SST Production Planning

Smart Steel Technologies (SST) is an industry leader in high-performance scheduling / production planning software.

SST's comprehensive planning software combines and harmonizes complex production routes while targeting multiple complex KPIs and considering mill specific constraints. SST accompanies steel manufacturers from the integration of the software to the complete achievement of the optimization goals with a high service level.

SST covers a wide range of production planning use cases in the steel industry. From short-term scheduling, over mid-term planning and long product scheduling to material allocation.

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The SST Short-Term Scheduler is the all-in-one production planning software for flat product steel mills. It facilitates the automatic creation of optimized casting, rolling and combined schedules to maximize efficiency of scheduling.

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The SST Material Allocator is a software module that facilitates reallocating material in stock which missed the original orders and thus reducing stock.

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The SST Heat Pacer is a software which ensures that all stages - melting, secondary metallurgy, casting, cooling, and rolling - are aligned to maintain smooth operations.

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The SST Long Product Scheduler is the scheduling software for long product steel mills. It covers forecasting, creation of rolling and casting schedules as well as optimized creation of cut patterns.

The SST Mid-Term Planner is a comprehensive software that supports resource management, forecasting and decision making.

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Exemplary production routes using SST Scheduling include the following:

EAF Steelmaking + Thin-Slab Casting And Rolling

Reduce transition losses caused by grade, width, and thickness changes.

BOF Steelmaking + Slab Caster + Hot Strip Mill

Maximize energy efficiency by tight synchronization of casting and rolling schedules.

BOF Steelmaking + Multiple Casters And Rolling Mills

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Reliable automated scheduling in the context of high complexity and high throughput.