Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS)

Already planning or still EXCELing? To this day, a better coordination of the value chain provides most companies with a dramatic savings potential, especially in high income countries. Everybody would like to plan and control his supply chain in an „advanced“ fashion - but how?

Essential are software systems which offer operations research and model-based approaches for solving planning problems in Supply Chain Management. Unlike the rather transaction-oriented PPS or ERP systems, APS solutions deliver feasible and even optimized plans on the basis of planning data and restrictions that are up to date.

The problem: APS is clearly more than just a software. An economic impact can only be achieved through a reasonably complex interaction between software, organization, and change management. Redpoint supports you in the optimization of your current planning system or in the successful introduction of a new system.

Our contribution to your performance increase: 

ERP Optimization:

We analyze the potential of your current ERP system and the asset of an investment into a new software system. Should you fear the investment into a new system we will optimize your current system.

APS System Selection::

Are you wondering about the right choice of APS systems and whether you need "genetic algorithms," "constraint-based planning," "dynamic simulations," or maybe all of the above? Testing cryptic software features will unfortunately not get you very far. With our expertise, our workflow-based procedure, and our neutral approach we support your selection of an APS system that optimally suits your production situation and planning process.

APS Implementation:

Redpoint introduces a ready-to-use APS system into your company, complete with a use-of-potential analysis, system choice, system integration, reorganization, and change management.

APS Tuning:

You have already introduced an APS system and are not satisfied with its performance? Often, this is due to the fact that organization, planning logics, and human action patterns were not changed. Redpoint aligns your organization with your planning system and enables you to partake in the benefits of a modern planning system.