Production Planning Platform

As the time frame gets shorter, the production plans need to be detailed, but with fewer options to change the production constraints. The daily production schedule for a CPG company has to be specific to a line with all of its resources and materials assigned. On the other hand, longer-term production plans can be less detailed, and the production constraints can be modified at a cost. As an example, a rough-cut plan that is 6 to 18 months out for a CPG company will have more flexibility in modifying the skilled resource pool, adding line capacity, or authorizing overtime. Solvoyo platform provides a full-scope capability to plan production at all levels of aggregation or detail, including LRCP, RCCP, DDMRP, and detailed production scheduling. Furthermore, long- and mid-term production plans can be immediately reconciled with detailed plans on the same platform.

Usually, production capacity constraints include:
Line availability
Equipment capacity
Component and material availability
Shift availability, including shift calendar
Critical skills
Labor rules, including overtime
Financial constraints on investment

Are your production operations process-heavy or assembly or a mix? Whatever is the case, the Solvoyo platform allows you to plan even the most complex production operations. Furthermore, you can perform what-if analyses with these constraints, enabling the planner to create, store, recall, and compare scenarios. Whether presenting investment options to the executive management, or supporting an S&OP or IBP process, or deciding on next week’s Master Production Schedule, our clients find the ability to compare scenarios easily on one platform and quantify the trade-offs extremely valuable.

Solvoyo’s exception-based analysis tools track how production requirements change over time, and the diagnostic tools provide insights into any misalignment between the production schedule and the material requirements. By keeping track of actions from the rough-cut plan to the detailed schedule, the Solvoyo platform keeps sufficient detail to identify critical decision points and to enrich our AI/ML algorithms for better performance over time.