Why make it complicated when it can be simple?

Detailed production planning systems – PP/DS for short – were created to plan the use of materials, people and machines above MES systems so that orders can be processed on time and as efficiently as possible. Artificial intelligence is now being used to automatically optimize this planning task, as Bernd Reineke, Managing Director of the specialist consulting firm Abels & Kemmner GmbH, explains.

The full article can be found in issue 02/22 of the Technische Rundschau (Switzerland) on pages 53 and 54.

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Dr. Bernd Reineke
Dr Reineke holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering and was initially responsible for logistics, planning, scheduling, development and IT in industry for 10 years. Since then, he has been advising companies with a focus on SCM, production control, IT optimisation and inventory management. The results of his projects have already won several awards.
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Dr. Bernd Reineke

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