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Lean. Quiet.
Seamless.
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Minimum number of Concepts
Short Implementation
- Model Supply Chain across all boundaries
(organisation, technical, process, financial, geographic, time etc.)
- Maximise availability and utilisation of
bottlenecks
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Planning and Scheduling are collaborative
processes reliant on communication and negotiation
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Seamless boundary with Just In Time Materials
Management
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Decision support not decision making
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The Production Process is
an important
Business Process within the Business
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| Planning and Scheduling |
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Support multiple Planners
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Display in any Time Bucket (seconds to
decades) in any Time Zone without loss of information
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Aggregate / Summarise in any units
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Continuous Rolling Horizon
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Flexible Planning States (not restricted to
Forecast, Plan, Schedule)
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Mixture of Rate Based and Due Date
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Progressively add Planning detail
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"Real time" Planning - broadcast
results immediately
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Compare "Old" Plans for any point
in time
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Support any Process Shape
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What-If
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Human Interface |
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"Visual Planning" with maximum
active use of Graphics (Flow Charts,
Histograms, Gantt Charts etc.)
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Non-modal - any number of windows open, all
windows refreshed for consistency of data
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Single Click Navigation
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Microsoft Office standards
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Technical |
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Delay differentiation to Display Time rather
than Design or Implementation Time
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Historisation supports "Undo/Redo",
Audit trail of changes, Comparison of Plans at any point in time
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Hierarchy nodes with multiple parents
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Active Hierarchies can add (aggregate,
disaggregate, summarise) sensibly
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Client Server operates across all network
topologies
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Models
across multiple geographically separate servers
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Thick Client for user flexibility
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All clients automatically refreshed with
other client updates if required
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Provide and Support Web Services
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Minimum number of Concepts with maximum re-use of functions
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