Case Study: Owens Corning achieves rapid, standardized production scheduling with Aspen Technology's Aspen Plant Scheduler

Owens Corning Standardizes on Aspen Plant Scheduler™ and Receives Rapid Deployment Results

Owens Corning, a global manufacturer of insulation, roofing and fiberglass composites, needed to replace legacy scheduling tools across its roofing and insulation businesses and address distinct challenges like product sequencing, minimizing trim waste, and long-run scheduling. To meet those goals they selected Aspen Technology and its Aspen Plant Scheduler to provide a standardized, low‑risk scheduling solution.

Aspen Technology implemented Aspen Plant Scheduler in a phased rollout, configuring common and site‑specific constraints and adding capabilities (ABC scheduling and a manufacturing wheel) where needed. The vendor’s out‑of‑the‑box functionality modeled about 90% of requirements and enabled rapid deployments—14 roofing plants in 12 weeks and 12 insulation plants in 8 weeks—resulting in feasible schedules created in minutes, better inventory visibility, fewer changeovers, and faster, analytics‑driven decision making.

Owens Corning

Bill Rose

Supply Chain Leader