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To provide you with an insight into AIMMS usage, we have created a list of case studies (articles, fact sheets, product overviews etc.) about solutions that are in fact AIMMS applications, or make use of AIMMS components. Most case studies are written by our customers or other external parties for publication in magazines, papers or the internet:

 

Ab Ovo - The Netherlands, AIMMS Service Partner 

* Check out the Ab Ovo Partner Page for a detailed list of reference cases.



Applied Optimization - United States, AIMMS Service Partner 

* Check out the Applied Optimization Partner Page for a detailed list of reference cases. 



Areva Transmission & Distribution (formerly an Alstom Corporation)

Areva Transmission & Distribution (formerly an Alstom Corporation) produces the world-leading e-terra™ range of energy management and energy market software for energy networks along with MiCOM® substation automation equipment and related network protection and control.

 

Fixed Transmission Right Auction Software System (FTR)

- Alstom EAI's on-time implementation of the FTR Auction system provided PJM's transmission customers with an efficient method to manage their FTR portfolios   

 

Scheduling, Pricing And Dispatch System (SPD)

- The advantage to ISO New England: Fully integrated system in record time

- The advantage to Transpower New Zealand: system operational in three months 

 Ineos (formerly known as BP Köln)

Based in Worringen near Cologne (Köln, Germany), Ineos Köln is Ineos´s largest petrochemical site worldwide. Ineos is a key raw materials supplier to the chemical industry. The main base product is naphtha, a by-product from oil refineries.

DISPO

- Ineos achieves over 90% Plant Utilization (as opent in een nieuw venster PDF

CentER

CentER is an internationally acclaimed research institute in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Established in 1988, CentER has evolved into a broad-based research institute spanning every field of economics and business administration. In addition, CentER offers outstanding graduate programs in economics and management. 

Demand & Capacity Planning

-  CentER develops decision support tool for Nokia’s planning process of supply, demand and capacity (as opent in een nieuw venster PDF, Dutch only)

 

CentER & ARN -  LPG tank recycling

- Redesign recycling system LPG-tanks

CQM - The Netherlands, AIMMS Service Partner

* Check out the CQM Partner Page for a detailed list of reference cases. 

Deloitte & SITA

Deloitte, with approximately 120,000 people in nearly 150 countries, delivers audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services worldwide. Regarding Supply Chain Management, Deloitte has the philosophy that supply chain issues should not be addressed separately but from the perspective of the whole value chain. 

SITA is specialist and market leader in Europe, Asia and South America in waste management. In the Netherlands, SITA serves about 80,000 companies, and 100 municipalities with a total of 1.8 million inhabitants. 

 

SITA:  Waste Management

SITA lowers transport and processing costs of waste management through mathematical optimization   

Energy research Center of the Netherlands (ECN)

Energy research Centre of the Netherlands ECN is an independent market oriented organisation for the research, development, consultancy and knowledge transfer in the field of energy and related areas. ECN is the leading institute for energy research in the Netherlands and carries out basic and applied research in the fields of fossil fuels, renewable energy sources, policy studies, environmental aspects of energy supply and the development and application of new materials. It develops and markets technologies and products for safe, efficient and environmental friendly power generation.  

Equilibrium Model for Northwest Europe (COMPETES)

- Modeling Strategic Generator Behavior with Conjectured Transmission Price Responses in a Mixed Transmission Pricing System I: Formulation

- Modeling Strategic Generator Behavior with Conjectured Transmission Price Responses in a Mixed Transmission Pricing System II: Application 

- CO2 Price Dynamics: The Implication of EU Emission Trading on the Price of Electricity

ADMIRE-REBUS

- ECN uses AIMMS to model the European market for renewable electricity

Horoz Lojistik

Horoz Logistics is a provider of integrated services with a turnover of 300 million USD in Turkey. Horoz operates in the areas of air & ocean freight forwarding, international overland trucking, domestic distribution, and warehousing (multi-user and dedicated). Horoz seeks to combine several of these services with IT solutions/integration.

 

Minimizing costs for distribution of fertilizers

- Optimization of nationwide fertilizer distribution network with AIMMS: annual savings
US$ 400,000

Innovative Management Concepts

IMC concentrates on using state-of-the-art systems engineering methods to understand our customer's business processes. To ensure that IMC is a leader in helping organizations develop sound requirements and integrate new information technologies into their processes, they have become experts at process and workflow modeling, web site development, web-database integration, and portal development. Hence, IMC is both a Systems Engineering Company and an IT Solutions Company.

Joint Resource Allocation Model (JRAM)

- Modernization Analysis Support Method implemented in the Joint Resource Allocation Model 

KLICT– Chain networks, Clusters, and Information & Communication Technology

KLICT stimulates the development and application of knowledge in the area of chain and network science. Within this process, it serves as a broker and a ‘liaison office’ between the business world, research institutes, social organizations, and the authorities.

First and foremost, KLICT focuses on the supermarket industry and the food industry; agribusiness; the transport, distribution, logistics sector; the ICT sector; the packing materials industry; and business services. In the future, it plans to broaden out to include other industrial sectors.

Lobus++ NetChain simulation game

- KLICT Project review: ‘The netchain game’ - Trading, trust and logistics in a real-time business network

- The game that adds value to supply chain collaboration  (as opent in een nieuw venster PDF

Merck & Co

Merck & Co., Inc. is a global, research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891, Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines in over twenty therapeutic categories. The company also devotes extensive efforts to increasing access to medicines through far-reaching programs that not only donate Merck medicines but help deliver them to the people who need them.

R&D portfolio and resource management problem

- AIMMS helps Merck to maximize the throughput value of its R&D pipeline and associated resources (as opent in een nieuw venster PDF)

Ontario Ministry of Resources 

The Forests Division of the Ontario Ministry of Resources is committed to sustainable forest management - healthy forests providing balanced environmental, social and economic benefits now and for the future. Ontario is a recognized world leader in its forest and forest fire management programs and practices. Sustainable forest management is critical to a dynamic provincial economy.

Strategic Forestry Management Model (SFMM)

- SFMM Overview,

- 'James M. Kitz Award' for SFMM developer 

 OptaSoft, AIMMS Service Partner

  * Check out the OptaSoft Partner Page for a detailed list of reference cases

Outperform -  The Netherlands & United States, AIMMS Service Partner 

* Check out the Outperform Partner Page for a detailed list of reference cases.

Petrobras -  Brazil 

The Operations Research and Information Technology team of Petrobras services applications using best of breed technologies, in order to provide fast, reliable and intuitive decision support.

Multi-annual offshore gas planning to maximize Oil & Gas exploitation - Movigas

Planners can now navigate through the gas network, generate an optimal plan and identify bottlenecks

Shell Global Solutions International

Shell Global Solutions provides business and operational consultancy, technical services, and research and development expertise to the energy industry world-wide. Our aim is to help our customers raise their business performance. Combining leading-edge technology with extensive operating experience, we provide innovative, yet practical solutions, designed to add maximum value to our customer's operations. We sit at the interface between technology and business and understand the kind of challenges that our customers in industry face.

Multi-Period Multi-Product Model (MPMP)

- Fast payback from blending optimization in South Africa,

- Refinery reaps benefits of new decision support tool

Production and Revenue Optimization Model (PRO)

- Optimization of operations pays off in Australia. User-friendly tool models entire gas supply chain 

 

Gas Capacity Planning Optimizer (GCPO)

- Stepping on the gas - Gas capacity planning optimizer speeds plans to meet market demand 

 

Shell Advanced and Rigorous Cat Cracking Model (SHARC)

- Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) process modelling and development in Shell 

 

Global Manufacturing and logistics Optimisation System (GMOS)

- Decision support tool GMOS yields major advantages for the petrochemicals industry

Modeling and optimise the supply chains  

 

Supporting supply chain planning and scheduling decisions in the oil and chemical industry

- Mathematical modeling in AIMMS yields substantial benefits not only in economic terms but also in an improved understanding of the interactions between the various components of the business



UniSoma Matemática para Produtividade - Brazil, AIMMS Service Partner

* Check out the UniSoma Partner Page for a detailed list of reference cases.

University of the Philippines 

 

Interactive Decision Support Systems (IDSS):

- A set of samples of Interactive Decision Support System (IDSS) for River Pollution Control, Controlling Pollution in Cement Manufacturing, Fleet Routing and Multi-Commodity Distribution in a Network, and Optimal Planning Strategy Determination

- opent in een nieuw venster Metaheuristics for Large-Scale Fleet Routing for Multiple Products Distribution in a Network

 Customer Quotes  “Overall, AIMMS helps Merck maximize the value throughput of the pipeline and rationalize and optimize resource allocation to support this strategy. ”
Lifei Cheng, Merck & Co, Pennsylvania, USA - Associate Manager CPM

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