Volatility & compression
customers expect shorter lead times and tighter promise dates—even as demand shifts weekly.
AI-Powered Manufacturing Software for Smarter Production
Plans That Actually Hold up in the Real World
Nexus adapts schedules in real time to disruptions—so you protect throughput and hit promise dates.
Higher mix, tighter capacity
More SKUs/variants and engineering
changes with the same (or fewer) planners and resources.
Digital expectations
leadership wants real-time visibility and controllable outcomes, not spreadsheets and heroics.
Why Schedules Break
Schedules are fragile
one delay triggers firefighting, expediting, and late orders.
Tribal knowledge
Drives decisions constraints live in people’s heads, not systems.
Low visibility
Limited real-time status from machines/operators → issues show uptoo late
Disconnect
Between ERP plans and shop-floor reality (materials, staffing, machinereadiness).
High planner workload
Too much manual rescheduling, chasing updates, andreconciling data.
Outcomes
Manufacturing teams using Nexus track improvements across delivery, efficiency, and operational stability
On-time delivery
Lead time reduction
Capacity utilization
Expedites
Schedule adherence
Reduced WIP
Planner productivity
Range Claims
10–30%
improvement (site-dependent)
20–30%
reduction where bottlenecks & variability are addressed
10–15%
improvement when schedule trust & execution signals are in place
Meet Nexus
Nexus is the operations intelligence layer for manufacturing connecting ERP plans to shop-floor execution and continuously optimizing schedules, resources, and outcomes.
Trusted schedules
Schedules that reflect real constraints—machines, people, materials, routings—and stay resilient to change.
Closed-loop execution
Operator and machine signals feed back into the system so plans adapt as reality changes on the floor.
KPI-driven orchestration
Leadership can steer decisions toward cost, delivery, and throughput objectives with transparent trade-offs.
What Nexus does differently
ERP/MES scheduling
- Snapshot planning with static assumptions
- Siloed logic
- Limited constraint modeling
Nexus
- constraint governance
- Real-time signals
- Rapid re-optimization
- Explainable changes
Core Capabilities
Nexus brings together scheduling intelligence, execution signals, and continuous improvement in one platform
Scheduling & rescheduling optimization
- Constraint-aware scheduling with machines, labor, and materials
- Rapid re-optimization when disruptions occur
- Multi-objective optimization (OTD, throughput, cost)
- What-if scenario planning and capacity analysis
Execution signal capture
- Operator updates on job status and blockers
- Optional machine status integration (OPC UA, SCADA)
- Material readiness signals
- Real-time progress tracking and dispatch
Insights, KPIs & bottleneck visibility
- Real-time KPI dashboards (OTD, throughput, adherence)
- Bottleneck identification and utilization analysis
- Schedule adherence tracking by work center
- Historical learning from actual cycle times
Master data & constraint governance
- Routing and operation sequence validation
- Labor skills and shift constraint modeling
- Tooling and fixture availability tracking
- Data completeness scorecards and alerts
How it Works
From data connection to continuous improvement in five steps
Connect data
Work orders, routings, resources, and constraints flow from your ERP and MES
Validate constraints
Data completeness checks and discrepancy alerts ensure schedule integrity
Optimize schedule
Multi-constraint optimization balances OTD, throughput, and resource utilization
Execute
Dispatch work with real-time operator updates and material readiness signals
Data Required to Start
✓ Minimum to start (MVP)
- Work orders (quantity, due date, priority)
- Routings / operation sequence with standard times
- Machine list with capability mapping
- Operator shifts and skills (if applicable)
- Material readiness signal (simple state is fine)
+ Nice to have
- Tooling constraints
- Downtime signals
- Historical actuals for learning
Implementation Timeline
30 days
Trusted schedule produced and published for the pilot area
60 days
Closed-loop execution & adherence tracking
90 days
KPI cadence measurable improvements & scale to more lines
Built for high-mix, high-variability manufacturing
Nexus is designed for job shops, engineer-to-order, and environments where schedules don't survive the shift. Primary users include planners, production supervisors, operations leaders, and plant managers.
Proven Results
Manufacturing teams see measurable improvements in capacity, efficiency, and operational stability
~29%
Capacity increase
in a discrete manufacturing deployment (site-specific).
Reduced
Operational impact
reduced planner workload and improved schedule stability through constraint-aware scheduling.
Faster
Adoption pattern
value increases quickly when master data & execution signals
are closed-loop.
Nexus Product Details
See how Nexus builds trusted schedules, connects execution, and improves
OTD and throughput—without replacing your ERP.