What About Sequencing?

It’s a question that Adexa has been asked countless times over the years, and one that can now be answered with three letters -- A. L. S. -- Adexa’s new Assembly Line Sequencer. 

ALS represents the “last mile” of Adexa’s planning model…the critical link to constraints at the production level.  It extends the reach of the planning engine from the supply chain to the shop floor and on through to distributors and end-customers.  As a result, Adexa now delivers a 360-degree planning and performance management solution that extends from long-range sales and operations planning to the delivery of finished goods, on time and on budget.

Quite simply, ALS improves production sequences.  It provides visibility into material, capacity and labor constraints that impact production, and, as you know, they can be as detrimental to customer service and profitability as missing components and subassembly rules.  ALS enables you to generate production sequences that are optimized for efficiency, customer service and profitability, and it synchronizes assembly lines with supply chain and operations planning at the plant and enterprise levels.  

The planning and performance benefits delivered by Adexa ALS include:

Faster, more reliable customer service
-ALS synchronizes assembly operations with upstream and downstream operations to stabilize operations and decrease throughput times 

Increased productivity and asset utilization
-Identification of constraint violations to eliminate costly line stoppages

Lower inventory levels (elimination of excess inventories)
-Synchronized sequence and operations planning means fewer unexpected changes and lower inventory buffer requirements

Decreased indirect burdened labor and associated expenses
-More stable operations require less troubleshooting and unforeseen material handling charges
 
Reduction in planning effort and time
-ALS dynamically resolves multiple constraints to achieve defined planning goals, reducing the active involvement of planners by up to 80%

Reduced trouble shooting requirements
-ALS eliminates sequencing errors by ensuring supply chain and operations plans are synchronized   
 
As is the case with other Adexa eGPS applications, ALS can rapidly adapt to changing situations.  If, for example, an unforeseen event creates a new constraint, ALS can be quickly adjusted to generate a new sequence that is in line with the defined goals. And since the ALS model is integrated with Adexa's planning engine, unforeseen events that occur anywhere in the planning and production ecosystem will be visible to all stakeholders.
 
ALS is in perfect alignment with Adexa’s mandate to deliver solutions for the real-time enterprise…where customer demands trigger dynamic enterprise response that are optimized for efficiency, speed and profitability.  On every order, Adexa’s planning engine considers corporate and financial objectives, supply chain networks and material and capacity constraints to ensure all manufacturing assets are utilized to their fullest potential, to deliver the highest possible returns.  ALS leverages the value of Adexa’s superior data model to create superior production sequences, and provides the entire community of stakeholders with visibility to the shop floor and, ultimately, to the customer.

Would you like to receive an ALS White Paper?  Send your request to info@adexa.com

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