Industry
Confectionery
Where SKU complexity + tight changeover windows + thin margins meet.
Confectionery production runs hundreds of SKUs through a handful of lines with substantial changeover penalties. The combinatorial space is too large for spreadsheets and too constrained for off-the-shelf APS. KPT mathematically models the variables, finds sequences and load-balance decisions a planner would miss, and integrates with your existing SAP / MES setup -- no customization required.
How KPT helps
A decision-support layer for confectionery planners.
Confectionery is a discrete-batch industry with continuous-process DNA: hundreds of finished SKUs, dozens of raw materials, multiple production lines, and changeover penalties that compound across the week. KPT's optimizer attacks the planning surface from three directions at once:
- Sequence each line's batches to minimize aggregate changeover.
- Balance load across lines when multiple can run an order.
- Surface the OEE losses worth recovering, ranked by dollars.
All recommendations flow through a planner-approval UI. No write-back to SAP / MES happens without explicit human sign-off. Shadow-run trust gates A/B-test every variable for 30 days before promotion.
Specific outcomes KPT delivers
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Scheduling for Production Lines
Up to 12% reduction in changeover loss across the planning horizon.
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Changeover-Sequence Minimizer
Order SKU transitions to minimize aggregate setup loss.
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Multi-Line Load Balancer
When an order can run on multiple lines, pick the one minimizing total cost-to-serve.
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OEE Loss Decomposer
Auto-attribute every minute of OEE loss to a recoverable-dollars cause.
Where to start
A 2-week PoC on a single line, with full read-only deployment + a planner-approved-only write path. Currently deployed at Perfetti Van Melle's Lainate plant on 3 production lines.
Confectionery PoC
2 weeks to a live PoC.
One production line. One measurable KPI. A 2-week assessment, a shadow-run validation, and measured impact in dollars. That's how PVM started — and it's how every confectionery engagement starts.