Supply chains run on activities: production, repairs, maintenance, order fulfillment. The real challenge isn’t knowing what needs to be done — it’s prioritizing and sequencing those activities in the right order, with the right resources, at the right time.
Lokad’s Planning & Scheduling Optimization module turns this complexity into an opportunity. Powered by stochastic optimization, it ensures every scheduling decision supports efficiency, resilience, and profitability — from long-term planning to last-minute adjustments.
Key concepts to success
Why traditional scheduling falls short
Conventional approaches to planning and scheduling are limited by:
- Rigid timetables → Fail to adapt when demand or resources shift unexpectedly.
- Local optimization → Optimize one workstation or team at the expense of the whole network.
- Manual firefighting → Relies on planners constantly reshuffling priorities, wasting valuable time.
Every scheduling decision is a trade-off. Push one job forward, and another slips back. Allocate resources here, and you create a shortage there. Without a financial and probabilistic lens, most plans collapse at the first disruption.
The Lokad approach: Dynamic, financially optimized scheduling
Lokad replaces static planning with real-time, network-wide optimization:
- Dynamic sequencing → Continuously adapts plans as conditions evolve.
- Large-scale scheduling → Handles thousands of activities, resources, and constraints simultaneously.
- On-the-fly adjustments → Supports quick reallocation when disruptions occur.
- Financial prioritization → Ensures the most valuable activities are executed first, balancing cost, risk, and opportunity.
Tailored to your industry
Lokad adapts planning and scheduling optimization to diverse operational realities:
- Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) → Keep repairs on track by adapting schedules dynamically to reflect part availability and workforce constraints.
- Logistics & Distribution → Prioritize activities to reduce bottlenecks, optimize throughput, and meet service levels.
- Manufacturing → Sequence production to maximize throughput, respect capacity constraints, and deliver on time.
What Lokad Delivers
- Daily scheduling recommendations that adapt to shifting demand and resource constraints.
- Financially justified plans that maximize efficiency and asset utilization.
- Live projections to anticipate bottlenecks and disruptions before they occur.
- AI-powered dashboards to monitor activity sequencing and performance in real time.
From static timetables to dynamic orchestration
With Lokad, planning and scheduling stop being a rigid exercise in guesswork. They become dynamic, explainable, financially optimized decisions — ensuring your operations stay efficient, flexible, and resilient. Ready to keep your supply chain activities on track, no matter what? Let’s talk.
