Production Planning Automation

Why

Things get really complicated

Productions need to produce more on the same lines more often and at the same time respond faster to urgent customer demands. This special spreading position puts extra pressure on planners and increases the chance of small errors with major consequences. Checkmate reduces those risks to a minimum.

Things get really complicated when planners need to deal with a myriad of information coming from different stakeholders, a variety of constraints and production requirements while serving often conflicting objectives.

Continuously changing conditions and unforeseen events are the reason why production schedules always need an update.​

What

Smart Production Planning Tool

Checkmate combines state-of-the-art AI (artificial intelligence) with years of experience in process modeling. With its unprecedented computing power and learning capacity, Checkmate supports planners excellently.

New schedules, different scenarios, sudden changes… everything can be quickly simulated and weighed up by the planner. The impact of (un)foreseen maintenance is also reduced to a minimum.

AI and the planner hand in hand

Checkmate also learns from the experienced planners.The tool captures the planner's years of knowledge and makes that knowledge useful for new planners and the rest of the organization. This way everyone works faster at the level of a senior planner.

Technology alone does not provide the ultimate solution. Expert knowledge in combination with technology is still the key to success. The Grain developed Checkmate with the idea of ​​the 'human-in-the-loop': people must always remain central in the organization.

That's where Checkmate makes the difference.