SIMATIC IT Components: maximum production performance

We are pleased to announce the release of SIMATIC IT Preactor 2016, which introduces new features and capabilities that improve productivity and efficiency

SIMATIC IT Preactor is a family of production planning and scheduling software products that improve the synchronization of your manufacturing processes, giving you greater visibility and control to increase utilization and on-time delivery while reducing inventory levels and waste. SIMATIC IT Preactor APS is a highly customizable capacity planning and scheduling package.

SIMATIC IT Preactor APS 2016, the latest release of the software, adds new features and capabilities that improve productivity and efficiency.

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Siemens provide an entire portfolio of solutions dedicated to Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM).
Working together to optimize production processes within the Digital Enterprise, Manufacturing Operations Management software products focus on improving efficiency, flexibility and time-to-market.
SIMATIC IT Preactor advanced planning and scheduling (APS) is a complete range of solutions for detailed production scheduling, capacity planning and graphical master production schedule.

SIMATIC IT Preactor APS products are designed to work alongside and facilitate, rather than replace, existing systems. They can be tightly integrated with ERP, accounting and forecasting software, spreadsheets, MES and SFDC systems.

Products from the Preactor APS range can be used for long term strategic planning covering months and years ahead, medium term tactical planning with a few weeks planning horizon and for detailed sequencing and scheduling.

SIMATIC IT Preactor APS is not a single point solution. It represents a family of products that, although based on the same core code, have different levels of functionality and pricing so that you can select the system that satisfies both your needs and your budget.

SIMATIC IT Preactor APS is a highly customizable capacity planning and scheduling package. Event driven communication scripts can be installed for tight integration with other systems across multiple sites and unique sequencing rules can be created. Its flexibility is unparalleled.

The SIMATIC IT Preactor AS Advanced Scheduling range has been redesigned to introduce functionality that was previously only available at the highest level right the way through the range.

All products in the Preactor AS range are interactive multi-constraint scheduling systems.

This means that the availability of resources, additional constraints, such as tooling, and materials are all taken in to consideration during the scheduling process to ensure an accurate model of your environment.
Orders can be scheduled quickly using intelligent built in rules and the planner also has the ability to manually interact with the schedule to make changes based on their experience or new information.

Planning can be executed in finite or infinite capacity mode and planning time periods can be days, weeks, months or a combination of all three. Parameters can be set against each item codes which allows different calculations for each item.
For example some products may be in ‘make-to-stock’ mode whilst others are in ‘make-to-order’ mode. If used together with a Preactor scheduling system, detailed production schedule information can be sent back to the planning system and this will override planned volume with scheduled volume. 
MPS can then be re-calculated using production schedule as the base for new results.