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Use ERP data intelligently
Orders, materials, master data, dates and other authoritative information are taken from existing systems. The production solution adds exactly the planning and operational logic that is missing.
Custom production software
Planning that speaks to your ERP — and to reality.
We build custom production planning and control software when standard ERP capabilities do not go deep enough into your manufacturing logic. As a specialised layer between ERP, planning and shopfloor, the solution connects existing data with the rules, dependencies and feedback your production actually needs.
Production planning as a specialised layer
The ERP stays where it is strong. We add the logic your production needs.
Many ERP systems manage orders, master data and dates reliably. The challenge begins with the operational question of what can actually be produced, when, on which resource and under which dependencies. This is where our custom production software comes in.
We therefore do not automatically replace the existing ERP. Instead, we create a specialised planning layer that uses existing data, represents experience-based knowledge digitally, exposes bottlenecks and returns results cleanly to the systems involved.
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Represent planning logic digitally
Priorities, dependencies, constraints and experience-based rules become transparent parts of the system. Planning becomes more reproducible and less dependent on individual people.
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Make complexity visible
Capacity, bottlenecks, order relationships and critical situations are brought together in one shared view. Planners can identify where action is needed much faster.
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Integrate feedback
Status, quantities, times and operational decisions flow back in a structured way. This creates a continuous information flow between ERP, planning and shopfloor.
Typical starting points
When the ERP knows the orders, but the real planning happens somewhere else.
That is when spreadsheet planning, manual coordination and knowledge silos emerge. The challenge is usually not generating more data, but connecting existing information with the way your production actually works.
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Detailed planning lives in spreadsheets
The ERP contains orders and dates, but the actual production plan is maintained in separate spreadsheets. Changes have to be updated manually and the current state is difficult for other teams to see.
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Planning knowledge depends on individual people
Sequences, priorities and exceptions rely on the experience of individual planners. When that knowledge is unavailable or needs to be handed over, the process becomes unnecessarily fragile.
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Capacity and dependencies are difficult to understand
Machines, people, materials, dates and order relationships all affect the plan at the same time. Standard views often show only part of the picture and conflicts become visible too late.
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ERP and shopfloor do not communicate well enough
Planning decisions are made outside the ERP and production feedback returns late or only partially. Planning and manufacturing therefore work with different information states.
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Exceptions create more and more workarounds
Special rules, urgent orders and industry-specific requirements cannot be represented cleanly in the standard system. Additional files and manual coordination become a permanent part of the process.
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Your planning logic becomes part of the system — instead of another spreadsheet workaround.
The right capabilities depend on your production process. Typical solutions combine detailed planning, resources, priorities, feedback and system integrations into an application that genuinely supports planners in day-to-day operations.
Detailed planning & sequencing
Orders and operations are prioritised according to your rules and translated into an executable sequence. Manual decisions remain possible, but are made on a consistent data foundation.
Capacity & resource planning
Machines, equipment, people and other constrained resources are considered during planning so overload and available capacity become visible early.
Dependencies & constraints
Predecessors, material availability, setup logic, due dates and other domain-specific conditions can directly influence the planning logic.
Prioritisation & exception handling
Urgent orders, special cases and operational changes are handled transparently without pushing the planning process back into manual side workflows.
Plan variants & scenarios
Alternative plans can be compared before decisions are transferred into operational planning.
Shopfloor status & feedback
Progress, quantities, times and status information from production are captured in a structured way and made usable for further planning.
Dashboards & transparency
Planning, production and management receive the information relevant to them in one application without manually consolidating data from multiple systems.
ERP, MES & system integration
The production solution is embedded into the existing system landscape and exchanges orders, master data, status information and results automatically with connected systems.
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One continuous data flow instead of parallel versions of the truth.
A good production solution does not need to own everything itself. What matters is that each system handles the responsibilities it is suited for and information flows reliably between them.
Existing ERP
Orders, master data, material, dates and other authoritative information remain in the systems where they are already maintained reliably.
Custom production logic
Planning rules, capacity, dependencies, priorities and industry-specific requirements are represented in the specialised application.
Planning & shopfloor
Planners and production work from one current information state. Feedback flows directly into further planning and control.
Write-back to core systems
Relevant results, status changes and feedback are automatically returned to ERP, MES or other connected systems.
How we build your production solution
Built with planners, not around them.
Production planning contains a great deal of experience-based knowledge and many exceptions. That is why we work directly with the people who schedule, prioritise and react to changes every day. Working increments allow us to validate rules and usability early against the real process.
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Understand the process & planning logic
Together with planning teams and domain experts, we analyse how orders are scheduled today, which data is available and which rules actually determine a good plan.
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Define data flows & target architecture
We determine which systems remain authoritative, what information is required and how ERP, the production solution and shopfloor exchange data.
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Build in short iterations
Working planning views and workflows are available early so feedback can be discussed directly on the application. Rules and usability are refined step by step.
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Go live & keep evolving
After go-live, we can continue with maintenance, support, training and development as processes, equipment or requirements change.
When does custom production software make sense?
When your manufacturing logic goes deeper than standard ERP planning.
A custom solution becomes especially relevant when planning currently happens outside the core system or industry-specific rules cannot be represented properly in standard software.
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Your production planning currently happens partly or entirely in spreadsheets.
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The existing ERP handles orders well but cannot represent your planning logic in sufficient depth.
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Capacity, dependencies or specialised rules make standard planning too inflexible.
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Planning knowledge depends heavily on individual employees and should become systematically usable.
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ERP, shopfloor and other systems need to be connected without replacing the entire landscape.
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You need transparency across planning and production status without manually consolidating information.
Your process. Our next question.
Is it technically feasible — and worth it?
In an initial conversation, we clarify processes, system landscape and target state — without a sales marathon, but with a useful technical assessment.