Production planning and scheduling for foundries
Scheduling of moulding, pouring, cores and finishing against the real capacity of lines, furnaces and flasks.
Scheduling a foundry means juggling constraints that a generic MRP does not understand: moulding-line and flask capacity, alloy availability in the furnaces, core lead times, heat treatment and subcontracted operations. Too often the result is a whiteboard or a spreadsheet rebuilt by hand every morning.
The Fond/Wise planning module starts from customer orders and each casting’s technical data to build a realistic plan that the production office can review and re-run in minutes when a priority changes.
Key features
Master schedule (MPS) and requirements (MRP/MRP II)
From customer orders to moulding, core, alloy and material requirements, checked against available capacity.
Grouping by alloy and heat
The production manager filters the plan by alloy and plate type and moves dates easily, reducing changeovers and making the most of every heat.
Two planning levels
Weekly and long-term plan with work-centre loads (gross kg, maximum flasks per day); daily schedule with pattern occupation on the line, alloys and temperatures.
Real-time progress
Shop-floor production reporting, including from tablets and smartphones, with continuous plan-versus-actual comparison.
Subcontracted operations
Outsourced heat treatment, shot blasting and machining tracked with expected return dates.
Frequently asked questions
Does Fond/Wise replace my production manager?
No. The system proposes a plan consistent with capacity and constraints; decisions stay with the production office, which can change priorities and confirm the schedule.
Do operators need a PC on the shop floor?
Not necessarily. Fond/Wise also runs on tablets and smartphones and can receive data from barcode readers and field systems.
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Learn more →Technical data, patterns & dies
One technical master for castings, patterns, cores, dies and tooling, linked to production, quality and costing.
Learn more →Orders, price lists, warehouse & logistics
Orders and deliveries, split price lists, purchasing, warehouse, subcontracting, shipping and invoicing.
Learn more →Want to see Fond/Wise running on your foundry’s data?
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