Proplanner Tips and Tricks: Rethinking Process Authoring With A Fresh Look at Virtual Build 

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In the fast-paced world of manufacturing, it’s easy to overlook powerful tools hiding in plain sight. That’s why we’re taking a moment to reintroduce you to some of the most useful—but often underused—features of the Virtual Build module in Assembly Planner.  If you’ve ever found yourself toggling between CAD files, BOMs, and libraries—or waiting on … Continued

Discover the Missing Link to Digital Work Instructions

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Did you know that 20.6% of manufacturing plants cited insufficient labor or labor skills as a key constraint?   These constraints can cause downtime, delays, and missed deadlines. However, the right I4.0 technology can help you streamline processes, reduce errors, and improve workforce efficiency. Webinar Topics:  The importance of digital work instructions and two-way change communication. … Continued

The Benefits of Proplanner

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Key Topics: Eliminate the need for excel with digital time study capabilities that save you time. Optimize production and minimize bottlenecks with superior line balancing tools. Increase quality with synchronized, up-to-date work instructions.

Proplanner: Process Planning Expertise at Your Fingertips

Change is inevitable. Whether it’s a new administration taking office or rapid advancements in technology around the globe, change can have a major impact on an organization. However, embracing new technologies can help companies’ future proof their businesses against any changes that come.

Discover how Proplanner can bridge the gap between your current PLM, MES, and ERP system, providing the missing link for driving process planning excellence and operational efficiency. From comprehensive change management and synchronized work instructions to improved time studies, line balancing, and controls, our solution can digitally transform your business.

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Into the Unknown: Prepare for Unforeseen Changes and Drive Efficiency with Manufacturing’s Missing Link

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Change is inevitable.

This absolute truth might sound scary, but it can also be an opportunity. If organizations take proactive approaches and prepare for the inevitable changes on the horizon, they can reap incredible business benefits. But how do you prepare for the unknown?
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Purpose-Built for Complex Mixed Model Assembly

With Proplanner, improve efficiency, traceability, scalability, and accuracy. 

  • Expedite your process planning with predefined workflows – eliminating the need for Excel 
  • Centralize your production data and seamlessly translate data from the planning environment to the production environment 
  • Streamline your change management with synchronized work instructions 
  • Increase flexibility and speed-to-value with built-in APIs 

PLM, ERP, and MES systems are well suited for defining WHAT, WHEN, and WHERE products will be manufactured. Proplanner helps you determine the HOW by providing workflows that glue together the components of production. And because Proplanner is often complementary to other PLM/MES/ERP systems, you to create a fully integrated system using your existing solutions.

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Increase Quality with Synchronized, Up-to-Date Work Instructions

Are you tired of constant rework and downtime due to inaccurate, static work instructions?  

Proplanner can auto-generate standardized, up-to-date visual work instructions for every model and option configuration in seconds – eliminating guesswork and minimizing rework. And with the ability to easily embed work instructions into your MES system, you can automatically apply changes in seconds.   

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Improve Efficiency with Superior Line Balancing

Are you struggling with excess capacity, bottlenecks, and frequent downtime?

Proplanner’s line balancing module can quickly balance and visualize thousands of tasks, hundreds of models and options, and countless customer orders. This purpose-built solution can also satisfy the largest number of hard and soft constraints including Precedence, Resources, Workzones, Grouping, Ergonomics, Inspection, and Product Orientation.

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Save Time with Advanced Time Study Capabilities

Are you still using excel to complete your time studies? Are you tired of time wasted on a manual process prone to errors?  

Proplanner enables you to easily conduct observed and calculated time studies – both live and video based – to support lean manufacturing. Our advanced capabilities make it easy to complete, access, and update time studies, as needed.  

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Proplanner Training by Advantive

Explore the many training options available for Proplanner users of all levels.

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Access Proplanner Expertise Anytime, Anywhere

At Advantive, our team of Proplanner experts is committed to providing comprehensive support, offering various tools to inform, train, and educate you about our solutions and the challenges they address. From live phone and web support to onsite training, we ensure that you have access to the resources you need. Our website hosts reference and training documents, informative videos, and essential files, enabling easy access to information about our industries and partners, product support, system requirements, and licensing details.

At Advantive, our goal is to help your users quickly learn how to navigate Proplanner efficiently to maximize benefits. We cater to groups of varying sizes, offering both on-site and web-based training solutions. Collaborating closely with your team, we determine the optimal training strategy specific to your needs. Our approach is hands-on and efficiency-driven, designed to conserve your time and reduce rework, accelerating the production of tangible results.

To foster an interactive learning community, Proplanner has also launched a dedicated forum. This platform enables users to ask questions, join discussions, and share ideas, facilitating peer-to-peer learning and collaboration.

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Proplanner’s educational resources are aimed at helping users make the most out of these powerful software tools, ultimately improving productivity and optimizing manufacturing processes. Structured to provide both free and premium support to universities, these resources are ideal for learning how to maximize the benefits of Proplanner’s software suite to improve productivity and efficiency.

  • Free Subscription
    The free subscription equips universities with software licenses for Flow Planner, Workplace Planner, and ProTime Estimation. However, it’s important to note that these programs require users to have access to AutoCAD licenses, as AutoCAD Lite is not supported. Proplanner’s free resources also extend to technical setup and support, including educational blog entries and YouTube tutorials.
  • Paid Subscription
    For universities needing a more immersive training experience, Proplanner offers a paid subscription that includes everything in the free package along with 5 hours per academic year of access to their technical support team. This service includes installation assistance, Q&A sessions, and personalized demos. It also incorporates a range of custom webinars for classes, support for senior design team CAPSTONE projects, and 1-on-1 webinars for lab assistants, graduate students, and professors.
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