OR Soft - Industry Solutions
for Food and Beverage

Target Industries

Manufacturing Workbench is a sophisticated interactive planning system. It provides powerful optimization, scheduling, forecasting, and collaborative planning features. SCHEDULE++ can handle large and complex production models and works on the data from the leading SAP ERP system. The pre-configured solution package meets the needs of meat producers, beverage suppliers, dairy producers, sweets industry, etc.

Purpose

This solution is an All-in-One solution package that covers all major requirements of the Food & Beverage industry. It covers the following functionalities:

• Production scheduling including material planning
• Multi-product tank management
• Campaign handling (assignment of bulk orders to packaging orders)
• Shelf life monitoring
• Packaging planning

Implementation

The solution is fast and easy to implement. A major reason for this fact is that all required master and dynamic data are stored in the SAP ERP system and all major business processes are pre-configured in the solution. This is the most significant part of the functionality and it is instantly available with the installation of the system, which could be completed within three to five days. Minor adjustments to customer’s requirements can be made during the testing and training phase. Normally, the whole cycle of implementation can be finished within just a few weeks, not months.

User interface

Manufacturing Workbench is a window-oriented interactive scheduling and information processing system. Information is displayed in various window types which can be configured by the user. All features can be selected and executed from the user interface. 
Manufacturing Workbench’s main window provides the user with a comprehensive summary of the scheduling situation. Resource utilization and availability are graphically visualized in the scheduler’s window; planned orders, process orders, and other data types are displayed in tabular form within the browser window. This visualization displays continuous monitoring of order fulfilment, proactive alerts of problems, and enhances the multi-step customer order visibility.