About Factory Planning & Scheduling

Within the JDA range of supply chain software, Factory Planning and Scheduling is the module for production planning, now sold under the Blue Yonder name. It is described as a way to gain productivity, control and prioritization through scheduling, giving manufacturers a view of which jobs run where and in what order.

Scheduling and prioritizing jobs

Scheduling arranges production jobs across plant resources, and prioritization lets planners decide which orders come first. Keeping plans visible gives planners the control they need to raise productivity.

The platform around it

Blue Yonder presents the module within a wider supply chain cloud. Its site describes an end-to-end platform that covers planning, execution, commerce and returns, run on artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company says the platform delivers over 20 billion predictions a day, and that the aim is to let users see potential problems in advance, receive machine-learning recommendations and change plans in time.

Other pieces of that cloud include warehousing, labor and transportation joined into one information and execution platform, and a control tower that lets users respond to spikes in demand and see the whole supply chain. The Luminate Logistics offering is described as an end-to-end planning-to-execution platform for flexible, autonomous distribution networks.

A common data cloud and network

According to the company, a common data cloud lets users view inventory movement, align plans and react to changes across tiers and trading partners, from raw materials to the final customer. It also describes a multi-enterprise, multi-tier network ecosystem with two-way sharing so that plans stay in step across partners.

Sustainability

Blue Yonder also says that carbon, waste and ESG risk data can sit beside cost and service figures when planners make routine supply chain choices.

TrustList summary

Factory Planning & Scheduling is a production planning tool in the JDA range, now offered by Blue Yonder. It gives manufacturers a way to schedule work, set priorities and keep control over output.

Features

Scheduling: arranges production jobs across plant resources.
Prioritisation: lets planners decide which orders come first.
Control: helps raise productivity by keeping plans visible.

Blue Yonder presents its wider cloud as joining planning, warehousing, labour and transport data, with machine-learning recommendations that let planners see problems early and change course.