AI-powered production scheduling for high‑mix, low‑volume manufacturers
When production changes, your plan keeps up.
Keep production schedules, material requirements, and inventory aligned as demand and shop-floor conditions change.
Keep production moving as priorities change.
Orders & delivery commitments
Start with your Excel files for orders, routings, a bill of materials, and equipment.
Build the schedule
Build a finite-capacity schedule that accounts for materials, fixtures, and machine time.
Materials, fixtures, machines and shifts, checked before any work is released.
See when each order will finish and how much time remains before its safety date.
Respond to change
SAW-01 reports 240 of 300 parts completed. Coperon adds a make-up cut and shifts only the steps that follow.
A rush order arrives. Coperon fits it in and shows which order slips.
The mill-turn stops for 4 hours. Coperon shows which orders are affected.
Release work orders
Each machine gets its next jobs with start and end times.
Different products. The same scheduling challenges.
Coperon is built for manufacturers managing many orders, small batches, and frequent changes on the factory floor.
Implementation discussions
- Automotive components
- Packaging
Also a fit
- Aerospace
- CNC shops
- Metal fabrication
- Robotics
- Industrial machinery
- Electronics assembly
A first plan in 1 hour. Pilot results in 1 week.
Customer orders.xlsx
Process routing.xlsx
BOM.xlsx
Equipment ledger.xlsx
1. WIP inventory days
2. Finished goods inventory days
Orders on time6 of 6
Highest load5-axis mill, 98%
Tightest deliveryORD-001, 4 h ahead
Short count from the floorMake-up run
Rush orderFitted in
Machine downtimeWork moved
Changeover time12% to 8% of machine time
Capacity1 more shift a week
Days of inventory on hand45 to 30 days
CNC lathe runs SHAFT-A100 6% slower than its routingRate updated
42CrMo4 bar takes 9 days to arrive, not 7Lead time updated
The SHAFT to PISTON changeover takes 70 minutesChangeover updated
Common questions from manufacturers.
What kinds of manufacturers is Coperon built for?
Coperon helps contract and make-to-order manufacturers schedule machines, fixtures, and shifts to meet customer due dates. We’re discussing implementation with manufacturers of automotive components and packaging. It also fits aerospace, CNC shops, metal fabrication, robotics, industrial machinery, and electronics assembly.
What data do we need to start scheduling?
Start with four Excel files you may already have: customer orders, process routings, a bill of materials, and an equipment ledger. Shift schedules, holidays, supplier lead times, and current stock help refine the plan.
How does Coperon help manage materials?
Coperon’s AI agent checks that purchase orders are placed early enough for materials to arrive before production. It then tracks each order, follows up with suppliers by email, and monitors shipments until the materials arrive.
How does Coperon calculate delivery dates?
Coperon calculates delivery dates from a schedule that accounts for material and logistics lead times, delivery risk, production time, the availability of machines, jigs, and fixtures, shifts, working calendars, holidays, and each order’s priority, due date, and safety date.
What happens when a rush order, breakdown, or delay changes the plan?
Your current plan stays in place until you choose a revised version. Coperon proposes changes only to work that needs to move, shows what changed, and keeps both versions side by side.
Can planners adjust the AI-generated schedule?
Yes. When you move a job to another time or machine, Coperon checks whether the machine, jigs, and fixtures are available. If you choose to proceed despite a conflict, Coperon proposes a new plan around your change.
See it on your own orders.
Or email yuleiw@coperon.ai