows you to define configured products that consist of other configured products on many levels. The structure and routings for each specific case are then calculated based on defined configuration rules and given characteristics for the actual order. Unique order structures, with unique routings, can also be created and maintained based on standard BOMs/routings or custom engineering. The structures can be reused and graphically compared to standard or other unique order structures. Order promising functionality helps determine when the finished product will be ready, based on prevailing conditions.

Constraint-Based Scheduling

IFS/Constraint-Based Scheduling™ optimizes the production schedule based on the critical resources that limit production capacity, such as material, equipment, tools and personnel. Scheduling functionality is done online, in real time and continuously maintains a feasible schedule. Planners are able to use the interactive Gantt chart with a sophisticated drag-and-drop to handle exceptions. Also there’s a special simulation client where conditions and inputs can be changed to simulate would effect that would have for the schedule. Multi-site multi-level capability check, i.e. enhanced capable-to-promise (CTP) functionality, provides the user with an advanced tool for accurate delivery time estimation.