Production scheduling at Mega Alimentos
Aleph5 built and implemented a production scheduling model for Mega Alimentos that represents its business process and accounts for the practices and constraints that matter in its operation.
- Client
- Mega Alimentos (Mexico)
- Industry
- Food and beverage
- Service
- Production scheduling
- Approach
- Custom model, not an off-the-shelf box
- Testimonial
- Antonio Treviño
Who they are
Mega Alimentos is a Mexican food and beverage company whose production operation involves multiple processes, variables, and constraints that must be coordinated every day.
The challenge
Scheduling production meant faithfully representing the business process: its variables, its constraints, and the practices the operation considers important. A generic solution was not enough for that.
The challenge was not only technical but economic: off-the-shelf market solutions end up requiring fine-tuning that becomes problematic, and expensive.
The solution
Aleph5 built and implemented a custom production scheduling model that represents Mega Alimentos' business process and accounts for its practices and constraints.
The support during the creation of the solution was part of the value: it was not about delivering what was asked and walking away, but a long-term relationship in which using the tool itself surfaces new ideas to integrate, in a continuous process of innovation.
Results
The way they produce changed at its root: the company stopped spending effort on work that added nothing and focused on what creates value.
“The analysis and the way we produce has changed radically. Today the company focuses on things that add value, thanks to tools like the one Aleph5's people have provided, working side by side and closely following what is needed.”
Why Aleph5
Mega Alimentos compares the custom solution with packaged market alternatives: besides being more affordable, it avoids the problematic fine-tuning of closed boxes and leaves the door open to integrating more capabilities in the future.
“Aleph5 implemented a model for us that is easy to use and lets us visualize the impact of every change on production.”
Testimonial
Antonio Treviño's testimonial about the production scheduling model developed and implemented for Mega Alimentos:
Questions about this case
What did Aleph5 build for Mega Alimentos?
A custom production scheduling model that represents its business process and accounts for its variables, constraints, and operational practices.
Why a custom model instead of an off-the-shelf solution?
According to the testimonial, packaged solutions require fine-tuning that becomes problematic; the custom model proved more affordable and allows new capabilities to be integrated over time.
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