Production planning (APS) connected with MES
The APS Planner decides what and when to produce, while MES records what actually came off the shop floor. Together, both applications close a single loop — from plan, through production, to settlement.
SimplyMobile APS is advanced production planning: the engine schedules operations across machines and people over time, factors in deadlines and workload, and publishes the released schedule straight to MES. Progress from the shop floor returns automatically and feeds the next planning cycle.
Projects, orders and operations — the source of truth about what needs to be done.
Builds the schedule across resources and time, optimizes for the goal and publishes the plan.
Operator terminals: production reports, downtime, quality, OEE, genealogy.
The planner in action — schedule on a timeline
The APS engine schedules operations across machines and people — a resource timeline, load balance and „what-if” simulations in one view.
Operator terminal — reporting from the shop floor
The operator reports good and scrap pieces, downtime and changeovers with a single tap — data goes straight into MES and back to the plan.
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Source → Planner: load the plan
The Planner pulls projects, operations and assigned people from the parent system.
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Planner: scheduling
The engine schedules operations across machines and people over time, keeping deadlines and workload in check. "What-if" simulations.
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Planner → MES: send orders
The released plan goes to MES — orders, operations with time windows and assigned operators.
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MES: production on the shop floor
Operators report good pieces and scrap, downtime, changeovers and quality. The system calculates OEE and builds genealogy.
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MES → Planner: read progress
The Planner pulls the actual status of orders — the input for re-planning.
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Results → Source: settlement
Completed production flows back to the parent system, closing the plan → production → settlement loop.
What you gain
Fewer delays
The schedule accounts for real resources and deadlines, so the plan is feasible rather than wishful.
Real progress
You see what actually came off the shop floor — no manual data collection or spreadsheets.
One source of truth
Plan and execution in a single loop, consistent with the parent system.
Fast re-planning
Deviations from the shop floor return to the planner immediately and let you recalculate the plan.
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FAQ — APS production planning and MES
- How does APS differ from an ordinary Excel schedule?
APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) schedules operations while accounting for the availability of machines, people and deadlines, not just a task list. As a result, the plan is feasible, and a change on the shop floor lets you recalculate it quickly.
- How does the Planner connect with MES?
The Planner publishes the released schedule to MES via a REST API (orders and planned operation windows), then pulls the actual production progress back from MES. It is a two-way, automated exchange.
- Do I need MES to use the planner?
The Planner works on its own, but delivers its full value paired with MES — that's when the plan and actual execution form a single, closed loop.
- Where does the Planner get the orders to schedule?
From the parent system (ERP/source): projects, orders and operations. Production results return there after execution, closing the settlement.