Westaflex is a German family company that offers architectural building technology and air ducts. There are ventilation systems in a number of shapes and materials for every type of building and pipe, so that the systems can be flexibly combined and adapted to requirements. Accordingly, many different set-up processes are required in production, which in turn requires precise planning. In order for everything to run smoothly and as efficiently as possible, the sequence of orders must be planned precisely before production.

Sequential planning determines the production sequence of individual orders with the aim of making the production process lean, time-saving and therefore efficient. Currently, the sequencing of orders at westaflex is still done manually, for example using spreadsheets or analog planning boards, and not automatically. Factors such as processing, set-up and delivery times, product specifications, material or the reduction of expenses must be individually considered. This is very difficult to implement: Orders and machine sequences usually cannot simply be moved without having to manually adjust the rest of the planning.

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