IBM ILOG Optimization Industry Applications

Whether the problem is large or small, straightforward or complex, optimization supports decision-making across a wide range of industries.

Firms in the following industries use optimization software to solve business problems ranging from long-term planning to real-time scheduling and rescheduling.

Applications in a range of industries:

• Manufacturing
• Transportation
• Health care
• Advertising
• Telecommunications
• Financial services
• Energy and utilities
• Marketing and sales
• Cross-industry applications

Manufacturing

• Production planning and sourcing

• Order fulfillment and promising

• Supply chain management

• Detailed production scheduling (discrete, process, semiconductor)

• Inventory and warehouse network design

• Capacity planning

• Procurement management

Transportation

• Network design

• Transportation mode and container size selection

• Crew and driver scheduling

• Container and truck loading

• Transportation procurement

• Vehicle routing and scheduling

• Yield and revenue management

• Gate/dock assignment

• Traffic planning and rescheduling

• Harbor and port management

Health care

• Hospital staff scheduling

• Patient procedure scheduling

• Radiation exposure calculations

Advertising

• Advertising scheduling

• Ad revenue maximization

Telecommunications

• Network design

• Network management

• Satellite operations

Financial services

• Portfolio optimization

• Fund rebalancing

• In-kinding

• Loan configuration/online lending

• Block trading

• Trade crossing

• Loan pooling

• Collection recovery

Energy and utilities

• Electric power generation/unit commitment

• Power, natural gas and water distribution

• Oil and gas production

• Water resource management

• Hydroelectric power valuation

• Package bidding auctions

Marketing and sales

• Campaign optimization

• Price optimization

• Product configuration/recommendation

• Retail display

• Collections and recovery

Cross-industry applications

• Marketing Campaign optimization

• Price optimization and yield management

• Product configuration/recommendation

• Retail display

• Collections and recovery

• Workforce planning and scheduling

• Maintenance planning and scheduling

• Inventory planning and scheduling

• Route planning and scheduling

• Event/class scheduling

• Portfolio management

• Capital budgeting and rationing

• Cash management

• Package bidding auctions