Proplanner: Process Planning Expertise at Your Fingertips
Change is inevitable. Whether it’s a new administration taking office or rapid advancements in technology around the globe, change can have a major impact on an organization. However, embracing new technologies can help companies’ future proof their businesses against any changes that come.
Discover how Proplanner can bridge the gap between your current PLM, MES, and ERP system, providing the missing link for driving process planning excellence and operational efficiency. From comprehensive change management and synchronized work instructions to improved time studies, line balancing, and controls, our solution can digitally transform your business.
Into the Unknown: Prepare for Unforeseen Changes and Drive Efficiency with Manufacturing’s Missing Link
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Change is inevitable.
Purpose-Built for Complex Mixed Model Assembly
With Proplanner, improve efficiency, traceability, scalability, and accuracy.
- Expedite your process planning with predefined workflows – eliminating the need for Excel
- Centralize your production data and seamlessly translate data from the planning environment to the production environment
- Streamline your change management with synchronized work instructions
- Increase flexibility and speed-to-value with built-in APIs
PLM, ERP, and MES systems are well suited for defining WHAT, WHEN, and WHERE products will be manufactured. Proplanner helps you determine the HOW by providing workflows that glue together the components of production. And because Proplanner is often complementary to other PLM/MES/ERP systems, you to create a fully integrated system using your existing solutions.
Increase Quality with Synchronized, Up-to-Date Work Instructions
Are you tired of constant rework and downtime due to inaccurate, static work instructions?
Proplanner can auto-generate standardized, up-to-date visual work instructions for every model and option configuration in seconds – eliminating guesswork and minimizing rework. And with the ability to easily embed work instructions into your MES system, you can automatically apply changes in seconds.
Improve Efficiency with Superior Line Balancing
Are you struggling with excess capacity, bottlenecks, and frequent downtime?
Proplanner’s line balancing module can quickly balance and visualize thousands of tasks, hundreds of models and options, and countless customer orders. This purpose-built solution can also satisfy the largest number of hard and soft constraints including Precedence, Resources, Workzones, Grouping, Ergonomics, Inspection, and Product Orientation.
Save Time with Advanced Time Study Capabilities
Are you still using excel to complete your time studies? Are you tired of time wasted on a manual process prone to errors?
Proplanner enables you to easily conduct observed and calculated time studies – both live and video based – to support lean manufacturing. Our advanced capabilities make it easy to complete, access, and update time studies, as needed.