Shopfloor Matters
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APS

Advanced planning and scheduling

In practice

APS sequences work in days and hours, respecting changeovers, tooling, labour and material. Not every factory needs one. It's for more advanced scheduling with complex constraints, and for many manufacturers the scheduling in ERP, or an extra ERP module, is enough.

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