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Model
Define your manufacturing environment.
Resources · calendars · routes · changeovers
- Resources
- 12
- Machines
- 24
- Calendars
- 3
- Changeovers
- Enabled
MAG OptiAISchedAIProduction SchedulingBeta
Production Scheduling Platform for Better Manufacturing Decisions
Turn real production requirements into optimized schedules through a guided decision workflow—without building optimization models yourself.
Model your operation, optimize under real constraints, understand the results, test alternatives, and compare scenarios before deciding.
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Built for manufacturing teams
Cloud-based platform
No Operations Research team required
Guided beta onboarding
The production scheduling challenge
When Production Changes, Yesterday’s Schedule Stops Working.
Production schedules become difficult to manage when jobs compete for limited resources, priorities shift, and real-world constraints interact. A change in one place can create delays, idle capacity, or new bottlenecks somewhere else.
Challenge 01 / 06
Manual Scheduling Takes Too Much Time
Building and updating complex schedules manually takes hours of planning time.
As jobs, machines, priorities, and constraints increase, spreadsheets and manual adjustments become harder to manage—and every change can mean more rework.
Impact
Slower decisions, more rework, and valuable time lost.
The challenge isn’t simply creating a schedule.
It’s knowing which production plan makes the best use of your constraints, capacity, and priorities.
Why MAG OptiAI
A Smarter Way to Plan Production
MAG OptiAI Production is cloud-based production scheduling software and an optimization platform, accessed through the MAG OptiAI Pro Console.
Cloud-Based Pro Console
Sign in through your browser and manage your production scheduling workflow in one secure, cloud-based workspace—anytime, anywhere.
Optimization Built In
MAG OptiAI builds and solves the optimization model behind the scenes—no Operations Research team or optimization coding required.
AI-Assisted Decisions
Use AI to help configure the problem, understand results, test What-If changes, and compare alternatives with confidence.
You know the production.
MAG OptiAI handles the optimization.
You provide the information about your operations—resources, orders, priorities, constraints, and goals. MAG OptiAI takes care of the optimization, analyzes the options, and delivers schedules and insights to help you make better decisions.
Process
How We Work
From production data to a better scheduling decision.
MAG OptiAI guides your team from describing the operation to testing alternatives and choosing a production plan.
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Prepare
Add production orders and requirements.
Orders · due dates · quantities · priorities
Job 1
Job 2
Job 3
Job 4
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Configure
Choose priorities and settings.
Objectives · solver · runtime · planning horizon
- Objective
- Minimize tardiness
- Runtime
- 60 seconds
- Horizon
- 8 weeks
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Optimize
MAG OptiAI builds and solves the schedule.
A solver-backed plan for your constraints
Solved
- Model built
- Constraints checked
- Results ready
05
Understand
Review KPIs, bottlenecks, and results.
Makespan · tardiness · utilization · timeline
- On-time rate
- 92%
- Tardiness
- 18 h
- Utilization
- 85%
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What-If
Test a supported change and re-optimize.
Explore alternatives to your baseline plan
Order priorityNormal → High
Re-optimize the alternative
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Compare & Decide
Compare alternatives and choose a plan.
Review the trade-offs before committing
| Scenario | On-time | Tardiness | Makespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base plan | 92% | 18 h | 5.2 d |
| Scenario A | 95% | 15 h | 5.4 d |
| Scenario B | 95% | 13 h | 4.8 d |
Compare timing and delivery trade-offs before selecting a plan.
Core capabilities
What Production Scheduling Can Do for Your Organization
Schedule around real constraints, use AI to understand the results, test What-If changes, and compare plans before you decide.
Schedule Around Real Constraints
Jobs, machines, due dates, release times, setup times, maintenance windows and more.
Work with Different Production Setups
Single machine, parallel machines, flow shop, job shop, open shop, and flexible environments.
Plan Maintenance & Changeovers
Include planned downtime and sequence-dependent setups or changeover time.
Smarter schedules.
Better decisions.
See Bottlenecks & Workload
Understand utilization, tardiness, makespan and where resource pressure is building.
Compare Plans Side by Side
Compare scenarios using KPIs, assignments, utilization and timing impact.
Check Before You Run
Validate that the schedule structure and constraints are ready before optimization.
Get Help from AI
Use AI to help configure the scheduling problem and explain the results.
Test What-If Scenarios
Test supported changes to order timing, priorities, operation durations, or solver settings, and re-optimize.
Schedule Around Real Constraints
Jobs, machines, due dates, release times, setup times, maintenance windows and more.
Work with Different Production Setups
Single machine, parallel machines, flow shop, job shop, open shop, and flexible environments.
Plan Maintenance & Changeovers
Include planned downtime and sequence-dependent setups or changeover time.
Get Help from AI
Use AI to help configure the scheduling problem and explain the results.
See Bottlenecks & Workload
Understand utilization, tardiness, makespan and where resource pressure is building.
Compare Plans Side by Side
Compare scenarios using KPIs, assignments, utilization and timing impact.
Check Before You Run
Validate that the schedule structure and constraints are ready before optimization.
Test What-If Scenarios
Test supported changes to order timing, priorities, operation durations, or solver settings, and re-optimize.
All in one place.
Everything you need for informed scheduling decisions.
Production example
See MAG OptiAI Production in Action
Explore a flexible job shop scheduling example using MAG OptiAI’s guided optimization workflow.
Flexible job shop · Sample data
Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Example
See how MAG OptiAI turns a complex scheduling problem into an optimized plan that can be understood, tested, and compared.
Who it’s for
Is MAG OptiAI Production a Good Fit for Your Team?
The Production Beta is designed for manufacturing teams managing multiple jobs, shared resources, changing priorities, and scheduling constraints that are difficult to balance manually.
A strong fit if you:
- Schedule multiple jobs across machines or production resources.
- Deal with due dates, priorities, setups, changeovers, maintenance, or changing availability.
- Frequently need to revise the production schedule.
- Need to compare different scheduling choices before committing.
- Can provide real or anonymized production data for the evaluation.
Teams we expect to work with
Production / Operations Managers
Responsible for delivery, capacity, priorities, and the overall production plan.
Production Planners / Schedulers
Build, adjust, and optimize production schedules day to day.
Owners / General Managers
Especially in small to mid-size companies where you are close to daily operations.
Production environments we’re exploring
- High-mix / low-volume job shops
- Custom manufacturing and fabrication
- Selected food production environments
Not every production environment will fit the current beta.We’ll review your scheduling requirements before onboarding to make sure the problem matches the capabilities being tested.
The Production Scheduling Beta
Real Problem. Real Evaluation. Real Impact.
You bring the challenge, we bring the platform, AI, and support.
You get
Production Beta Access
Use the Production scheduling platform during the beta evaluation, with higher limits than the standard 14-day Free Trial.
Guided Onboarding
We help you get started with your profile and first scenario.
Support on Your Real Problem
Work with your real or anonymized production data.
Direct Beta Support
Reach our team if you run into a setup, data, or workflow issue.
AI Insights & What-If
Optimize, get AI insights, test supported What-If scenarios, and compare alternatives.
We ask from you
A Real Scheduling Problem
We want to test the product against an actual operational challenge.
Usable Production Data
Real or anonymized data that represents the problem being tested.
Practical Feedback
Tell us what was clear, what was difficult, what was missing, and what we can improve.
A Genuine Evaluation
We want to know whether you would use MAG OptiAI again.
Real Problem
Real Evaluation
Better scheduling decisions.
A real-world evaluation with your operation.
Bring your scheduling problem and real or anonymized data. We’ll review the fit and help you get started.
Production Scheduling Beta
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about the Production Beta.
Is MAG OptiAI Production cloud-based?
Yes. MAG OptiAI Production is a cloud-based platform. Access it through your browser—no installation or local infrastructure required.
Do I need Operations Research expertise?
No. MAG OptiAI is built for manufacturing teams. We guide you through the setup, analysis, and interpretation—no OR team required.
What data do I need to participate?
You’ll need basic production data related to the scheduling problem you want to evaluate. We’ll share the exact requirements after reviewing your application.
How is my data handled and protected?
Your data is handled under MAG OptiAI’s published privacy and data-processing policies. Service providers support hosting, authentication, and supported AI processing. Review those policies before submitting confidential data.
Read our Privacy PolicyCan I use anonymized production data?
Yes. Anonymized or de-identified data is welcome and often recommended. We’ll help you preserve the scheduling information needed for the evaluation.
How is the Production Beta different from the Free Trial?
The Free Trial is a 14-day self-serve experience with lower limits. The Production Beta provides higher limits, guided onboarding, and direct support to evaluate a real scheduling problem. Access and AI usage remain subject to the approved allowances.
See usage limitsWho is a good fit for the Production Beta?
Manufacturing companies with a real scheduling challenge and the data to evaluate it. We review each application to ensure we’re a good match.
Is there a cost to participate?
No. Participation in the Production Beta is free. There’s no payment required during the approved beta evaluation.
What happens after I apply?
Our team will review your application. If approved, we’ll contact you about your beta evaluation and onboarding.
How to request beta accessStill have a question?
We’re here to help with your production scheduling evaluation.
Ready to get started?
Ready to Test MAG OptiAI Production on Your Scheduling Problem?
Tell us about your production environment and scheduling challenge. We’ll review your application and confirm whether the current Production Beta is a good fit for your team.
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