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Automate the planning
Jako took over most of the planning tasks, the routine work that filled the planners' days.
A traditional printing company couldn't hire planners fast enough, and planning became the bottleneck on the floor. Jako automated most of the planning work.
A printing floor only moves as fast as its plan. This company struggled to hire new planners, and the planners they had couldn't keep up.
Planning became the bottleneck: orders waited on the plan, not on the presses.
Jako took over most of the planning tasks, the routine work that filled the planners' days.
The planners the company already has got their time back for the decisions that need them.
With planning no longer holding the floor back, more orders move through to fulfillment.
With the bottlenecks open, the company fulfills more of its orders, increasing throughput by 10%.
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