Module HLS

Shop Floor Planning (Graphical Capacity Planning / Sequence Planning): HYDRA-HLS

... to detect bottlenecks and avoid capacity- & time conflicts at all times !

With HYDRA-HLS you plan production orders and their operations, respectively, under consideration of all required resources (machines, workstations, staff, material and tools) and their availability as a result of earlier planning cycles.

Basic Performance Measures:

• Gantt Chart with display levels for operations, production orders, project orders, tools & resources, staff requirements
• Alternative table-based planning facilities (drag&drop and/ automatic), as well as combined grid-table & Gantt Chart based planning environments
• Full integration with the online actual data feedback from the shop floor at all times (Seamless integration with the module HYDRA-ADE). Your planning situation is always up to date.
• Display of capacity utilization in various display modes
• Consideration of resources availability
• Optimization of machine occupation
• Automatic machine- and/or workplace assignment
• Various planning strategies (i.e. setup optimization, lowest WIP levels, least delivery delays, etc)
• Strategy definitions for reduction of throughput time
• Offline simulation of work shift and utilization modifications
• Optimization of individual capacities
• Monitoring of material and stock levels
• Numerous tables and evaluations
• Interfaces to ERP- and other planning systems