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Planning&IT
Short Leadtimes,
Reliable Delivery Dates.


At SIO, IT and Planning are closely connected. We use state of the art software and hardware to do the most realistic and effective production planning possible. Stock level and capacity are continuously optimized to fullfill our customer demand.

Constraint Based Scheduling

CBS is an online, in-memory scheduling engine which we use to schedule manufacturing operations. It does Finite Scheduling, taking into consideration material supply, present load, and capacity. We use A.S.A.P. scheduling logic for minimum lead times and best capacity utilization. The major benefits for our customers are realistic delivery dates, short leadtimes, much better logistic performance.

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Vendor Managed Inventory

VMI is a business model that we offer to our customers in which they provide certain information regulary to us and we take full responsibility for maintaining an agreed inventory of the material at the customer's warehouse. VMI makes it less likely that an item will unintentionally become out of stock, dramatically improves overall service level by having the right product at the right time and also reduces inventory in the customer. Other advantages are that planning and ordering cost in customer will decrease due to the responsibility being shifted to the supplier. We give VMI service to some of our major customers and logistic performance increased to 95%-100% to them, they had no stock-outs anymore and they were able to make significant inventory reduction.

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Know How

"Data Quality" is the key factor for the ERP systems to be successful and this is the point where we are strong. All process data is feeded to ERP system realtime by 65 users and 10 RF mobile terminals. Our Erp system and database are managed and maintained by expert IT professionals, software developments are made inhouse. Our planning team has been equipped with all necessary tools, software and experience for easy, better and efficient planning.

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Tools and Equipment

We run IFS7 ERP system with full functionality on ORACLE 10g database.
CBS planning tool is the key factor for realistic planning, reliable order confirmations, smooth production and procurement.
Our warehouse automation via RF Mobile terminals and Shop Floor Operation Reporting system feeds realtime data to the erp system and this enables us to give correct information to our customers regarding the updated situation of their orders.
Our online inventory management system uses lot tracking and FIFO logic which enables us to find the affected products easily in case of a customer claim.

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