Scheduling Porcelain Production

Fine tune your production with optimal order sequencing

The long and complex porcelain production process consists of numerous production steps: mixing, pressing, forming, glazing, decorating, and so on, several of which are interrupted by a firing process. A porcelain manufacturer has the challenge of optimally synchronizing made-to-order with batch processes—further complicated by having different raw materials, glaze compositions, and item forms. Additionally, these variables combined have many varied and adjustable firing process requirements.

Holistic process synchronization
Minimized lead times and inventory stocks
Flawless delivery reliability
Significantly less time spent on planning and scheduling

Challenges

Processes need to be scheduled according to raw material availability, and alternate routings based on input material at different steps in the process need to be considered.
Wait times between processes must be tracked, and the schedule needs to minimize buildup of work-in-process inventory.
Asprova can specially consider furnace requirements, batching orders together wherever possible, and optimizing kiln sequences to account for different settings as well as startup/cooldown times and other requirements.
With Asprova, orders can be batched automatically by color or other constraint within any specified time window—using resources more efficiently while still maintaining on-time delivery.

With Asprova APS

Shorter delivery times
Holistic process synchronization through optimal sequential scheduling
Drastically shortened lead times through bottleneck-oriented planning
Massive reduction in intermediate parts

Increased resource efficiency
Improved transparency in factory and order status
Greater flexibility in case of order changes, rush orders, or machine failure
Drastic reduction in time and effort spent on scheduling