Production scheduling that starts above the plant
Most schedulers decide the sequence within a plant. ConstraintFlow first decides which plant and which machine should run the order at all — on total landed cost: setup, run, and freight — then sequences it. It continuously re-evaluates as reality changes; your planners approve.
- Cross-site assignment on total landed cost
- Optimized schedules across lines and shifts
- Real-time re-sequencing as conditions change
- Bottleneck detection before it costs output
- Throughput, cost, or service objectives
- Human-in-the-loop approval
ConstraintFlow runs live across an 11-plant packaging network — recommending cost-optimal site and machine assignments on real orders since June 2026, validated by the customer's own master schedulers.
How we measure results →One intelligence. Many modules. Nine Operational Intelligence Modules on one platform — Production Scheduling runs in production today, and every module plugs into the same operational model, the same learning loop, and the same governance.
Manual scheduling can't keep up with real operations
Spreadsheet schedules are obsolete the moment they're published, and no planner can balance every constraint by hand.
A single late material or down machine invalidates a plan that took hours to build.
Constraints choke output before anyone sees them coming in the data.
Planners can't see the true cost of prioritizing one order over another.
The operations-research skill to optimize a plant by hand simply doesn't scale.
Continuous, constraint-aware optimization
ConstraintFlow generates optimized schedules, detects emerging constraints, and continuously re-evaluates as conditions shift — with planners approving every plan.
Cross-site assignment
Decides which plant should run each order on total landed cost — setup, run, and freight — before sequencing begins.
Optimized scheduling
Generates schedules across lines and shifts that respect every constraint and optimize for your goal.
Bottleneck detection
Continuously models flow to surface emerging bottlenecks before they reduce output.
Objective-driven plans
Optimize for throughput, cost, utilization, or on-time delivery — or a weighted mix.
Smart re-sequencing
Re-evaluates the schedule when orders, materials, or machine availability change.
Human-in-the-loop
Planners review optimized options, adjust, and commit — staying firmly in control.
Measurable production improvement
Higher throughput
Get more output from the assets and people you already have.
Less manual planning
Free planners from constant rebuilds and firefighting.
Steadier output
Catch bottlenecks early and keep production flowing.
Better on-time delivery
Schedule to the commitments that matter to customers.
How this differs from your scheduler or APS
Plant-level schedulers and APS tools sequence work inside four walls. ConstraintFlow sits on top of them and does three things together that they can't.
Sits on top, replaces nothing
Your ERP, MES, and plant schedulers keep running. ConstraintFlow reasons across them and hands decisions back.
Assigns across sites, not within one
It decides which plant and machine should run the order at all — on total landed cost including freight — before any sequencing.
Learns from every planner decision
Every accept, adjust, and reject is recorded with its reason and measured against execution — so recommendations keep improving.
Production scheduling is only the beginning
Production scheduling is one of many operational decisions. ConstraintFlow extends the same constraint-aware optimization across the operation.
- Demand planning
- Inventory positioning
- Purchasing decisions
- Logistics coordination
- Operational prioritization
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