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Overview of Innovative SchedulingRavindra K. AhujaPresident, Innovative [email protected](352) 870-8401
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Innovative Scheduling Overview
We develop decision support systems for logistics and transportationcompanies.
Our core expertise: How to route goods over a transportation network at minimum cost while
meeting the desired service quality.
Our systems optimize the use of resources. They reduce operating costsand improve asset utilization.
We accomplish this by embedding latest optimization techniques in our systems and providing services to use these products. Cutting-edge optimization distinguishes us from other vendors. We bundle services with products to create value.
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Innovative Scheduling: Foundations
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The company has strong technical foundations. The company wasfounded 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.
The company conducts research in different areas of transportation andbrings the fruits of this research to practice.
The company team members include practitioners, consultants,researchers and programmers with background in: Transportation Optimization Computer Science
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A Highly Qualified Technical Team
President & CEO Ravindra K. Ahuja, Ph.D. (Operation Research)
Asst. Vice Presidents Krishna C. Jha, Ph.D. (OR)
Directors Research & Development Arvind Kumar, Ph.D. (OR) Wei Huang, Ph.D. (OR),
Artyom Nahapetyan, Ph.D. (OR)
Project Managers Sapon Tanachaiwiwat, Ph.D. (Computer Science)
Zongyu Zhang, M.S. (CS)
Senior Software Engineers Florin Rusu, Ph. D. (CS)
Heping Gao, Ph.D. (CS)
Arsen Javadyan, Ph. D. (CS)
Tigran Grigoryan, Ph.D. (CS)
Systems Engineers Mehmet Onal, Ph.D. (OR)
Rahul Razdan, M.S. (OR)
Vishnu Arcot, M.S. (OR)
Amit Agarwal, M.S. (OR)
Software Engineers Artak Koshtoyan, Ph.D. (CS)
Mihran Grigoryan, Ph.D. (CS)
Artur Muradyan, M.S. (CS)
Senior Consultants Prof. James B. Orin (MIT)
Prof. Cynthia Barnhart (MIT) Dr. Asok Chaudhuri (Heritage)
Dr. Bill Nulty (Scientific Logistics)
Mr. Deepak Mittal (Fidelity Invest.)
Mr. Ananth Raman (Tiny Matter)
Administration & Marketing
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Companys Focus
Most of the complex schedulingproblems arising in transportationand logistics are still unsolved.
We specialize in developing
applications for schedulingproblems arising in planning andreal-time operations.
Different modes of transportation: Railroads Trucking Airlines Shipping Lines Barge Lines Multi-modal Transportation
What o we o?
Build customdecisionsupportsystems
Provideconsultingservicesusing our products
Developsoftwareproducts,
license, andsupport them
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Our Expertise
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Our areas of expertise include:
D a t abas sSQL Server, Oracle, Access
Pr grammingC++, C#, Java, ASP.NET, .NET
Op t imiza t i n T chniqu sDe sk to p Applica t io ns
Access, Excel
We b-Mapping Applica t io nsESRI, .NET
We b-bas e d Applica t io ns.NET
In t e rfac e De ve lo pm e n tJava, .NET
Transp o r t a t io n & L o gis t icsRailroads, Trucking, Airlines, Barge Lines,Shipping Lines
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Our Approach to Optimization
We have found that optimization is hard to make it work in practice andmost companies do not use optimization techniques.
Real-life business processes are difficult to optimize. Lack of optimization techniques which model real-world well.
Lack of manpower expertise to use these techniques well. Constant changes to the business processes.
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.
In other words, we lease you a sophisticated plane and give youexperienced pilots. All you do is to ride the plane.
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Our Value Proposition
We treat each client as unique and special. We approach each projectindividually to meet your specific needs and requirements and are flexiblein how we form our business relationship with you.
We are guided by three core principles in our business relationship with
you: Minimize your risk
Maximize the return on your investment
Create quick value for you to garner management support
We guarantee a minimum return of 500% on your investment on us. That is, for every $1 you give us, wewill guarantee a minimum of $5 reduction in your measurable operational costs.
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Rapid Development Environment
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We have a large collection of models, algorithms, optimization and simulationengines that have been developed for diverse applications. We can developalgorithms to solve your complex optimization problems quickly.
We have a platform to package our algorithms into web-based decisionsupport systems in a rapid development mode.
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Consulting Services
We also offer consulting services to companies to improve their operationsand service, reduce operating costs, increase asset utilization, and optimizenetwork efficiency.
Sample consulting services:
Update service design plans to reduce operating costs Assess the impact of network changes on costs
Impact of operational policies on cost and service quality
Impact of different fleet mixes on the fleet cost
Calculate the return-on-investment (ROI) for large infrastructure projects
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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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