Molten metal pour on a casting line
Planning and scheduling

Re-plan with the whole plant in view.

Plans break in almost every shift, whether because a die change ran long, a furnace tripped or material arrived late, and the knock-on effects reach well beyond the machine that stopped. Stamped keeps track of what is happening across the plant, including which machines are running, down or waiting, what each furnace is holding, what material is on hand, which dispatches are due and when maintenance is booked. When something changes, it proposes the sequence that works best for the plant as a whole and shows what each option would do to output, energy and delivery, so the planner can choose with the trade-offs in front of them.

Example actions

What the people who own the problem receive

  • ExampleFor the planner

    Press [3] will be down for about [N] hours, and the proposed re-plan keeps [N] of today's [N] dispatches on time if it is confirmed by [time].

  • ExampleFor the heat-treatment lead

    Running these [N] lots back to back by temperature would save the furnace from heating up and cooling down between them.

  • ExampleLoading, for the heat-treatment lead

    The next basket on Furnace [2] is well below a normal load, and a lot on the same recipe is ready by [time], so the two can run together without mixing grades.

  • ExampleHandoff, for the production lead

    Forged parts for lot [N] waited about [N] minutes for the furnace on most days last week, so moving the furnace start to match the forge schedule is ready for your review.

Numbers in [brackets] are placeholders. Your pilot writes these from your own plant data.

Energy

Energy follows every operating decision.

A reheat or an hour of a furnace sitting hot and empty uses energy that never ends up in a good part. Because most of the saving comes from running the plant better, Stamped counts energy inside every action described above and measures it against your own baseline, with tariff windows and demand peaks treated as one input among many.

In planning and scheduling: Grouping lots by temperature, filling furnace loads and timing heat-up to the moment the next charge is ready keep furnaces from sitting hot and empty, and tariff windows are weighed as one input to the plan.

FAQ

Questions about planning and scheduling

What does Stamped do when the production plan breaks?

When something changes, such as a die change running long, a furnace tripping or material arriving late, Stamped proposes the sequence that works best for the plant as a whole and shows what each option would do to output, energy and delivery.

What does Stamped keep track of to re-plan?

Which machines are running, down or waiting, what each furnace is holding, what material is on hand, which dispatches are due and when maintenance is booked.

Who makes the final scheduling decision?

The planner. Stamped recommends and your team decides, so the planner chooses with the trade-offs of each option in front of them.

How does planning affect energy use?

Grouping lots by temperature, filling furnace loads and timing heat-up to the moment the next charge is ready keep furnaces from sitting hot and empty, and tariff windows are weighed as one input to the plan.

Before you book

What owners usually ask us first.

What does it cost?
Only the pilot price is agreed at the survey. The pilot is paid and priced on its own, and the annual price comes after, based on the pilot's results.
What do we need to install?
Nothing new to start. Stamped connects to the machines, meters, ERP and registers you already have, and the survey tells you plainly if that is enough.
How much of my team's time?
Some hours with your plant head and your quality and maintenance leads during the survey, planned around production. In the pilot, actions reach the people who already own that work.
Is our data safe?
We sign an NDA before the survey and work only with the data your team agrees to share. Ask us anything about where it is kept before anything is connected.