Production management for mechanical engineering

TECHNOCLASS® gives mechanical engineering companies one system for the whole production cycle. It automates production planning and reporting, and keeps the design and technological documentation of every product up to date. When a product changes, the system manages those changes across all documents.

Two-level production planning

Production planning in TECHNOCLASS® works on two levels, which matches the discrete nature of engineering production. The system builds the production schedule from the sales plan. It also weighs work in progress, current stock and delivery orders, and applies different planning parameters and modes.

The procedure controls how much the production stages overlap in time, so that start and finish dates stay close to the real deadlines. Order priority management then arranges execution according to the available production capacity. Balancing inside the procedure reveals material shortages, which delay the start of production.

Parameters in the model drive automatic batch aggregation and the creation of production batches, reflecting the specifics of the production. The system also manages the safety-stock level automatically as demand changes. Adding cutting-tool and equipment planning increases the effectiveness even further.

Operational planning

Operational planning sequences the execution of operations. It assigns each operation to a machine or workplace and respects the capacity of that resource. This level only works when the shop floor reports production in real time.

For this, the system uses stationary and mobile terminals, individual communication devices and controllers that connect to the equipment. Real-time data lets managers react to problems quickly. They keep the production process stable and efficient.

The effect for your enterprise

These results come from the functional breadth of TECHNOCLASS®. The system covers almost all business processes in a mechanical engineering enterprise, and that is what makes its production management so effective.

TECHNOCLASS® in action