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Implement lean manufacturing, catch weight, and step consumption

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Business value

The Planning Optimization planning engine helps businesses streamline their planning processes, lower costs, and improve service levels by creating fast and accurate supply plans. This planning engine makes the supply chain more agile and responsive. Planning Optimization now includes features that let companies using lean manufacturing, catch weight pricing and measurement systems, and step consumption with process manufacturing benefit from this planning engine.

Feature details

Planning Optimization provides the features that support the following business processes:

  • Lean manufacturing: A production philosophy that maximizes value for customers while minimizing waste. It comes from the Toyota production system and focuses on continuous improvement and operational efficiency.

  • Catch weight: A pricing and measurement system used mainly in the food industry. Products are sold based on their actual weight instead of a predetermined fixed weight. This system is important for items that naturally vary in size and weight, such as meat, seafood, and fresh produce.

  • Step consumption: Manages material consumption to accommodate non-linear consumption rates that are based on production quantities.