Capacity Planning

UA Capacity Planning allows effective management of capacity planning and monitoring for all work centers in a simple-to-use console.

Work Centers contain capacity attributes, which allow you to forecast and plan capacity. Detailed information provided to managers allows the economical shift of production resources instead of compensating to changing demand with increased investments in machines or overtime.

Adjusting due dates, or load leveling, becomes a way of life in an environment where Capacity Planning is not properly addressed. Customers are faced with delayed orders and costs accumulate from wide ranging sources including human resources.

UA Capacity Planning help you foresee bottlenecks by analyzing current and planned orders and engaging in extensive what-if analysis. This allows managers to schedule resources more effectively and reduce bottlenecks in the production process.

Key Features

• Work Centers carry with them capacities for labor, machine, etc.
• The BOM carries with it the Work Centers used in the Production Process.
• By aggregating current and planed orders, capacities can be foreseen and more logical machine and labor scheduling can be achieved.
• Bottlenecks can be reduced by having the right people in place exactly when they are needed.