Production scheduling for drive and gearbox manufacturing
A gearbox can only be assembled when its required parts are ready. Production scheduling must connect parallel component routes with assembly and testing, across many variants and delivery dates.
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Today, the planner manually reconciles Excel and ERP or MES. With Apex, an AI agent prepares data from connected systems and creates planning alternatives. The planner sets priorities, reviews the result and releases the plan. The animation illustrates the workflow, not measured processing times.
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What your schedule needs to connect
Synchronize component routes
Represent shafts, housings and gears through their operations and readiness dependencies. Schedule assembly against the required components as well as workstation availability.
Share specialist capacity
Gear cutting, grinding and testing compete across orders. Include eligible equipment and calendars so order sequencing reflects those shared constraints.
Compare delivery priorities
An urgent assembly can pull several component jobs forward. Compare the impact on other orders before changing priorities, including the load at final testing.
Compare a concrete planning decision
Illustrative scenario with synthetic data
In a synthetic gearbox order, the housing is ready but a shaft operation is delayed. Another order has a complete set of parts. Should assembly switch order, or should the shaft receive higher priority?
- 01Component machining
- 02Parts ready
- 03Assembly
- 04Final testing
What to compare
Compare both scenarios through final testing. Review which feasible sequence supports your delivery priorities and work-in-progress goals, rather than considering the start of assembly alone.
See scenario planning in ApexBring the data you already have
Start with agreed exports from Excel, ERP or MES. Map them to your production model before connecting recurring updates.
- Component workplans and dependencies for each assembly variant
- Part readiness, purchased-component availability and open operations
- Machining, assembly and test resources with shifts and durations
Configured for your operation
Configure the model for your component and assembly structure. Special external-processing, batch or acceptance rules must be modelled and validated for your operation; this is not a preconfigured gearbox package.
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