operations planningWe employ digital twins of ships, terminals, cargo and routes in nonlinear constrained optimization scenarios - to engineer cost-efficient logistics.
Our service "Eco-Trips" is a decision support application for container line operators. Heart of Eco-Trips is an origin-destination transport model which accounts for vessel & terminal characteristics, cost and time-lines. It delivers cost optimal rotation schedules and cargo-routing - giving operations planning increasing leeway to improve cost efficiency.
The model draws on database descriptions of vessel performance, capacity (TEU, DWT, reefer power) and terminal productivity. It incorporates an extensive network of ports, tracks and canals including cost and access constraints. For given cargo volumes, Eco-Trips "simulates" the production process employing specific vessels, allowing for a comprehensive cost, quality and feasibility analysis. This makes Eco-Trips a key-application for operations management: it helps to understand the mechanisms behind least-cost solutions and it supports "what-if" approaches by providing answers to complex scenarios - fast, cost-efficient, reliable and transparent.
