Delfoi Planner APS –
Cloud-based production scheduling and optimization
Optimize your production with Delfoi Planner APS
In today’s competitive manufacturing environment, advanced planning and scheduling (APS) plays a critical role in maximizing productivity, reducing costs, and ensuring on-time deliveries. Delfoi Planner APS is an intelligent cloud-based advanced scheduling solution designed to optimize capacity and delivery capability, and to support data-driven decision-making.
With intelligent algorithms, drag-and-drop scheduling, and seamless system integrations, Delfoi Planner APS ensures that production remains efficient, flexible, and data-driven. The solution provides end-to-end (E2E) integration, a comprehensive open REST API for third-party systems, and tested integrations with SAP, Oracle NetSuite, and Microsoft D365 ERP systems.
Key benefits of Delfoi Planner APS
Increased production efficiency
- Optimizes capacity utilization with finite scheduling and intelligent resource management.
- Shortens lead times and reduces work-in-progress inventory.
Improved visibility and faster planning
- Provides real-time visibility into operations, materials and order progress.
- Speeds up planning with automated tools and streamlined workflows.
Faster and more reliable deliveries
- Improves delivery accuracy with optimized scheduling and dynamic rescheduling.
- Helps meet customer deadlines even in high-mix, fast-changing environments.
Reduced operational costs
- Minimizes waste, excess inventory and production inefficiencies.
- Improves workforce and machine utilization for measurable cost savings.
Greater flexibility and responsiveness
- Quickly adapts to rush orders, disruptions and demand fluctuations.
- Maintains stable production flow and ensures agility across all operations.
Scalable and future-proof solution
- Delivered as a secure, cloud-based APS system.
- Supports current and future releases and grows with your manufacturing operations.
Why advanced production scheduling matters?
Delfoi Planner APS is a powerful cloud-based APS solution that streamlines and optimises production planning. With its user-friendly interface and intelligent automation, it gives planners real-time control over capacity, orders and bottlenecks, keeping production efficient and agile even in complex, high-mix environments.
Traditional manual planning methods such as spreadsheets often lead to inefficiencies, delays and misallocation of resources. Without real-time optimisation, production cannot respond flexibly to fluctuating demand, emerging bottlenecks or unexpected disruptions. Delfoi Planner APS brings intelligence, automation and transparency to planning, enabling more efficient, agile and proactive production control.
Modern scheduling for manufacturing operations:
- Optimises production capacity by balancing workloads and minimising idle time across machines, lines and work centres.
- Improves flexibility in handling rush orders, last minute changes and disruptions with fast rescheduling and clear impact visibility.
- Increases delivery reliability through better alignment of resources, materials and realistic production schedules in one view.
Key capabilities of Delfoi Planner APS
Delfoi Planner APS provides a comprehensive set of tools for finite scheduling, real-time optimization and end-to-end production visibility. The solution connects planning, execution and reporting into one dynamic environment, ensuring that production stays efficient, flexible and data-driven.
- Bi-directional standard integration with leading ERP systems
- Concurrent multi-user planning environment
- Forward and backward finite scheduling and re-scheduling
- Out-of-the-box production optimization
- Machine efficiency and utilization parameter configuration
- Scenario Sandbox for full-scale simulations (optional)
- Setup time matrix and intelligent order sequencing
- Material and component-level shortage and delay alerts
- HR capacity planning and skill management
- Intelligent linking of operations and sub-assemblies
- Real-time visibility into operation and resource status
- Tooling capacity management and constraint control
- Built-in KPI dashboards and reporting
Key features of Delfoi Planner APS
Smart scheduling and real-time optimization
- Creates optimized production schedules based on resource availability, priorities and dependencies.
- Enables instant rescheduling to minimize idle time, bottlenecks and unplanned downtime.
Intuitive drag-and-drop interface
- Plan, adjust and reschedule visually with ease.
- Simplifies complex planning processes and speeds up daily decision-making.
Flexible and intelligent optimization
- Applies advanced, rule-based algorithms to balance workloads and maximize resource utilization.
- Quickly adapts to order changes, delays or production constraints.
Scenario Sandbox and what-if analysis
- Simulate alternative scheduling scenarios before implementation.
- Supports proactive, data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.
Seamless ERP connectivity
- Offers tested integrations with SAP, Oracle NetSuite and Microsoft D365 among others.
- Open REST (.json) API ensures smooth, secure data exchange with other systems.
Cloud-based scalability and automatic updates
- No local installation required – accessible anytime, anywhere.
- Scales easily across multiple sites and stays future-proof with automatic software updates.
Who benefits from Delfoi Planner APS?
Delfoi Planner APS is designed for manufacturers who aim to make their production scheduling more efficient, transparent and responsive. It combines dynamic planning, seamless ERP integration and intelligent optimization tools into one powerful solution that supports smart, data-driven manufacturing.
The solution brings measurable value to various production models:
Make-to-Order (MTO)
Custom manufacturing that requires flexibility to handle fluctuating demand.
Make-to-Stock (MTS)
Batch production based on forecasted demand and inventory optimization.
Engineering-to-Order (ETO)
Complex, project-based production where capacity and workflows vary by design.
Discrete manufacturing
Product-centric production such as machinery, electronics and automotive components.
Process-to-Packaging
Industries that depend on efficient processing, packaging and line-level optimization.
As part of the Delfoi Planner suite, APS connects seamlessly with Delfoi Planner MES and SOP, creating a unified environment for end-to-end production planning and control.
Future-proof your production scheduling with Delfoi Planner APS
Delfoi Planner APS is a next-generation, cloud-based APS solution that helps manufacturers achieve greater efficiency, flexibility and scalability. With advanced optimization algorithms, finite scheduling capabilities and proven ERP integrations (NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft), it enables companies to reduce costs, improve delivery performance and strengthen competitiveness in a fast-evolving manufacturing landscape.
The system is continuously updated and supported to meet future technological and operational needs. Manufacturers using Delfoi Planner APS gain lasting benefits through improved visibility, shorter lead times and sustainable production performance.
Transform your production scheduling today – contact us for a demo to see how Delfoi Planner APS can optimize your operations.
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