Preactor FCS Overview - Advanced Planning and Scheduling

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Preactor FCS Overview

So why is Preactor the world's favorite production scheduling solution? Why has it been installed in more than 50 countries in small, medium and large corporations? There are three main reasons for Preactor's success.
1. Proven Product
Preactor is not a new, unproven product. More than 6,000 licenses have been installed over the last 12 years in more than 1,600 companies around the world who rely on its stable and robust operation for everyday production planning. Proven too in a wide range of applications in many types of manufacturing and service industries. And proven also in that it has provided companies with hard cash benefits for their bottom line.
2. Price-Performance
Preactor offers a low cost of ownership and proven financial returns which together contribute to a fast return on investment. Preactor is a family of advanced planning and production scheduling solutions. Each member of the family has a defined level of functionality aimed at different types of planning and production scheduling problem. Preactor Lite is the entry level for small companies who need a production scheduling tool configured straight out of the box and requires minimal integration with other software. Preactor 100 FCS has additional features including the ability to increase the allowable number of records in each data table. Preactor 200 FCS has additional functionality over P100 FCS and may be customized and integrated with ERP and other packages. Preactor 300 FCS functions such as operation and order costing and multiple finite constraints for any operation in an product’s process route. Top of the range functionality is available in Preactor 400 APS. This includes the ability to create unique scheduling rules and also make orders dependent for example in assembly application where an order for a finished product is dependent on the progress of orders that supply materials. You choose what version of Preactor production scheduling software is required and when those needs change you can easily upgrade to a higher version as all run from the same core code. Only pay for what you need.

3. Personalization
Preactor has been developed knowing that for our users, their application is unique. You want your production scheduling tool to be set up in the way you want, to show data in a variety of ways, to carry our specific tasks that may not be straight out of the box. So the ease by which Preactor can be customized will be important to you. This is a key strength of Preactor. Its openness is unparalleled in the production scheduling market. And customization is carried out without affecting the core code of the product so modifications are not affected by new versions of the product.
What benefits can you expect from using Preactor?
Preactor production scheduling software can be run either stand-alone or to enable other complementary software that does not have full finite capacity scheduling or sequencing capabilities. For example most ERP systems use infinite capacity to generate plans, but, where there is a finite capacity capability, it does not take into account the full intricacies of your process such as operator and tooling constraints or sequence dependent changeover times. Linked with Preactor, your current ERP system can be become capacitated ERP Preactor production scheduling software can be run either stand-alone or to enable other complementary software that does not have full finite capacity scheduling or sequencing capabilities. For example most ERP systems use infinite capacity to generate plans, but, where there is a finite capacity capability, it does not take into account the full intricacies of your process such as operator and tooling constraints or sequence dependent changeover times. Linked with Preactor, your current ERP system can be become capacitated ERP.
	There is also a documented case study evidence of how Preactor production scheduling software can save you money.
	15-20% improvement in productivity - get more from what you have. 40-50% reduction in raw materials inventory - synchronize purchasing with an achievable production schedule. 40-50% improvement in make-span time - reduce WIP that slows down batch flow. 50-90% improvement in customer service - increase on-time deliveries. Return on Investment measured in weeks not years
Hardware Requirements and the Web
Preactor production scheduling software runs on a PC under Windows 2000 and XP. The detailed minimum systems requirements can be seen on the main products page. Preactor can be made web enabled using Citrix Metaframe technology. Thus users of Preactor Master Scheduling Systems and Viewers can access and use the software remotely. In addition Preactor has a web publishing module whereby Gantt charts and reports can be produced in HTML format and placed on a web page for others to view the information.

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