IFIS SpA acquired FILTRO and INFOPLAN from INFORMA to improve planning and production performance

June 01, 2022
IFIS SpA, Industria Filati Sintetici, the leader in the Italian market in the supply and processing of materials and components for the electromechanical industry, acquired FILTRO for roll slit optimisation and INFOPLAN for the production schedule.
IFIS SpA‘s production capacity is over 50.000 tons/year.
FILTRO minimises the production of scraps during the slitting of customer rolls from the jumbo roll and keeps control of the number of setups when setting the slitter. IFIS has chosen FILTRO and INFOPLAN since it is part of the Tangram integrated solution and is designed to integrate a third-party MES.
INFORMA developed TANGRAM, which was integrated with a new module from Informa, INFOMEX, to record production slitting as part of the process improvement. Slit cards are created from customers’ orders and sent to MES software that produces labels. The scheduler drives the planner to prepare the optimal production scenario considering the production time windows. Ongoing production is instantly displayed on a Gantt chart for problem detection and what-if analysis.
Special thanks to Mr Pasquale Capasso – CEO and owner at IFIS SpA, for sponsoring and pushing the purchase of INFOPLAN and FILTRO to implement TANGRAM in the Marcianise (CE) plant – Italy. Another mention to Mr Marco Ruggiero – Quality/ Production manager and Mr Massimo Alfieri – Production Planner at IFIS SpA, with whom Informa has collaborated since the beginning of the project and followed all implementation requirements, allowing a smooth and successful introduction of TANGRAM in IFIS Spa procedures.
About FILTRO
FILTRO is a combinatorial solver. The software considers the process and machine constraints and it is integrated with the Tangram Suite (Scheduling and M.E.S.)
Features
• minimization of trim and setup waste – Primary slitter
• multi-width optimization
• integration with warehouses
• cardboard core optimisation
About INFOPLAN
INFOPLAN is an Advanced Planning System. It can create finite capacity planning based on the business model. It can manage make-to-order or make-to-stock programming and aims to minimise the production of batches destined for the warehouse.
Features
• compliance with delivery dates
• quick response times
• efficient sequencing of products
• assignment to production machines
• greater flexibility (reduced planning time)
• possibility of carrying out a “WHAT IF” analyses
• grouping based on product classification
• quantity available and assigned
• evidence of delays
• minimum lots
• ability to reserve capacity for product-customer-period
• confirm orders
• integration with FILTRO
About INFORMA
Since 1986, INFORMA has been fully dedicated to studying and solving optimization problems in production planning, specifically for manufacturing and distribution companies.
INFORMA has become highly specialised in three areas:
• optimizing cutting of materials,
• scheduling the production planning to order confirmation,
• transportation planning, and truck/container loading for goods delivery.
About IFIS SpA – Industria Filati Sintetici
100 YEARS OF HISTORY: IFIS was born at the beginning of the century with the production of yarns and ropes in natural fibres; in 1973 the extrusion of polypropylene yarns began, following the natural evolution of the product and technology derived from the discovery and diffusion of plastic, such as replacement of natural fibres; in 1999 began the production of cast polypropylene film for food packaging.
50 YEARS OF EXTRUSION – 23 YEARS OF FILM PP