Plan smart.Produce efficiently.Deliver on time.
Production scheduling and planning
Automill provides a complete production planning and scheduling solution. When integrated with the client's financial system, production orders are imported automatically and tied to the recipe allocated to them, so daily and weekly planning takes less human effort to start and stop each order.
Where it plugs in
Production scheduling and planning
Everything checked before it starts
The scheduler's Pre-Checking looks at raw material stock availability, cross-contamination, hand-additions prepared and route selections, so an order runs without stoppages or wrong final product destinations.
No gap between orders
With Auto-Scheduling each order starts once the last is completed, as do the batches within it, with no time delay between orders or recipe changes.
The day's plan, already tied to its recipe
Operators see the planned schedule for the day, with each order tied to the correct recipe, product type and total tons to be produced.
From order to report
- Import orders
From the ERP, linked to recipes.
- Review forecast
Production needs analysed.
- Plan and schedule
Days or weeks in advance.
- Pre-check
Stock, contamination, routes and hand-adds.
- Auto-schedule
Orders and batches run in sequence.
- Produce, report, analyse
Automated execution with real-time visibility.
For the planner and the operator
- Planning
- The Production Forecast gives a dynamic interface to schedule orders as soon as they are imported
- Schedules set up days or weeks ahead update automatically on the Production Schedule used in the factory
- Rapid adjustments when demand, ingredient availability or other factors change
- Integration
- Forecast and ERP or financial system working together to meet customer deadlines
- Seamless integration with SAP, Syspro, Sage, Dynamics and other ERP systems
- Multiple orders can be pre-checked at once
What it improves
Fewer stoppages between production runs
Less raw material waste
Production runs scheduled to minimise energy use
Procurement, production and sales working to one plan
Timely delivery against customer deadlines
Why it matters
Effective scheduling reduces bottlenecks, optimises resource utilisation, keeps product quality consistent and supports compliance with industry standards and regulations.
