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Here below are
the Top 10 most important reasons that differentiates
Preactor from its competitors and why it is the
ideal advanced planning and scheduling solution
for your company:
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1-
Preactor is a stable, proven product, constantly
evolving
Preactor is not new to this market... The Preactor
product family of software have been commercially
available since 1993, were implemented in more than
23 countries, 1000 companies of all sizes under
5000 licenses. Preactor reinvest yearly a minimum
of 30% of its revenues in R&D and constantly sets
new standards for product innovation in the field.
A new major version is released every year. In the
upcoming release, many new innovations are being
introduced amongst which the SCS module (Supply-Chain-Server)
allowing the establishment of collaborative environments
between several sites, suppliers, sub-contractors
and customers.
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2- Many versions
are available for different needs
Preactor offers a complete product family of upward-compatible
scheduling solutions, from simple scheduling needs
to complex multi-sites supply-chain environments.
As you can migrate at any time to a higher version
and be credited for 100% of your initial software
license investment, you only have to pay for your
immediate needs and your initial investment is always
therefore protected. Click on the photo to your
right to learn the differences between each versions.
Once the photo is maximized, position your cursor
on it and click on the logo appearing at the bottom
right to improve viewing quality.
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3- Ease of use -
Intuitive user-interface
Preactor is very easy to use for the planner. Most
of the functions used on a day-to-day basis are
regrouped under one screen. Numerous icons, visual
aids, configurable screen formats and search criterias
are used to accelerate processing of tasks.
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4- Very complete
Training mode and Help
Each Preactor version includes a very detailed help
system where one can search on any feature related
to Preactor's operation, customization and even
scheduling concepts. Furthermore a training mode
will give the planner a virtual guide to validate
his knowledge of the system.
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5- Preactor is available
in different languages
Since Preactor is deployed and supported worldwide,
it is no surprise that the application is available
and supported in multiple languages such as English,
French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese to name a few.
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6- Preactor can simulate
different scenarios and compare them for effectiveness
It is possible to "test" several usual scenarios
encountered in a typical day. For example, one might
want to verify the impact of adding a new RUSH order
in production prior to confirming delivery to the
customer. Similarly, we could compare an initial
plan with its actual status (before and after a
vacation period for some key employees for instance).
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7- Extensive KPI
(Key Performance Indicators) and Reporting
Preactor contains several standard global and resource
specific KPI as well as many reports. In addition,
a built-in report writer can be used to add new
reports or modify existing ones. Data exporting
features as well as savings of results in HTML and
EXCEL formats are supported.
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8- Interfacing with
ERP, MES & other systems
Preactor adapts to your business and not the opposite.
As such 2 techniques can be used to interface Preactor
with external systems. The first one uses an import
/ export wizard and ASCII files. The second one,
available from P200 and up, consist in using Preactor
ACTIVE-X librairies to develop a link that directly
interconnects Preactor to any ODBC-compliant data
source. By using the same principle, BAPI-type compliant
interfaces can also be developed. Furthermore, a
growing number of well-known ERP systems already
have standard links with Preactor.
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9- Customize Preactor
to fit your environment without changing "core"
programs
Preactor is the most flexible scheduling software
available on the market today. It has been developed
with the assumption that most projects will require
a certain level of customization and that to modify
the core programs is not an option. Whether simply
some different data views, or a new functionality
linked to a database is required, Preactor answers
the call. In order to accomplish this, the designers
of Preactor removed the menus and databases logic
from the core programs to incorporate them into
control files. This, combined with a series of interpreted
commands once read when Preactor loads, allow a
high level of flexibility. It is also possible to
develop custom processing functions using Visual-Basic
and Preactor ACTIVE-X librairies, and incorporate
them seamlessly in the application. Within Preactor
APS module, a feature (OPB: Open Planning Board)
allow user-defined development of complex scheduling
rules. This is used when all existing standard rules
do not fully meet the customer requirements. This
solid architecture explains how the same product,
without changes to the core programs, can be used
in such a variety of sectors and can support all
production processes and methods. Standard configuration
templates exists for most industries and can be
reused to minimize consulting in the configuration
process. In many cases, no additional configuration
will be necessary.
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10- Best price/performance
ratio of the APS industry
Preactor is the price/performance leader in every
market it has a presence in. Thanks to the open
architecture and the ease of customization, most
projects only require a couple of weeks of consulting.
Furthermore, since the client is not dependent on
his sofware provider or VAR for configuration, it
is not uncommon for companies who can count on multidisciplinary
MIS teams, to undergo a Preactor project without
outisde assistance, except for the initial training.
This lead to very fast ROI usually met in a couple
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