Camgian Incorporates Historical Production
Data to Maximize Available Capacity
Order and Scheduling to Optimize Production, Profitability,
and On-Time Delivery for Global Steel Manufacturer
Problem
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Production efficiency: Optimize hot mills utilization within available capacity
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Capacity utilization: Planned in hours, but quantified by tons, neglecting profitability and current schedule
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Available capacity: Optimize open mill capacity with customer orders prioritizing both production and profitability
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Delivery commitment accuracy: Guarantee delivery dates by accurately assessing available capacity in real-time
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Data-driven decisions: Replace manual, time-consuming scheduling with a system that considers production rules, equipment set-up, and order specifics for optimal profit and production alignment
Solution
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Application needs to integrate with existing order book, software, and SQL database
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Maximize current month unbooked production time
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Develop algorithm to calculate historical orders that converts order production from tons into time
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Tool to analyze a new order’s effect on current planned production to available capacity
Advanced orderbook and production schedule awareness out 3 months
Conclusion
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Visualization dashboard: Track past and projected production (tons and time) vs. capacity, providing clear capacity understanding
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Predictive scheduling: Estimate production time for new orders based on historical data of similar jobs
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Real-time "what-if" analysis: Sales team can evaluate new orders' impact on production, profitability, and delivery
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Data-driven decision making: Optimizes order selection for maximized production, profitability, and on-time delivery
