React faster to customer changes — improve on-time delivery and responsiveness with a fast planning engine
Applied SmartFactory Enterprise Planning is a supply chain planning solution that includes a fast planning engine to improve on-time delivery and responsiveness for manufacturers. SmartFactory Enterprise Planning is integrated from planning through execution, offering an open-box approach with increased accuracy and faster response to customer forecast changes.
Applied SmartFactory Enterprise Planning uses a planning engine with a fast mathematical solver to optimize on-time delivery and other objectives. Planners can execute fast “what if” scenario planning or re-planning to enable quick response times to customer requests. Benefits include a 95% reduction in planning downtime, 10–30% improved planner productivity, and 3–5% capacity utilization improvement.
SmartFactory Enterprise Planning improves on-time delivery and responsiveness for manufacturers.
Benefits include:
Unlike many planning solutions, which require complex deployments and customizations, SmartFactory Enterprise Planning is integrated from planning through execution, offering an open-box approach.
SmartFactory Enterprise Planning uses Applied’s APF technology to automatically gather and load all necessary planning data, and quickly generates supply plans using proven, high-speed data extraction and processing.
Yes. SmartFactory Enterprise Planning integrates seamlessly with SmartFactory solutions through a common framework from dispatching to automation.
Yes. SmartFactory Enterprise Planning links enterprise planning to shop floor dispatching to provide early warning capability.
SmartFactory Enterprise Planning improves on-time delivery and responsiveness with a fast planning engine, integrated from planning through execution.

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