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Odoo Experience 2019
MRP: Finite Capacity Planning and Scheduling with frePPLe
Ubicación: Aula Magna / Biéreau - 2/10/19 12:30 - 2/10/19 12:50 (Europe/Brussels) (20 minutos)
MRP: Finite Capacity Planning and Scheduling with frePPLe
Hicham Lahlou
Managing partner en frePPLe
Hicham Lahlou
Managing partner en frePPLe

A former supply chain consultant specialized in forecasting, spare part optimization, and material and capacity-constrained problems, Hicham Lahlou is now Managing Partner at frePPLe. FrePPLe is an open source supply chain planning SaaS designed to help supply chain planners, plant managers, and logistics directors deal with their manufacturing and distribution flows. The company was founded by Johan De Taeye out of the desire to help mid-sized companies grow with agility towards smooth production planning and sales forecast management.


For mid-sized manufacturing companies and scaleups, creating feasible material plans, capacity plans, and workforce schedules is a nightmare. At some point, it goes far beyond what an MRP system or Excel can do for you.  

Some may say that a human manufacturing planner outperforms planning tools due to the context when planning: many exceptions in an uncertain environment. They argue that too much complexity stands in the way of automation. They’re not entirely wrong, and yet…    

Our goal at frePPLe isn’t about achieving the ultimate, unflawed automation. It’s about making the planner’s life much easier so that he/she can focus on more than imports & exports. We’ve seen customers - who previously needed half a day to manually recompute a production plan - updating their estimates in minutes. This is precious time that they can invest in rebalancing stock excess, optimizing machine setups, etc. 

FrePPLe is a leading open-source finite capacity planning and scheduling application. It provides demand forecasting, inventory planning, and production planning capabilities. 

In this presentation we'll demonstrate the 2-way integration between frePPLe and Odoo, and focus on the value the combination Odoo+frePPLe brings to manufacturing companies.