Asprova

Asprova is an Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) system that creates ultra-high speed production schedules that link each segment of the factory's supply chain -- sales, manufacturing, and purchasing -- while simultaneously considering the capacities of individual machines and workers. Asprova enables manufacturers to realize visual management by creating high-precision schedules for several months into the future. Optimized with TOC (Theory of Constraints), Asprova facilitates profit expanding by increasing throughput, shortening lead times, reducing inventory, and increasing on-time deliveries.

Quick facts:

The original Japanese APS system was founded in 1994.

Optimized with TOC (Theory of Constraints)

NO.1 in Japan with 52.4% market share.

Deployed in more than 1000 factories worldwide.

Supported in eighteen countries.

Available in seven languages.

Recipient of awards in Japan and internationally.

Awards:

Asprova has received numerous awards both in Japan and internationally.

Features:

Constraint modeling

Bottleneck optimization and buffer protection
Furnace constraints
Time constraint MAX (Shelf life)
Resource lock
Pegging of sales, manufacturing and purchase orders
Overlapping processes with N-to-N pegging
Specifying non-linear required material quantity by an expression
Specifying non-linear production times by an expression
Specifying setup times by an expression
External setups

Scheduling logic

Adjusting for discrepancies between forecast and firm sales orders
Issuing purchase orders based on finite-capacity manufacturing plan
Optimization that balances setup minimization with on-time deliveries
Optimization across multiple processes
Rough and detailed scheduling by time period
Scheduling speed linear with data size

Usability

Excel-like data editing within application
Copy and pasting data between applications
Dragging and dropping operations on the Gantt chart
Ad-hoc sorting and filtering of tables and charts
Ad-hoc drilldown on charts and graphs
Composite charts
Undo/redo

Extensibility

Safe customization via plug-ins
Configurable import and export formats
Import/export to relational database
Import/export to text file
Custom tables and custom properties
Custom screens using HTML or XML