APS
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Production planning optimisation under constraints.
Definition
APS solves Master Production Schedule (MPS), Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP), Detailed Scheduling (DS). Solvers: Kinaxis, Aspen Plant Scheduler, SAP IBP Response, Asprova, Quintiq.
Origin
Modern APS emerged from 1995 (i2 Technologies, Manugistics).
Example in context
A pharmaceutical plant uses Aspen Plant Scheduler to optimise sequencing of 300 batches/week.
Related terms
- MES — downstream execution.