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Supply chain planning and execution software
News Release from: Process Systems Enterprise | Subject: ModelEnterprise supply chain platform
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 July 2002
Advanced models integrate supply chain
management
Supply chain software uses novel rolling-horizon techniques to optimise simultaneously short-term scheduling and longer-term planning for a single production site, and may an industry 'first'.
Supply chain software uses novel rolling-horizon techniques to optimise simultaneously short-term scheduling and longer-term planning for a single production site, and is believed to be an industry 'first' Process Systems Enterprise (PSE) of London, England and JGC of Yokohama, Japan, today announced an alliance under which JGC will market, support and implement solutions based on PSE's ModelEnterprise supply chain platform in Japan and other JGC markets
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 11 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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ModelEnterprise is PSE's integrated platform for managing and optimising supply chain activities.
It allows many applications to be run on a single underlying model of the enterprise that spans the space between the transaction-focused Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and the operations-focused Process Control System (PCS).
By supporting easy, as-required construction and maintenance of a detailed enterprise model, all the way from multi-site production/distribution networks down to individual sensors, ModelEnterprise simplifies knowledge capture and ensures consistency across applications.
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The package was released with its first application, the Optimal Single-Site (OSS) Scheduler in March this year and is already in use at several client sites.
The OSS Scheduler is the first of a range of applications PSE will release for the ModelEnterprise platform, providing capabilities ranging from supply chain optimal design to online scheduling within a consistent, extendable framework.
ModelEnterprise's OSS Scheduler uses novel rolling-horizon techniques to optimise simultaneously both short-term scheduling and longer-term planning for a single production site, believed to be an industry 'first'.
Because the scheduler optimises an economic objective function, it can answer not only questions such as whether a plant has the capacity to fulfil an order (Capable-to-Promise or CTP), but also how profitable it is to process the order or, alternatively, the minimum price at which the order can be fulfilled at a profit (Profitable-to-Promise or PTP).
The OSS Scheduler is one of the first products with a built-in PTP capability to be made commercially available.
JGC will provide the consulting, engineering, and system integration services to JGC customers for building competitive supply chain management systems based on ModelEnterprise.
JGC is also planning to release enterprise applications for the ModelEnterprise platform, and model libraries for specific industry sectors.
Akio Shingawa, Senior Manager of JGC's Business Solution Operations, says "We believe that the total solution services combined with the advanced modelling and optimisation technologies from PSE will bring high value as well as satisfaction to our customers." Mark Matzopoulos, Managing Director of PSE, says "We are very pleased to be working with a company with the capabilities and credibility of JGC, and look forward to a long and productive relationship that will bring value through advanced new technology to JGC's diverse range of customers in the Food and Beverage, Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceutical markets.".
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