Drummer APS

Performs simulations and financial analysis to obtain the production mix based on sales forecast, firm backlog, inventory targets, and company constraints.

Responsible for turning market demand - actual and forecast - into production orders, applying user-defined policies and parameters.

Responsible for balancing and synchronizing the production process based on the production bottlenecks, which can be machines, tools, labor or raw materials.

Responsible for the management of the Kanban logic within the Lean Production methodology, this module ensures flexibility to the plant not only to continue operating with the physical cards and boards but also changing them for electronic boards and controls.

Responsible for the dynamic inventory buffering management of customers, it enables a high degree of product availability through automatic replenishment.

Focused on environments where there is a need for product design and/or manufacturing process development, prior to the effective start of production.

Responsible for keeping the relevant data for the scheduling duly updated, according to the current situation of the company, both in terms of master data and the actual status of the shop floor.

Matches the actual requirements of raw materials and other purchased components, generated by scheduling, with the supply orders placed at the suppliers. Similar to the MRP function, this function allows the application of purchasing policies to each purchased item, such as minimum lots, multiplicity, and delivery frequencies.

This Module is focused on production reporting and control, based on data collection, directly in Drummer or from other sources, which will ensure updated status of the Work in Process.