Innovative Scheduling Overview
Innovative Scheduling Overview
Innovative Scheduling Overview
Ravindra K. Ahuja
President, Innovative Scheduling
ravi@InnovativeScheduling.com
(352) 870-8401
Innovative Scheduling Overview
We develop decision support systems for logistics and transportation
companies.
Our systems optimize the use of resources. They reduce operating costs
and improve asset utilization.
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Innovative Scheduling: Foundations
The company has strong technical foundations. The company was
founded by Dr. Ravindra K. Ahuja in 2000, an established academician:
– Professor of Industrial Eng. at University of Florida since 1998.
– Teaching and research at MIT, Cambridge for 12 years.
– Coauthor of three books and numerous research papers and book chapters.
– Has received coveted prizes for research in optimization.
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A Highly Qualified Technical Team
❖ President & CEO ❖ Systems Engineers
– Ravindra K. Ahuja, Ph.D. (Operation Research) – Mehmet Onal, Ph.D. (OR)
– Rahul Razdan, M.S. (OR)
❖ Asst. Vice Presidents – Vishnu Arcot, M.S. (OR)
– Krishna C. Jha, Ph.D. (OR) – Amit Agarwal, M.S. (OR)
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Our Expertise
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Standard Features of Our Systems
Cutting-edge optimization
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Our Approach to Optimization
We have found that optimization is hard to make it work in practice and
most companies do not use optimization techniques.
Our approach:
– Provide the best optimization techniques.
– Provide the expertise to use these techniques.
– Improve techniques and adapt them to meet the changing business needs.
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Our Value Proposition
We treat each client as unique and special. We approach each project
individually to meet your specific needs and requirements and are flexible
in how we form our business relationship with you.
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Rapid Development Environment
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Our Products
We have developed several software products to solve complex
railroad planning and scheduling problems. These products are in
use at several Class I railroads.
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Consulting Services
We also offer consulting services to companies to improve their operations
and service, reduce operating costs, increase asset utilization, and optimize
network efficiency.
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Selected Projects
❖ CSX Transportation
– Optimize operating plans
– Optimize locomotive operations
❖ BNSF Railway
– Optimize blocking and train scheduling costs
❖ Norfolk Southern
– Optimize blocking costs
Pacer
– Empty container distribution system
United Airlines
– Fleet assignment models
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Selected Projects (contd.)
❖ Large Package Delivery Company
– Network planning system prototype
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