Designed for Real-World
Manufacturing Complexity

In the real world, production doesn’t run to plan: materials arrive late, machines go down, changeovers take longer than expected. Priorities shift overnight. And yet schedules are still expected to hold.

EvoAPS is built for this reality — not for idealised factory models.

Complexity isn’t the exception: it’s the norm.

Traditional scheduling tools struggle because they assume stability: fixed rules, predictable flows, and limited variation. When disruption hits, planners are forced to rebuild schedules manually, often under pressure and without time to explore alternatives.

EvoAPS takes a different approach.

Instead of trying to force one “perfect” plan, it continuously explores many viable options, evaluating how each one performs against your priorities. That means complexity isn’t something to work around — it’s something the system is designed to handle.

Built to reflect how factories actually operate

EvoAPS can model the realities that make scheduling hard, including:

  • Sequence-dependent changeovers
  • Alternative routings and parallel production lines
  • Finite capacity, shift patterns, and maintenance windows
  • Material dependencies and availability constraints
  • Batch, oven, and concurrent-processing resources
  • Multi-stage operations with interdependencies
  • Both discrete and process manufacturing environments

This ensures schedules reflect what can happen on the shop floor — not just what looks good on paper.

Responding to disruption without starting again

When conditions change, EvoAPS doesn’t require planners to rebuild schedules from scratch.

Instead, it:

  • Re-evaluates options in the background
  • Explores alternative strategies in parallel
  • Preserves near-term stability through fixed planning windows
  • Allows rapid re-optimisation further ahead

This reduces disruption on the shop floor while maintaining agility where it matters.

Complexity handled computationally — not manually

As operations grow, complexity increases faster than headcount can realistically scale. EvoAPS absorbs that complexity computationally, removing the burden from individuals and reducing reliance on heroic manual effort.

Planners and leaders can focus on decisions, trade-offs, and outcomes — not on wrestling with the mechanics of rescheduling.

In Summary

EvoAPS doesn’t simplify reality to make scheduling easier.

It embraces complexity — and gives manufacturers a smarter way to operate within it.

By handling real-world constraints, disruption, and variability head-on, EvoAPS turns complexity from a source of stress into a source of control.

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