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[0] 3 Too much customization development The company developed plug-ins to customize its new production scheduling logic to make it fit the company's production process and schedule. An excellent engineer was in charge of development at the customer company and he got the system operating without a hitch. The initial system was one that fit the company perfectly. However, their products and production processes changed every day. They also had a tendency to transfer their best people too much. After this engineer was transferred, there was no one to supervise the programs with their complex production scheduling logic. When they eventually asked for changes, it was too late to make them and the Advanced Planning and Scheduling System became unusable. [Points for success] 
Keep customization development to an absolute minimum Do as little developing of customized features as possible. The order in which solutions are sought is as follows. 1. Solve using the standard functions of the Advanced Planning and Scheduling System 2. Solve in operation 3. Create external programs and find solutions (including external system interfaces) 4. Develop customization with plug-in
Increase Profits with a Production Planning Scheduler【Important Points in Making a Successful Installation】
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