JD Edwards has unveiled planned enhancements for JD Edwards 5, including planning and scheduling functionality specifically designed to help manufacturers maximise factory throughput, minimise inventory and dynamically detect and adapt to changes in supply chains.
The planned functionality will be included in JD Edwards` enhanced Production and Distribution Planning (PDP) and Production Scheduling modules. Built to offer a high degree of flexibility, the modules will be available on a standalone basis, or fully integrated with other JD Edwards 5 world-class collaborative enterprise solutions.
The new PDP functionality is designed for industrial manufacturers and is planned for release in the third quarter of fiscal year 2003. The newly enhanced Production Scheduling module, also targeted at industrial manufacturers, is already available.
PDP and Production Scheduling are part of a larger release of new JD Edwards 5 supply chain functionality to be detailed further at the company`s annual user group conference, "Quest Global 2003", in Denver, USA, from 9 to 12 June. Other new JD Edwards 5 supply chain products already announced this year include Supply Chain Business Modeler and Demand Forecasting.
"Our manufacturing customers have asked for software that simplifies the process of aligning materials and capacity with demand. We`ve listened, and we`re delivering products that are integrated across the extended supply chain with improved functionality and ease of use," says Dave Macdonald, national solutions consulting manager at JD Edwards in South Africa.
Historically, manufacturers have planned most of their material supply with unconstrained, outdated material requirements planning tools. Optimised, constraint-based planning was only applied to capacities and selected materials with known limitations. In this release, JD Edwards PDP incorporates a fast, in-memory, supply planning algorithm that synchronises the entire in-bound materials flow with company resources, production capacity, and process requirements. Intelligent material forecasts minimise inventory and improve profitability.
The Production Scheduling module uses Constraint Directed Search (CDS) finite scheduling technology designed to help industrial manufacturers quickly produce high-quality production schedules. The Production Scheduling module renders production schedules that maintain a high degree of integrity over time. It also improves the quality of the production scheduling process, resulting in improved on-time delivery to the customer.
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