The primary objective of production scheduling is to fulfill customer orders on time. However, how customer orders are fulfilled can have a significant impact on operational efficiency and profitability. This article will discuss energy savings through production scheduling, with a focus on how effective scheduling can improve plant demand response at peak-price times. The article will offer a case study on how production scheduling and smart manufacturing approaches benefited a chemical manufacturing company.
Tags
Operational efficiency
Production scheduling
Energy monitoring
Enterprise resource planning
Date
March, 2017