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Product category: Packaging management software
News Release from: Giraffe Production Systems | Subject: Giraffe Scheduling System V5.0
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial Team on 22 April 2005

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The Giraffe Scheduling System v5.0 now has the capability to read real-time production data from machine sensors and controls and automatically re-schedule jobs.

The Giraffe Scheduling System v5.0 now has the capability to read real-time production data from machine sensors and controls and automatically re-schedule jobs around contingencies in production at plant level The additional function is claimed to extend existing capability to automatically re- schedule work due to amended customer order details or amended order priority

The Giraffe Scheduling System is an integrated software suite, which automates manufacturing resource planning and production control through plant simulation and process modelling, said Giraffe.

The system includes modules for optimised capacity planning, optimised resource planning, production process control and optimised machine scheduling.

The Giraffe Scheduling System v5.0 is said to offer fully automated re-scheduling based on actual production output - from real-time data from machine sensors and controls.

Major brands of PLCs and drivers are said to be accommodated including Siemans, Allen Bradley, GE Fanuc and Omron.

Integration and networking is through industrial-ethernet connectivity, a Citrix Server and Microsoft XML, UML and.NET technology.

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