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PRODUCTION OPERATIONS

Improve delivery reliability in complex production

An integrated APS + MES platform that combines real-time production planning with shop-floor execution — helping you improve delivery reliability, even as conditions shift.
  • APS (Advanced Planning & Scheduling) creates a realistic, optimal production plan
  • MES (Manufacturing Execution System) guides and tracks execution on the shop floor
  • Designed for manufacturers with complex, multi-stage production 
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Previously iPES by Pinja

New: iPES by Pinja is now part of Pinja Fusion as Production Operations.

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Business impact on manufacturing companies

 

10-30% Shorter lead times
5–20% Higher capacity utilisation
10–50% Less unfinished production
10–50% Improvement in delivery reliability
Plan and execute in one system

APS and MES work together on a unified platform, keeping the production plan and execution aligned.

Create the optimal plan with AI

AI evaluates thousands of options in seconds to build the best schedule for your capacity and materials.

Real-time visibility for everyone

Machine data, ERP events, and operator updates flow into one live view for everyone.

Improve delivery reliability

The system keeps plans true to production conditions and flags delays to ensure on-time delivery.

Success stories from our customers

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From 4 days to 2 hours — Promeco speeds up production planning

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Promeco speeds up production planning with real-time visibility

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Solve critical production challenges across multi-stage manufacturing

Ensure delivery capacity with fewer resources

Meeting delivery commitments without adding headcount or machines requires intelligent production planning. This achieves reliable capacity even when resources are constrained.
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Respond quickly to production disruptions and changes

When machines break down or suppliers are delayed, production plans need to update in real-time. Teams always know the next best action to take.
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Simulation and forecasting

Before promising delivery dates to customers, manufacturers need realistic timelines. The system shows what's achievable based on current capacity, material availability, and planned maintenance.
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Guide operators with clear priorities

Shop floor operators need clear, prioritised worklists. This eliminates guesswork and tells them exactly what to work on next.
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Achieve real-time production visibility 

Production teams see what's happening on the shop floor in real-time. This enables quick problem resolution before issues escalate.
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Control costs and minimise waste

Unplanned overtime, expedited shipping, and excess inventory erode margins. Better execution control helps avoid these costly inefficiencies.
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SUSTAINABILITY

Reduce waste and energy through optimised operations

Smart production planning minimises material waste and energy consumption. Optimised scheduling reduces rush shipments and unnecessary logistics. Better resource utilisation supports circular economy goals while maintaining profitability.
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Is poor delivery reliability hurting your business?

Traditional ERP systems can't keep up with constant changes in production. When machines break down, materials are delayed, or priorities shift, your production plan becomes outdated immediately. You end up making promises you can't keep.

Production Operations gives you dynamic, real-time production planning and execution. The system continuously updates based on what's actually happening on the shop floor, so you always know what you can deliver and when.

The impact:

  • 10-30% reduction in lead times
  • 5-20% improvement in capacity utilisation
  • 10-50% decrease in unfinished production
  • 10-50% improvement in delivery reliability

Built for manufacturers with complex and multi-stage production

Discrete and complex-assembly manufacturers

Machinery and equipment producers with multi-level BOMs, long supply chains, and interdependent sub-assemblies. Ideal for industries like marine, energy, rail, and industrial machinery where planning must coordinate materials, routing, and delivery commitments.

Make-to-order manufacturers

Companies producing based on customer orders and evolving specifications. Dynamic planning helps manage changing priorities, resource availability, and real production constraints across multiple stages.

Make-to-stock manufacturers in food, beverage, and fast-moving industries

Producers who rely on stable production, high throughput, and tight coordination between planning, materials, and capacity to maintain delivery reliability and avoid costly downtime or changeovers.

Solid wood and multi-site manufacturing operations

Sawmills, plywood, LVL, and wood processors, as well as manufacturers operating multiple plants or lines. Production Operations helps coordinate shared resources, align schedules, and maintain delivery reliability across sites and product flows.

Key capabilities

Production Planning (Gantt)

See your entire production schedule at a glance with color-coded priorities and status indicators. Automatically schedule individual orders or optimise the entire plan, and run 'What If' scenarios to test different approaches before committing.

Project Planning

Manage project-based production with dedicated timelines and scheduling. Coordinate all tasks, resources, and materials across project lifecycles to keep complex, long-duration production on track.

Volume Planning

View forecasts, sales orders, production orders, actual production, and inventory balances simultaneously across different time horizons. Edit plans and run 'What If' analyses to evaluate different scenarios with a wide range of analysis indicators.

Shelf Life

Plan production schedules based on product shelf life constraints. Ensure materials and finished goods are used or shipped within their viable timeframes to minimise waste and maintain quality.

Shortage Management

Calculate and visualise material shortages across your production schedule. Use shortage data as a scheduling constraint to prevent planning work that can't be completed due to missing materials.

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

Generate production and transfer order proposals based on actual warehouse needs. The system calculates what materials you need and when, managing MRP parameters to keep production flowing without shortages.

Multi-Level BOM

Plan production across complex, multi-level bills of materials and recipes. Manage raw materials and intermediate products through every production stage, ensuring all components are scheduled and available when needed.

Human Resource and Shift Planning

Plan workforce allocation with visual resource and shift planning. Connect people to the machines they're qualified to operate, manage competencies, maintain resource calendars, and coordinate shift schedules.

Working Time Reporting

Record work time with timestamps or manual entry, splitting time across multiple simultaneous tasks. Manage approvals and track balance so you know exactly where labor hours go.

Work List and Progress

Reporting Operators see exactly what to work on next with prioritised, actionable worklists. Track progress and material consumption as work happens, with instructions, drawings, other types of attachments and event logs accessible right at the workplace.

Warehouse Operations

Handle all inventory transactions including picking, batch tracking, and packaging. See current inventory balances and transaction history so you always know what's in stock and where it's located.

Quality Operations

Collect quality data directly at products, locations, resources, or work phases. Maintain checklists that operators follow and browse or export quality survey results for analysis.

Machine Connections and Data

Connect to production equipment using OPC UA and other industry-standard interfaces to read production quantities, process values, and machine states in real time.

Dashboard and KPIs

Customisable overview screens to visualise significant production matters with visual indicator summaries that can be saved with different filters and shared across production screens.

PDCA (Plan Do Check Act)

Manage improvement projects through Plan-Do-Check-Act cycles. Track initiatives with project summaries, project-specific views, attachments, and to-do lists to systematically improve operations.

Integrations

ERP systems

Integration with ERP systems for retrieving master data including products, BOMs, routings, sales orders, purchase orders, stock balances, and locations. Export updated production plans and realised data back to the ERP system for seamless data flow.

Machines and equipment

Direct connection to machinery and automation systems via OPC UA protocol, enabling real-time machine data collection and monitoring of equipment status for dynamic production planning.

HR systems

Integration with human resources systems for workforce management, enabling seamless coordination of employee schedules, competencies, and resource availability with production planning.

MES systems

Connect with existing MES systems when necessary, providing flexibility for companies that already have manufacturing execution systems in place while adding advanced planning capabilities.

Pinja Manufacturing Cloud solutions

Interconnectivity with other Pinja Manufacturing Cloud solutions including Real-Time Monitoring, Maintenance Operations, and additional manufacturing solutions for improved data quality and end-to-end operational efficiency.

Authentication systems

Support for Active Directory (AD) and Single Sign-On (SSO) to streamline user access management and maintain security across enterprise systems.

ISA-95 compliance

Aligned with the ISA-95 international standard for enterprise-control system integration, ensuring compatibility with industry-standard automation and control systems.

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POWERED BY

PinjaFusion

One platform.

One partner.

Unified data. 

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All solutions run on the Pinja Fusion platform.

Your data flows seamlessly, your AI agents work across operations, and you have one partner accountable for everything.

  • Unified operational data

  • Modular solutions with shared components

  • Embedded AI for planning, forecasting, and diagnostics

  • Secure, scalable cloud foundation 

Speak directly with an industry specialist

Book time with Maija Saari for a brief, high-impact discussion on improving your OTIF performance in shrinking delivery windows.

Whether you are struggling with reliable delivery lead times or excessive inventory buffers, we can show you how specialised expertise and digital tools translate into measurable ROI.

 

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