Development of World’s First Production Scheduling System Compatible with PSLX Platform by Fujitsu
This news would certainly come as a blessing for manufacturing industry where taking down to the second detailed records on-site is a must. Under the current situation , companies in the manufacturing industry utilizing production scheduling systems in order to reduce inefficiencies in overproduction and stock, two major issues effecting company profitability. Normally in this situation, a production system takes the daily schedule from an ERP system and creates a detail records from that, a necessary step in production facilities, while at the same time taking care of various limitations involving the production facilities and setup. However, in such production scheduling system it is at most paramount to provide links between various systems’ data such as ERP and MES. In response to such need Fujitsu has developed world’s first production scheduling system which is compatible with PSLX platform, which is basically a set of XML message standards regarding information on planning and scheduling in manufacturing industries. The GLOVIA/SCP FA V8 ,a rather mouthful product name enables user to link production schedules with manufacturing plans using manufacturing management systems ,resulting in an efficient operations of on-site production lines, as well as highly efficient use of inventory. Both GLOVIA/SCP FA V8 and GLOVIA/SCP FA V8 Scheduler are available in Japan with price tag of 4.7 and 3 million yen respectively.
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