Product · AI-APS · AEPS

Plan production that can actually happen.

AI-enhanced planning & scheduling (AEPS) for high-mix, low-volume manufacturers — finite-capacity scheduling, visual management, QR-code job tracking and capability-to-promise, at a price SMI can justify.

AI scheduling Capability to promise Cloud & mobile
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Finite-capacity schedule · week 33 Feasible
Work centre
MonTueWedThuFriSat
CNC-0182% load
JOB-2205
JOB-2204
JOB-2206
JOB-2207
CNC-0264% load
JOB-2204
JOB-2206
JOB-2207
Grinding91% load
JOB-2205
JOB-2204
JOB-2207
Assembly58% load
JOB-2206
JOB-2204
JOB-2205
JOB-2204 · flange JOB-2205 · cap JOB-2206 · ring JOB-2207 · spindle
Hover a bar for start / end, part & qty · click a job to trace its routing across work centres.
AI-APS Shop floor · gantt plan · live
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Shop-floor gantt · live today 98% on time
Work centre
MonTueWedThuFriSat
CNC-0152% util
JOB-2210
CNC-0268% util
JOB-2211
JOB-2212
EDM74% util
JOB-2210
Grinding88% util
JOB-2212
JOB-2210
Deburring43% util
JOB-2211
Assembly91% util
JOB-2211
JOB-2212
JOB-2210
JOB-2210 · base plate JOB-2211 · bracket JOB-2212 · rotor
Task tooltips show the live job & times · click a job to follow it through every operation.
The APS solution

A real production system, priced for SMI.

APS replaces hand-made Excel planning with a web-based scheduler that connects the sales promise, the plan and the shop floor — without Tier-1 ERP prices or a licence for every user.

Mobile-enabled salesperson CTP

Salespeople check the delivery promise against real capacity — capability to promise — from a phone, before the customer order is confirmed.

Latest web & cloud

Latest web and cloud technology with a centralized master-production database — tablet and mobile sized, affordable and scalable as you grow.

Integrated production tracking

Mobile tracking plus a route card / job traveller — scan at every operation, and WIP, load and rework feed straight back into the schedule.

High-speed scheduling tools

AI-APS replans in seconds with automatic resource selection, load balancing and optimization rules — compare Plan A vs Plan B before you commit.

B2B data flow to subcontractors

Cross-company data flows between factories and subcontractors — schedule, load and delivery stay in sync across the supply chain.

Reporting & dashboards

KPI dashboards for top management, rework & defect views, and exportable route cards and work-to-do lists — organized production documentation.

Visual management

Visualize your future path.

See production history, the present and the future schedule on one screen — no more kicking the ball around, no more end-of-week surprises.

Gantt chart plan

Production plan visualized on a Gantt — what runs on which machine, in what sequence, and when each order finishes.

Dynamic routing traceability

Track job status and order status even as routing changes on the fly — every job visible from release to done.

Machine utilization tracking

Real-time utilization per machine with task-detail tooltips — spot idle work centres and overloaded bottlenecks at a glance.

Multi-plan scenarios

Build several plans side by side, compare scenario vs scenario, and pick the schedule that holds up.

Inventory visualization

See material supply, consumption and stock levels against the plan — shortages appear before they stop the line.

Reporting for top management

Organized production documentation and reporting services — KPI dashboards, rework & defect views and exportable Excel reports like route cards and work-to-do lists.

Deep dive · The APS engine

High-speed scheduling with AI.

AEPS — AI Enhance Production Scheduler — runs high-speed scheduling with automatic resource selection, load balancing and optimization rules that attack the real enemies: WIP and lead time.

  • Automatic resource selection and load balancing across machines and operators
  • Optimization rules that reduce WIP and lead time without stretching dates
  • Bottleneck analysis — find the pinch point and raise its utilization
  • Generic backward and forward scheduling with user-defined sorting criteria
  • AI-enabled production optimization and preventive-maintenance prediction on the roadmap
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4 late
Work centre
MonTueWedThuFriSat
CNC-0174%
JOB-501
JOB-503
JOB-505
Grinding91%
JOB-502
JOB-504
JOB-506
Assembly63%
JOB-501
JOB-504
JOB-506
Jobs completed38 / 41
On time84%
Late jobs4
Avg utilization76%
Work centre
MonTueWedThuFriSat
CNC-0178%
JOB-501
JOB-503
JOB-505
Grinding88%
JOB-502
JOB-504
JOB-506
Assembly69%
JOB-501
JOB-504
JOB-506
Jobs completed41 / 41
On time98%
Late jobs0
Avg utilization81%
Capabilities

Built around the production floor.

APS was designed for high-mix, low-volume production environments — many small jobs, shared machines, tight promises.

Finite-capacity scheduling

Schedules are built around real machine and operator capacity — not an optimistic assumption of infinity.

QR-code job tracking

Each job traveller carries a QR code. Operators scan at every operation, so WIP and live load stay in sync without paperwork.

High-mix, low-volume logic

Sequencing and setup thinking built for many small jobs, not endless long runs.

Realistic due dates

See which promise dates the schedule can't meet — before you promise them to the customer.

Load & capacity view

Utilisation per work centre, by week and by hour — spot the bottleneck before it becomes a backlog.

Exception alerts

Late starts, overloads and material gaps are flagged as they happen — so issues surface early, not after dispatch.

How it works

From orders to traceable production in three steps.

Connect your orders

Pull production orders from your ERP or MRP, or enter make-to-order jobs directly. APS works alongside the systems you already run.

Schedule by real capacity

The planner sequences jobs across machines and operators with finite capacity, and flags any promise date the schedule can't hold.

Track every job with QR

Print the job traveller, scan at each operation. Live WIP, load and rework data feed straight back into the schedule.

Who it's for

Built for high-mix, low-volume manufacturing.

High-mix low-volume job shops, die & mold, precision engineering — with multi-step routing, BOM material checks and subcontractor flows.

Job-shop & OEM

Precision machining, fabrication and contract manufacturers juggling dozens of active jobs across shared machines.

SMI / SME with production

Plants that outgrew Excel but can't justify Tier-1 pricing — APS is positioned as the affordable SMI production planner.

Multiple plants & subcontractors

Factories that need synchronized production plans, strict supplier chains, and data flowing to and from subcontractors.

Complex routing · 3 jobs · 4 work centresMulti-step
Work centre
MonTueWedThuFriSat
CNC-0176% load
JOB-A
JOB-B
CNC-0268% load
JOB-B
JOB-C
Grinding89% load
JOB-A
JOB-C
Assembly61% load
JOB-B
JOB-C
JOB-A
JOB-A · spindle JOB-B · ring JOB-C · cap
One job appears on several machines — click a job to trace its full routing from start to done.
BOM · MTR-4406 flange In stock
ST-110Steel bar Ø60 × 3 m1 / job
BT-018M8 × 40 hex bolt4 / job
RW-042M8 flat washer4 / job
SE-021Viton O-ring Ø482 / job
PK-005Kraft carton 500 × 4001 / 20 pcs

Material check runs before the promise — a shortage on any component shifts the delivery date instantly.

Capability to promise

Promise dates the factory can keep.

Salespeople and customers check delivery against real capacity before the order is confirmed — on cloud, from a phone.

  • Pick the product, order quantity and priority
  • APS simulates final delivery against production capacity and raw-material availability
  • Commit a promise date the plan can actually hold
02 · CUSTOMER SELF-ORDERINGPortal

Customers log in with a given ID, select products and quantities, confirm — and track production, PO, DO and invoice through the customer portal.

CTP · AI-APS Live capacity
CustomerPrecision Works Sdn Bhd
ProductMTR-4406 flange
Quantity120 pcs
Priority
Promise date Fri 14 Aug +3 days inside plan
Delivery confidence 82%
Roadmap

AI is just the start of the schedule.

Preventive maintenance

AI for preventive maintenance and production buffers — predict the failure before it breaks the schedule.

Open subcontractor marketplace

Cross-company B2B data flow to subcontractors — and, further out, engineering-to-order in a marketplace.

Smarter forecasts

More accurate predictive analysis for demand forecasting, with lower-cost hosting and no-code iCASE deployment.

Integration & ecosystem

Built to plug into the floor you already run.

APS doesn't replace your ERP — it works alongside it. Orders flow in, schedule data flows out, and the plan never drifts from the shop floor.

ERP & MRP connectors

Production orders are pulled straight from your existing ERP or MRP — one source of truth, no re-keying, no parallel spreadsheets.

Open API & BI

Open API lets customers integrate schedule, load and delivery data into their own financial or production systems — plus web API and JavaScript for customization.

Cloud & centralized

Web and cloud technology with a centralized master-production database — tablet and mobile sized, affordable and scalable for growing plants.

See APS schedule against your own work centres.

Bring a list of your machines, jobs and due dates — we'll show you what a feasible week looks like.