PSO is not an ERP and MRP software or a monitoring tool of manufacturing process.
It is a calculating tool based on mathematical algorithms seeking for optimal cost of production and inventory. It is a cost driven software.
Minimum resources are adequate to run PSO, provided that Excel Sheets are available.
Simple templates and easy to use.
Simple to understand and user friendly
The results are appeared per product and timeline (day, week, month). Specifically:
Product Quantity to be manufactured
Minimum Inventory Quantity
Production Cost
Inventory Cost
Production lines working hours
Manpower working hours
Warehouse coverage
Per time period
Product quantity to be manufactured
Minimum Inventory Quantity
Per time period:
Cost of production
Marginal Cost
Minimum Inventory Cost
Machine working hours necessary to complete the scheduled to be manufactured items per product per time period
Labour calculated in manpower working hours to complete the items to be manufactured per product and time period
It indicates the covered storage space per time period when the manufacturing of all the items will be completed