Remotely Supporting Supply Chain Solutions to a Global Clientele Situation The day started a little earlier than most. My peaceful slumber was interrupted by unexpected cargo carried over from the previous day that seemed to roll in like waves until the largest piece crashed to shore sometime around 4:30 am. Previous Day 7:30 am: Time …
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Tag Archives: Scheduling Software
Recently, I was reading the current issue of Cornell Engineering Magazine. In it, they had a profile of an alumnus named Howard Morgan. Mr. Morgan is a 1968 Ph.D. graduate of Cornell and a venture capitalist. You can read the article in Cornell Engineering Magazine here. One paragraph in particular struck me. It reads: “[Mr. …
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Recently Mark Rockey posted a blog about the 5 characteristics of Advanced Production Scheduling Tools. Around the same time, I was asked by a client about the differences between SAP (PPDS) and Aspen Plant Scheduler (SCM/MIMI) and I thought this would be a good follow-up to Mark’s blog. Here is what we at Profit Point …
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There are many production scheduling tools available commercially. Some are more tailored to specific environments (such as a specific type of manufacturing) while others are applicable to a wide range of applications. When we talk about Advanced Production Scheduling Tools, there are certain characteristics that we have in mind including the following: 1) Both materials …
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Here at Profit Point, we typically put in a fair amount of effort up front to scope out a project together with our client. This typically helps us and our client to set appropriate expectations and develop mutually agreeable deliverables. These are key to project success. But another key element to project success is …
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Profit Point is helping several large chemical manufacturers upgrade their many Aspen SCM scheduling models with a goal to achieving long term support-ability in the new Aspen architecture of ver 8.5. An Aspen SCM (MIMI) Upgrade is no small undertaking, but we have been helping people manage, support, and enhance their scheduling models for over 20 …
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Can Pulling the Plug on a Legacy Application Be Pouring Money down the Drain? It’s expensive to develop new business solutions. If an existing application continues to accommodate your business requirements, and the complete software application platform (licensing, service, and support model) presents a continued value proposition, then why change? What language the code is …
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