Optimization User Group in April 2024

Community Manager

2 years ago

Join us in San Diego, CA, USA on April 15 2024, for the Optimization User Group event!

In this half-day event, we will share customer success stories and show the power and value that mathematical optimization generates in practice. From Solver features to what-if scenario analysis, and state-of-the-art modeling of business problems – we’ve got you covered. Data Science and Operations Research professionals, whether you are a developer or a leader - anyone interested in developing optimization tools or seeing them in action is welcome to attend. You will learn about features in Xpress Solver and Xpress Insight such as:

NEW augmented Solver APIs
Custom Progress Reporting
VDL Actions

This unique opportunity will allow you to engage with FICO’s optimization experts as well as network with users and partners of FICO Xpress Solver and FICO Xpress Insight. In addition to the product presentations, the key focus of this user group is on presentations given by our users. We are delighted to announce the following confirmed presentations:

“Scheduling the vehicle post-process activity for Toyota Motor Europe “
Maxime Dufour from Artelys SA
“Solving Supply Chain Problems with FICO Xpress Optimization”
Andreas Andersson – Optilon
“FICO Decision Award winner in the ESG category: PSR”
Raphael Chabar - PSR
“Otimix powered by Xpress Insight”
Andre Ribeiro & Ulisses Assis from Linear Softwares Matematicos
“Crew Optimization at Southwest Airlines using FICO Xpress”
Rusty Burlingame - Southwest Airlines

The breadth of applications and the various uses of FICO Xpress Optimization suite will ensure a diverse program with topics across industry sectors. A great opportunity to exchange and learn from each other. See the agenda:

8:00 – 9:00	Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30	Welcome to Optimization User Group Oliver Bastert - FICO
9:30 – 10:00	Crew Optimization at Southwest Airlines using FICO Xpress Rusty Burlingame – Southwest Airlines
10:00 – 10:30	Augmented Solver APIs Dinakar Gade - FICO
10:30 – 10:45	Morning Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:15	Solving Supply Chain Problems with FICO Xpress Optimization Andreas Andersson - Optilon
11:15 – 11:45	Power of VDL Actions Joc O’ Connor - FICO
11:45 – 12:15	Addressing the challenges of the optimal large-scale planning under uncertainty of energy systems under the global framework of the energy transition Raphael Chabar & Luiz Carlos da Costa - PSR
12:15 – 1:15	Networking Lunch
1:15 – 1:45	Otimix powered by Xpress Insight Andre Ribeiro & Ulisses Assis from Linear Softwares Matematicos
1:45 – 2:15	Custom Progress Reporting in Xpress Insight Jens Schulz - FICO
2:15 – 2:45	Scheduling the vehicle post process activity for Toyota Motor Europe Maxime Dufour from Artelys SA
2:45 – 3:15	Afternoon Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:00	Product Highlights & FICO Xpress Roadmap Oliver Bastert - FICO

The user group will be hosted as a pre-conference event of FICO World! Surely, you don’t want to miss that event – but if you cannot make it all three days, it is possible to attend only the user group free of charge. Click here to register, and at the end of the registration process, you will get the option to register for the pre-conference event of choice.

Abstracts

“Scheduling the vehicle post process activity for Toyota Motor Europe “
Maxime Dufour from Artelys SA

Artelys is an independent company specializing in optimization, modeling, and decision -support providing operational decision-making platforms in several sectors including energy and transportation. In this session, we will present the application developed for Toyota Motor Europe (TME) dedicated to the scheduling of vehicle post- process activity over all TME distribution hubs. This application leverages Xpress Kalis and Xpress Mosel to optimize tens of thousands of operations on thousands of cars every day.

“Solving Supply Chain Problems with FICO Xpress Optimization”
Andreas Andersson – Optilon

“FICO Decision Award winner in the ESG category: PSR”
Raphael Chabar – PSR

“Otimix powered by Xpress Insight”
Andre Ribeiro & Ulisses Assis from Linear Softwares Matematicos

Over the past 25 years, Linear has refined Otimix, a decision system for production planning and supply chain optimization powered by Xpress Solver. In this session, the most recent developments will be showcased, including three masks premiered by Sigma Alimentos (Formulation, Procurement, and Inventory Optimization) as well as a new mask developed for Network Design, all based on Xpress Solver and Xpress Insight.

“Crew Optimization at Southwest Airlines using FICO Xpress”
Rusty Burlingame - Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines operates over 4000 flights per day, with a fleet of over 800 737s. Carrying over 130 million passengers a year, using over 10,000 pilots and almost 20,000 flight attendants requires a complex crew plan to operate. Creating a plan from a flight schedule to individual crew assignments takes several steps. Southwest Airlines Crew Planning and Scheduling uses different optimization applications to solve each step. The processes present different optimization challenges. Some involve huge problems where we have lots of time to get the very best solution. Some require solving thousands of small problems in a short amount of time in a consistent way. We use several different Xpress algorithms due to their performance on specific problems. The challenges of operating efficiently while maintaining a high quality of life for crew members play into each of these processes.