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Frequently asked questions about Apyesse

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What is an APS?

APS (Advanced Planning System) are specialized systems for the purchasing, production and distribution planning activities of manufacturing or logistics companies. They have greater functionality and better performance than those offered by an ERP in the planning area and are better structured than spreadsheets to support planners. Apyesse is an APS

What are the benefits of using Apyesse?

Drastic reduction in operating times to update plans, greater level of customer service due to the ability to anticipate the identification and resolution of critical issues in the plan, optimization of inventories and the use of production resources, greater documentability of the plan, possibility of carry out simulations on changes in the order book and production structure

Is Apyesse software compatible with other business systems, especially ERP and MES?

Yes, Apyesse supports these systems and uses their data to generate plans and scenarios. In particular, it completes the investments made with the ERP by offering full pegging of needs and finite capacity scheduling

How can I retrieve the data to create the production and purchasing plan with Apyesse?

Apyesse has a tool for data recovery guided by the management system or other systems. You can also always write a Python script for maximum flexibility. There are several examples on how to perform these tasks.

How does the Apyesse scheduler work in brief?

It arranges the routing phases of the production orders on the various machines in sequence, dating them based on the calendars and shifts set, on the fact that the machines are not simultaneously busy with other orders and phases and according to the dated availability of the components required by the order (stocks, incoming purchase orders or other component production orders)

What are the technical requirements to use Apyesse? Do you need third-party add-ons?

A PC with Windows 10, 11, Server 2019 or later and at least 8GB of RAM is required. No third-party add-ons (DBMS or otherwise) are required. To directly retrieve data from the management system, an ODBC connection must be set up with its database or WS, REST, XMLRPC or other connections must be configured.

Can Apyesse be customized to business and user needs?

There are different levels of customization, similar to those of spreadsheets: it is possible to configure the user interface without being a programmer or use Python to automate procedures and processing

Can Apyesse also be used by consultants or students?

Certainly, it provides an integrated planning and simulation environment to better understand production and logistics systems and study their possible evolutions and adjustments.

Why does Apyesse use Python and what use does it make of it?

Python is a very popular, expressive, easy to learn language. Apyesse integrates Python and many libraries to make the planner productive and facilitate integration with other systems. Apyesse is partly written in Python and partly in C++.

Can Apyesse processing be automated?

Of course, in the user manual there are some examples of how Apyesse can perform processing and calculate plans unattended