What it brings your planning team
OPLAN links demand, S&OP, capacity and scheduling through the same master data and the same rules; each step's output becomes the next one's input, and nobody has to ask which number is right.
A plan belongs on real capacity, not in a spreadsheet
- Forecasts are made from raw sales full of promotion spikes and stock-out dips; nobody knows why a number came out.
- The S&OP meeting talks volume; capacity gaps and margin impact only show up after the meeting.
- Capacity is assumed infinite; the weekly plan cannot be executed and the bottleneck is noticed when shipments are late.
- The machine sequence lives in the planner's head; setup and changeover times and material status never enter the plan.
Shared core, separate modules
Modules read and write through the core's plan data bus; start with one and add the others without data migration.
Each area with its own flow type
Discrete, batch, continuous, assembly-line and project areas in one plant; capacity unit, batching and setup model follow the type.
Forecasts with their reasons
An 11-model pool, a cleansed series and backtesting; why the model was chosen and what overrides contribute (FVA) are on screen.
Volume, revenue and margin in one table
S&OP balance table, rough-cut capacity, financial bridge and budget comparison in one cycle; constrained demand in its own column.
Capacity gaps never hidden
Finite mode gives the feasible plan, infinite mode the raw need; work that does not fit stays out of the plan, in the bottleneck report.
Constraint-checked manual moves
Drag-and-drop checks routing, operation precedence and material; the impossible is blocked, choices are warned, and everything can be undone.
Scheduling to the minute
Directional changeover matrix, intermediate operations, transfer batches, shift and holiday calendar; a machine schedule with one of five rules.
Contract-based ERP / MES integration
29 data sets defined field by field; CSV / Excel, REST API and field mapping included in the core, a one-way link with OPERRA.
Four modules, one core
OPLAN's modules follow the natural order of planning: forecast, balance, load, sequence — the core defines, integration connects.
For manufacturers of every process flow type
Discrete and assembly manufacturing
Machining, metalworking, machinery, automotive suppliers, plastic injection, white goods and electronics assembly.
Process, batch and continuous production
Chemicals, paints, food, pharmaceuticals, foundry, heat treatment; extrusion, rolling, paper, glass, cement and weaving.
Project-type and mixed plants
Engineer-to-order machinery, tool shops, steel construction; companies running several flow types in the same site.
- Demand and S&OP planners
- Production planning and scheduling teams
- Plant, operations and supply chain managers
- Finance, IT / ERP teams and consultants
See your plan in OPLAN
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