Manufacturing - Intech

The Business Impact of Manual Production Planning

In today's competitive manufacturing environment, relying on spreadsheets and basic tools for production planning creates significant business challenges. Planning managers spend hours creating schedules that quickly become obsolete when faced with material delays, resource unavailability, or order changes. This leads to missed delivery dates, underutilized equipment, excessive inventory, and ultimately, reduced profitability and customer satisfaction.

Advanced Production Planning That Delivers Business Outcomes

Intelligent Finite Capacity Planning

Our advanced planning system creates schedules based on your actual manufacturing constraints rather than theoretical capacity. By accounting for machines, molds, materials, and manpower limitations, it delivers realistic production plans that maximize resource utilization while ensuring delivery commitments.

Complete Production Visibility

Gain a comprehensive view of your entire production environment through an intuitive planning board. Monitor work orders, priorities, timelines, resource availability, and material status in one interface that provides actionable insights for informed decision-making.

Scenario-Based Decision Support

Move from reactive to proactive operations with powerful "what-if" scenario planning. Evaluate multiple production approaches, identify potential bottlenecks, and make data-driven decisions that optimize performance and profitability without disrupting operations.

Key Capabilities That Drive Manufacturing Excellence

Comprehensive Constraint Management

The system balances multiple manufacturing constraints simultaneously, including maintenance schedules, setup times, color changes, material availability, and operator skills. This creates optimal production sequences that minimize disruptions while maximizing output.

Intuitive Visual Planning Interface

Our dynamic planning board transforms complex data into actionable insights. Planners can easily adjust schedules through drag-and-drop functionality, instantly see the impact of changes, and identify capacity issues with color-coding – all while requiring minimal training.

Flexible Integration Options

Whether implemented as a standalone solution or integrated with your existing ERP, our system adapts to your business requirements. With rapid deployment measured in weeks rather than months, it delivers quick ROI while scaling with your manufacturing operation.

Measurable Business Value

Optimized Resource Utilization

Our clients consistently achieve up to 15% improvement in resource utilization after implementation. The system identifies underutilized capacity and ensures resources are allocated efficiently, reducing overtime costs and subcontracting expenses.

Enhanced Delivery Performance

Achieve up to 99% on-time delivery performance by creating production plans that account for real constraints and provide early warnings of potential delays. This improves customer satisfaction, reduces expedited shipping costs, and strengthens your market reputation.

Reduced Working Capital Requirements

By aligning production more precisely with demand, our clients reduce work-in-progress and finished goods inventory by up to 20%. This frees valuable working capital and minimizes storage requirements, improving overall financial performance.

Proven Results for Discrete Manufacturers

Up to 20% Lead Time Reduction
Up to 15% Resource Utilization Improvement
Up to 99% On-Time Delivery Performance
Up to 20% Inventory and WIP Reduction

Achieve Consistent On-Time Deliveries with INTECH's Production Planner