Live schedule updates
Continuously updates using live machine and floor data, so it reflects what's actually happening, not this morning's plan.
Multi-Line Production
A machine broke down. An urgent order landed. The plan couldn't handle either.
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The Setup
Inside the Operation
A supplier making brackets and housings for automotive assembly lines, running several production lines that feed different customer programs. Occasional machine breakdowns, shifting order priorities, and last-minute urgent orders meant the schedule needed constant manual correction just to stay usable.
20
Machines across 2 production lines
3
Customer programs running in parallel
1 Planner
Rebuilding the plan by hand
The Problems
The Hidden Costs of Manual Scheduling
Without real-time visibility and structured planning, small scheduling issues quickly turned into delays, inefficiencies, and constant firefighting.
When a machine went down, rerouting work across lines had to be worked out by hand - slowly.
An urgent order landing mid-week forced a manual reshuffle that threw other commitments off.
Without a live view of the lines, problems only surfaced once they had already caused delays.
Every disruption meant firefighting instead of following a plan the whole team could trust.
The Change
What Changed With Smart PPS
Automatic work rerouting
Affected jobs move to another available work centre right away, no manual re-planning needed.
Priority-based order
Last-minute orders get inserted using priority rules, and each order's priority tier is set once and followed automatically.
Estimated Impact
The Business Impact of Smart, Automated Machine Scheduling
Estimated ranges based on typical scheduling situations like this, not measured results from one specific customer.
↓ Reactive firefighting
Fewer manual fixes when things go wrong
Manual → Automatic
Automatic rerouting and priority handling
Fewer idle machines
Less time stuck waiting on one down machine
Recorded, not repeated
Tracked downtime logged, not repeated