What are
the big challenges for large manufacturers today? To stay competitive in the
global market, they have to increase market share by offering product variety
and volumes and exploring new markets. They need to control cost to stay
profitable, yet fulfill demand in a timely manner. They have to achieve this in
the face of unpredictable events such as the March 2011 tsunami in Japan. The
auto industry, for instance, was affected across the world after the tsunami.
That caused disruptions but did not stop the move forward. One of the new
markets the auto manufacturers have focussed on is India. Twenty years ago,
customers had a choice of three models and makes of cars in India; while today,
dozens of choices are available because despite the challenges all the major
auto manufacturers are actively expanding business in India.
Manufacturers need flexibility and speed to stay
competitive. Business processes such as demand management and planning and
scheduling have to be capable of near real-time response. To meet demand
quickly and accurately, the response lead time at every stage of planning and
production has to be kept short. Since there is huge product and feature
variety, data volumes can be enormous. For instance, in the case of automotive
manufacturing, a single vehicle can be offered in thousands of configurations
with annual sales into millions. This is where optimization and big data come
together.
Together, Optessa and HANA offer an optimal solution
to manufacturers who deal with large amounts of data and yet need to optimize
planning and scheduling of production. Optessa offers proven technology to
model manufacturing environments at a high resolution and provides optimal solutions
to complex planning and scheduling problems. HANA addresses the key challenge of
marshalling big data from different sources and maintaining a live in-memory
data model of the demand – manufacturing – supply chain. Optessa on HANA is a
unique offering: it is on-demand optimization of live data models for the fast
paced manufacturing environment.
For more information on Optessa planning and
scheduling products please visit www.optessa.com
or e-mail info@optessa.com. Optessa is
part of the HANA Startup Focus program and will be at Sapphire NOW as one of
the participants in the program. Look for us there.
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