Breaks the BLACK BOX of shop floor
Capacity & Supply Chain Planning (C&SCP) is a comprehensive solution designed to optimize the complete production and supply planning cycle. From demand analysis and material provisioning to capacity alignment and order execution, Pulse Digital’s C&SCP module empowers manufacturers to make faster, smarter, and more profitable decisions—especially in complex, multi-plant, and high-variability environments.
This solution goes far beyond traditional planning tools by integrating real-time data and advanced simulation capabilities. It ensures production resources and supply chain operations are aligned with customer demand, cost targets, and delivery timelines.
Pulse Digital C&SCP manages every planning stage, beginning from order intake (quotes, sales, or production requests) to material requirements, machine availability, and final delivery. It supports a wide range of planning strategies, including:
• Just-In-Time (JIT): Produce exactly what is needed, when it is needed
• As Soon As Possible (ASAP): Maximize throughput while respecting constraints
• Cost-Based Factory Selection: Optimize delivery based on lowest cost without missing deadlines
The system uses real-time inputs from sales, inventory, shop floor systems, and procurement to create a balanced, realistic plan that considers all operational constraints.
Pulse Digital C&SCP automatically adjusts plans as conditions change:
• Material shortages or replenishment delays
• Machine availability or downtime
• Changes in demand or priority shifts
The platform uses intelligent rules to reschedule orders, reallocate resources, and highlight at-risk orders—so operations teams can respond before issues impact delivery performance.
Multi-Level Planning Based on Actual Constraints
• Raw Materials Availability:
• Calculates exact requirements per order
• Supports alternative materials
• Automates purchasing decisions based on stock and lead time
• Capacity Planning:
• Machine-level time allocation
• Operator availability
• Outsourcing decisions when capacity is insufficient
• Real-time bottleneck visibility
• Supply Chain Resilience:
• Includes buffer planning, reorder points, and safety stock levels
• Uses consumption history, forecasts, and open orders for planning
• Classifies raw materials by ABC/XYZ logic for better inventory strategies
• Manage Quotes, Sales Orders, Make-to-Stock, Trial, and Remake Orders
• Automatically link customer orders to available resources and materials
• Calculate delivery dates based on actual capacity and stock availability
• Plan all order types (Sales, MTS, Trial, Remake) in alignment with real-world constraints
• Integrate customer-specific BOMs, tolerances, packaging, and technical specs
• Confirm expected delivery dates for each order line with full traceability
• Refresh planned dates daily based on material and machine availability
• Smooth orders across available shifts and time slots
• Highlight delays and recommend corrective actions automatically
• Analyze work center loads, available hours, and shift capacity
• Assign work to alternative machines or plant locations
• Optimize load balancing across weekly and monthly cycles
• Calculate raw material and semi-finished goods needs
• Determine shortages and generate Purchase Requisitions
• Control materials at batch level and track lead times precisely
• Realistic, constraint-based production plans
• Higher order fulfillment rates and customer satisfaction
• Reduced production delays and emergency purchasing
• Optimized inventory and reduced carrying costs
• More accurate delivery commitments
• End-to-end visibility across production and supply chains
• Better executive control over planning cycles
• Data-driven decisions supported by advanced simulation and analytics
• Enhanced agility to respond to global supply chain disruptions
• Sales order line
• Quotation line
• MTS, Trial, and Remake order lines
• Raw materials
• SFGs
• Final goods
• Machine load visibility
• Bottlenecks
• Inventory projections and reordering triggers
Pulse Digital Capacity & Supply Chain Planning offers an all-in-one solution to streamline demand management, balance production loads, control material flow, and improve delivery performance.
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