Production planning essentially represents the core of the process of manufacturing. The purpose of production planning is to organize resources in order to efficiently manage production costs ...

Detailed production planning, as effective as it is, can still be derailed by incorrect assumptions about customer demand and delivery. These two variables, while they cannot be known, can be ...

While prices haven't really been affected yet, the specter of the Trump administration's auto tariffs is prompting Volvo to move production on key vehicles.

Machine learning has been successfully applied to demand planning, but leading suppliers of supply chain planning are beginning to work on using machine learning to improve production planning.

A cloud-based production planning solution transforms planning from a manual process based on spreadsheets to one based on integrated sales history-based forecasting and confirmed sales orders ...

Production planning can be a highly rewarding career for those with a keen interest in operations, logistics and problem-solving. Playing a crucial role in the manufacturing process, production ...

Effective planning, scheduling and performance are vital to hitting or missing production goals and satisfying paying customers and shareholders. That is what makes Lenovo’s new Smart Production ...

Digitalization and automation address these issues, enabling integrated production planning using APC and other technologies. Value chain optimization in the oil and gas industry can be significantly ...