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Production planning and scheduling made it easier to response customer orders in food industry

Project title Production planning and scheduling made it easier to response customer orders in food industry
User company name McDougalls Foods (RHM)
Industry sector Food and beverage
Production process type Pre-packed flour
Application area Production Optimisation
Country of residence of the user United Kingdom
Employees 2000+
Year the project started 1997
Supplier of service World Class Manufacturing Systems Ltd.
Tool(s) WorldCLASS Planner and Scheduler using ILOG Solver and ILOG Scheduler.

Link to tools:
http://www.ilog.com/products/solver/, http://www.ilog.com/products/scheduler/
Vendor of the tool ILOG

www.ilog.com
Pay-back time in months N/A
Type of simulation used
 Scheduling
Short description of the project McDougalls supplies food retailers and wholesalers with prepacked flour with a minimum delivery time of 24 hours. Since the demand is erratic, it is not easy to plan production and manage stocks effectively. The objective of the project was to better match the production to demand in order to reduce costs and inventories. To meet the objective, World Class built an APS system (advanced planning and scheduling system) with ILOG Solver and Scheduler. Information on customer requirements, delivery deadlines and the plant's configuration is used to generate plans and schedules for production and delivery.
Soft Benefits Valuable resources are released for maintenance. For operators the system is also useful: several planning and scheduling scenarios can be generated in just hours. Scenarios are based on real-time data and their implementation takes about 10 to 20 minutes. The system can also be easily upgraded while running.
Public quantitative benefits Two-thirds cut in stocks and tripled stock turn rate.
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