 |
| Saman Jayawardena, COO of ExcelSoft (at left) demonstrates Foresight, a cutting-edge performance optimized graphical production planning and scheduling tool to Joseph Thasan, CEO of Trend Setters. Foresight is designed specifically to optimise the use of resources in the apparel industry. The tool’s graphical display provides a progress update at a glance. |
Sri Lanka’s leading software solution company launches cutting edge planning and scheduling tool
ExcelSoft, Sri Lanka’s premier high performance enterprise solutions
software company recently announced the launch of Foresight - performance
optimized graphical production planning and scheduling tool, designed
specifically to maximize the usage of available, finite capacity and to improve
on time delivery in high volume production environments. Launched recently at
Trend Setters, a long standing ExcelSoft partner, the system has already
successfully enhanced production capabilities across the company’s production
line.
Explaining the core benefits and value addition provided by
Foresight, Saman Jayawardena, Chief Operating Officer of ExcelSoft explained,
“Foresight is the product of years of experience, evolution and technological
advancement. In industries where minimizing waste and maximizing efficiency and
production is the rule of the day, Foresight provides unparalleled control,
providing real time tracking and visual planning that allows even a single
planner to rapidly and effectively plan and schedule dynamically changing
production plans across multiple production sites with an absolute degree of
accuracy. Foresight is designed to be highly feature rich and most affordable
planning tool available to the apparel industry to date and is also designed to
allow planners to oversee production requirements with a high degree of
confidence and speed while effectively maximizing the use of available
capacity. The system also provides transparency, allowing for a more proactive
process.”
Designed to be both visually user friendly and provide a wide
and comprehensive view for planners, Foresight comes with an impressive list of
features, including intuitive visual board displays that allow real-time
tracking of production progress and the ability to track the status of specific
orders as well as multi product line and multi-location support, allowing even
a single planner to manage large volumes of orders across multiple locations
simultaneously and accurately. Foresight also includes comprehensive enterprise
dashboards that provide management with a graphical summary of production
planning information as well as improved information accuracy and communication
capabilities.
Explaining the end user benefits, Joys Chokatte, Director of
Trend Setters said, “Foresight has truly done wonders for our overall
production process in terms of increased efficiency, resource allocation and
productivity. The intuitive visual board displays allow us to follow the
progress of orders in real-time and foresee and plan accordingly for any issues. It also offers the option of managing many
locations and product lines simultaneously- simplifying our internal processes
and guaranteeing high degrees of efficiency and control. The ability to
integrate with TOPS ERP also allows us complete critical path management
throughout the process from order confirmation all the way through to packing
and finished goods management. For a company as widespread as Trend Setters,
the ability to provide real-time access to information through reports and the
dashboard allows everyone to be on the same page and make better informed
decisions. As always we are delighted with the solutions provided by ExcelSoft
and see great opportunities for the future.”
Tags
Sri Lanka Business