Take on large orders based on real capacity
Six weeks, 1.5 times the volume, penalties for late delivery. To decide whether to accept, you need your plant's real capacity, not an estimate.
What business owners expect
Keep major customers
Know early which orders are at risk, and act before the customer notices.
Accept orders with confidence
Know your real capacity before committing to volumes and dates.
Invest in the right place
Know which machine is truly the bottleneck before buying machines or hiring.
A factory that doesn't depend on a few people
Numbers and know-how live in the system, not in a few people's heads.
Three questions you should be able to answer
Which orders are at risk?
Right now, and for which customers.
What is your real capacity?
The percentage of capacity your plant is actually running at.
How often do you deliver on time?
Your plant's on-time delivery rate.
What business owners see in ControlMES
- Which lines are running, which orders are at risk, and for which customers.
- Real capacity: productive machine hours versus available hours.
- Your plant's on-time delivery rate.
- Bottlenecks and losses across the whole plant on one screen.
Three profit sources you're not yet capturing
ControlMES shows where they are and how big they are.
Cut waste
Scrap, downtime and rework measured by source, so you reduce them where it counts.
Use the capacity you already have
Recover machine hours that produce nothing and cash tied up in inventory.
Take on more orders
Know your real capacity, and accept with confidence the orders you used to turn down.
Where excess inventory comes from
Illustrative example
Each department adds its own safety margin because there is no shared data. With one source of numbers, that excess shrinks.
Before and after ControlMES
| Before | With ControlMES |
|---|---|
| Learn about late orders at the next morning's meeting | See right away which orders are at risk and how many days are left |
| Accept large orders based on experience | Commit based on real machine hours and measured capacity |
| Buy more machines based on estimates | Know your real capacity before you invest |
Your role in the project
Own the project directly: set the goals, follow progress, and decide when departments get stuck. ControlMES changes many habits in a factory; the commitment of the person at the top decides whether it succeeds.
Contact
A 1-day on-site assessment, free of charge. You receive a report on your three biggest bottlenecks, and the report is yours to use as you wish.