The German government has been promoting Industry 4.0 for several years now, with the goal of comprehensive...
Asprova Blog
Is Kanban the Right Control System for Your Type of Production?
Posted by Keiji Fujii on December 3rd, 2020
Many factories use Kanban as a Lean tool for process control. Toyota’s Taiichi Ohno originally conceived of Kanban as a...
Go to Gemba and Ask 5 Times Why
Posted by Keiji Fujii on November 2nd, 2020
Today there is a lot of talk about AI and Industry 4.0. However, many world reknown companies are still creating their...
The fastest Lean APS / SCP gets even faster!
Posted by Keiji Fujii on October 14th, 2020
Asprova version 16.1 was released featuring an even greater improvement in calculation time.
Sequence Planning and Synchronous Processes
Posted by Keiji Fujii on September 8th, 2020
The quality of a factory’s Supply Chain and production planning is a meaningful indicator of its overall efficiency and...
Success Stories from Deployment of an APS Software: A Practical Example
Posted by Keiji Fujii on December 17th, 2019
Most suppliers of planning software offer a fragmented approach of systems that consist of functionally independent...