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By working withmajor industrial manufacturers around the world, i2 has templatized best practices into a material solution for sequence-driven material coordination (SDMC). Sequence-driven material coordination is designed for assembly environments that are fed by manufacturing operations. The solution is designed to optimize the assembly sequence in concert with feeder manufacturing operations to create a synchronous material flow environment.
Capabilities of the i2 solution for sequence-driven material coordination can include:
- Management of customer and in-transit buffers to ensure optimal service levels
- Consideration of resource/asset utilization
- Consideration of product attribute and labor constraints
- Consideration of multiple scenarios
- Problem visibility with interactive and automatic problem resolution
- Allocation of constrained materials and capacity while meeting due dates and customer priorities
- Material coordination to final assembly, including just-in-time (JIT), CONWIP, and other release mechanisms
- Bi-directional propagation of material issues to quickly understand the impact on both demand and supply
Benefits of the i2 solution for sequence-driven material coordination can include:
- Reduced inventory
- Increased production throughput (asset productivity)
- Increased labor productivity
- Improved margin through improved product mix
- Improved planner productivity
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