Phoenix APS
Phoenix APS helps planners build feasible production schedules across machines, people and equipment while accounting for calendars, setups, dependencies and materials. It enforces capacity limits for machines, lines and human skills, and supports parallel, alternative and sequential operation routings. A single plan can schedule machines, operators and equipment together. The software handles closures, working-time variations, finish-to-start dependencies with configurable lags, and bill-of-material availability under specified consumption laws. Planners can change assignments and rules to see the impact; infeasible jobs can be parked with reasons and retried using targeted relaxations. The interface includes a Gantt timeline, an operations table with filters and a what-if solver. HTTP JSON endpoints let ERP or MES systems send master data and retrieve dated plans. The maker describes its approach as heuristic and rule-based, focused on fast, explainable feasible plans; optimization modules are on the roadmap. The free Windows beta is for temporary evaluation only, not production use.
Who it is for
Phoenix APS suits planners evaluating finite-capacity scheduling for machines, labor and equipment. Its beta should not be used for production, safety-critical or regulated deployments.
What is good
- Schedules machines, operators and equipment in one plan.
- Models capacity limits for machines, lines and human skills.
- Checks material availability against listed consumption laws.
- ERP and MES systems can exchange data through HTTP JSON endpoints.
- Free Windows beta installer is publicly available.
What to know first
- Temporary evaluation license does not permit production use.
- Optimization modules are on the roadmap.
- Maker advises against safety-critical or regulated beta deployment.
- Multi-site scheduling is not supported.
Verdict
Phoenix APS offers detailed finite-capacity planning with what-if tools and ERP or MES connectivity. Its free beta is suitable for evaluation, but the temporary license rules out production use.
Phoenix APS plans and pricing
All plansCompared on manufacturing scheduling software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Material constraints
- Yes
- Scenario planning
- Yes
- Multi-site scheduling
- No
