Scheduling & Execution
Within your factory, efficiency depends on flow - not only demand forecasts. b2wise locks your schedule to real constraints, protecting key resources while synchronizing everything else around them. It’s about planning the flow, not just the work. Manage your bottlenecks, and everything moves faster with fewer surprises.
What is the link between Scheduling & Execution and Demand Driven MRP (DDMRP)?
Scheduling & Execution is the essential shop floor process that converts the priorities from your DDMRP model into precise, actionable production plans. Leveraging your routing, it ensures optimal utilization of work centers to fulfill orders efficiently and on time.
Together, DDMRP and Scheduling form the backbone of a Demand-Driven Operating Model (DDOM) seamlessly linking materials planning with real-time execution to keep products flowing smoothly through your operations.
Speak to an ExpertTogether, DDMRP and Scheduling form the backbone of a Demand-Driven Operating Model (DDOM) seamlessly linking materials planning with real-time execution to keep products flowing smoothly through your operations.
It’s one powerful, unified process from materials planing to shop floor execution.
Over the past four years, we have improved our inventory levels by more than 20%, reduced the number of stockouts by over 40%, and also improved our planning time.
Ignacio Elizazu, Supply Chain Director -
How does the b2wise Scheduling & Execution differ from traditional methods?
Flow-First Scheduling
Maximizes flow and fill rate, not due dates or forecasts.
Alert-Driven Execution
Real-time response to changes—no frozen schedules.
Built-In Constraint Awareness
Plans around constraints, not around ideal capacity.
Throughput Focus with DBR
Real-demand priorities eliminate guesswork and sharpen focus.
Simplicity as a Strategy
Lean, fast to implement, and avoids complexity.
The 5 ways b2wise enables you to set up your Flow Driven Schedule (DFDS)
To build a Schedule, you must know the time needed to make each part per operation.
What b2wise adds: By using either the Planned Cycle Number (PCN) in your routing file or setting the production rate per part per work center, you can automatically calculate the time required to complete each order at every work center.
To build a Schedule, you must define the days your operation is available and the number of shifts each day.
What b2wise adds: Allows you to import or manually configure your production calendar at either daily or weekly levels. When defined daily, it automatically rolls up into weekly summaries.
What b2wise adds: Allows you to import or manually configure your production calendar at either daily or weekly levels. When defined daily, it automatically rolls up into weekly summaries.
A flow-based schedule requires that you define your control points (Drums) within your operations.
What b2wise adds: Enables you to view the actual load on each work center based on real demand—not forecasts—allowing you to identify bottlenecks and accurately define your drums.
What b2wise adds: Enables you to view the actual load on each work center based on real demand—not forecasts—allowing you to identify bottlenecks and accurately define your drums.
A schedule requires you to set a capacity buffer that flags when capacity is exceeded.
What b2wise adds: Provides both a finite capacity view in days and a projected Rough-Cut Capacity view in weeks. Finite views can be shown as Gantt charts, letting you visualize individual order sequences, which can be manually prioritized if needed. If orders are prioritized, all associated dates are automatically recalculated enabling you to validate available capacity.
What b2wise adds: Provides both a finite capacity view in days and a projected Rough-Cut Capacity view in weeks. Finite views can be shown as Gantt charts, letting you visualize individual order sequences, which can be manually prioritized if needed. If orders are prioritized, all associated dates are automatically recalculated enabling you to validate available capacity.
Scheduling requires the scheduler to optimize the load across production lines.
What b2wise adds: Enables you to change the production line for an order. This can be done manually or by using AI Agents that can automatically switch orders to alternative production lines if one is over capacity and another is available.
What b2wise adds: Enables you to change the production line for an order. This can be done manually or by using AI Agents that can automatically switch orders to alternative production lines if one is over capacity and another is available.
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