dr. Frans de Rooij AIMMS Sales Manager Europe Industrial AIMMS applications: Process optimization and production planning

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1 dr. Frans de Rooij AIMMS Sales Manager Europe Industrial AIMMS applications: Process optimization and production planning Optasoft Conference, Budapest, 18 November 2008 Copyright by Paragon Decision Technology BV Haarlem, The Netherlands Phone Fax No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means - electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise - without the permission of Paragon Decision Technology BV This document provides an outline of a presentation and is incomplete without the accompanying oral commentary and discussion. Agenda Bridging the gap AIMMS System Overview Industrial AIMMS Applications Demonstration: Production Planning Conclusions 1

2 Bridging the gap Data and systems in industry Rules (ILOG-Rules, Fair Isaac, ) Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects, Cognos, Hyperion, SAS, ) Optimization (OR) (AIMMS, AMPL, CPLEX, Dash, GAMS, MPL, ) Computation & Simulation (Mathematica, MATlab, Simul8, Vanguard, ) Statistics & Forecasting (Analytica, Palisade, SPSS, StatGraphics, Minitab, ) Collecting and managing quantitative data ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Infor, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, Unit4Agresso, ) Bridging the gap Applying Optimization is difficult Industry domain expert Optimization expert Industry & process knowledge Data Process controls Feasible solution Deployable IT application Optimization modeling knowledge Mathematical model Decision variables Optimal solution Concise model declaration 2

3 Bridging the gap The company behind AIMMS Mission: Enabling people to apply OR successfully AIMMS= Advanced Interactive Mathematical Modeling Software 1989: 2005: 2007: Company founded in Haarlem, The Netherlands by prof. Jan Bisschop (University of Twente) American office opened in Seattle, USA Asia-Pacific office opened in Singapore Agenda Bridging the gap AIMMS System Overview Industrial AIMMS Applications Demonstration: Production Planning Conclusions 3

4 AIMMS System Overview GUI CONSTRUCTION MODEL BUILDING SOLVERS AIMMS System Overview Model Building Model definition Object in tree structure Attribute form for each object AIMMS language Procedural execution 4

5 AIMMS System Overview GUI CONSTRUCTION MODEL BUILDING SOLVERS AIMMS System Overview Solvers Standard solvers included: XA for LP & MIP CONOPT for NLP AOA for MINLP Optional additional solvers: BARON, CPLEX, KNITRO, LGO, MINOS, MOSEK, PATH, SNOPT, XPRESS Advanced Algorithmic Capabilities Multi-start & pre-solve for NLP Column generation Benders Decomposition for SP 5

6 AIMMS System Overview GUI CONSTRUCTION MODEL BUILDING SOLVERS AIMMS System Overview GUI Construction User Pages and Templates Data-driven GUI objects 2D & 3D charts Pivot table Interactive Gantt chart Network flow object GIS link etc. Customizable menus (drop-down & right-click) 6

7 AIMMS System Overview External DLLs Fortran/C/C++ Databases ODBC/OLE DB XML / Excel AIMMS API / COM Object GUI CONSTRUCTION MODEL BUILDING Web Services SOLVERS AIMMS System Overview Data & IT Integration Data exchange: Text files Excel Interface ODBC, OLE DB, XML Different data cases can be compared side-by-side AIMMS models can be used as component in other IT applications Excel add-in COM object & AIMMS API Web Services 7

8 Agenda Bridging the gap AIMMS System Overview Industrial AIMMS Applications Demonstration: Production Planning Conclusions Solving Business Problems Application areas Business Production planning Transport scheduling Inventory management Crew assignment Process optimization Blending Communication network design Financial asset management Risk management Revenue management Market clearing Government Energy policy Defense Health care Water resource planning Forestry management Design and operation of urban emergency systems Criminal justice 8

9 Industrial AIMMS Applications AIMMS Users Industrial AIMMS Applications Shell Process optimization SHARC is used in more than 35 refineries. It has increased the FCCU annual margin by $2 3 million. Weijian Mo Senior Staff Technologist, Shell Global Solutions (US) 9

10 Industrial AIMMS Applications INEOS Simulation & Optimization The AIMMS modeling system has been used to redevelop the production planning and simulation tool DISPO that is essential in maintaining BP Köln s plant reliability and utilization at over 90%. Clemens Schwark INEOS (formerly BP Köln) Production Planning and Coordination Industrial AIMMS Applications Bayer Prototyping and Integration Source: INFORMS Practice Meeting Vancouver, April 30,

11 Industrial AIMMS Applications AIMMS Service Partners We have AIMMS Service Partners that can help customers with optimization applications in specific industries & countries Current AIMMS Service Partners: Ab Ovo (NL) Applied Optimization (USA) CQM (NL) GTS Systems & Cons. (D) Optasoft (HU) Outperform (NL/USA) UniSoma (Brazil) Agenda Bridging the gap AIMMS System Overview Industrial AIMMS Applications Demonstration: Production Planning Conclusions 11

12 Demonstration Production planning in FMCG Developed by AIMMS Service Partner: Implemented at clients in food processing industry, including: Baltic Beverages Holding (JV of Carlsberg + Scottish&Newcastle) Remia (Dutch producer of margarine and sauces) Planning of production and inventory, minimizing costs Two-stage production process (semi-finished products, packaging) Multiple locations (production and demand) Multiple periods (months, weeks, or even days) Demonstration Production planning in FMCG Factory Distribution Centres Customers 12

13 Demonstration Production planning in FMCG Agenda Bridging the gap AIMMS System Overview Industrial AIMMS Applications Demonstration: Production Planning Conclusions 13

14 Conclusions AIMMS enables optimization applications Industry domain expert Optimization expert Industry & process knowledge Data Process controls Feasible solution Deployable IT application Optimization modeling knowledge Mathematical model Decision variables Optimal solution Concise model declaration Integrated AIMMS applications Conclusions Finding out more Visit the AIMMS website for more information: Try AIMMS yourself Take a free CD (from the table at the back) Request a free 30-day trial license: Use the Tutorials and Examples to get started quickly Contact us for questions: support@aimms.com 14