Schedule Optimization Software

Overview

CLEVOR Schedule Optimizers build a schedule that optimizes a given business objective such as total cost. These software tools use a patent-pending intelligent systems-based high performance optimization engine. They enable the users to use scheduling to gain a significant competitive advantage. CLEVOR Schedule Optimizers yield a compelling return on investment through significant savings and improved customer service. They also enable better management of resources and enable companies to focus on their method improvement efforts.

CLEVOR Schedule Optimizers are designed to be user-friendly and make the job of the human schedulers much more effective and valuable. Rescheduling to take into account new situations or to consider new options becomes much easier and effective.

Benefits

Provides significant competitive advantage
Substantially reduces costs
Provides a compelling return on investment
Improves customer service
Facilitates closer estimates of costs and the ability to bid better
Enables better management of resources
Enables focus on better methods

Features

The schedule built by CLEVOR is “feasible.” It takes into account ALL the engineering constraints, resource capacity constraints and calendar constraints.
The schedule built by CLEVOR can be implemented without further modifications and can be updated regularly.
It optimizes for a given business objective, such as minimization of total cost.
The schedule provides global optimization over the whole planning horizon and all the resources involved.
“Total cost objective” includes ALL costs.
The schedule takes into account alternative resources and available quantities.
It is easy to use. There is no need to improve the schedule using “drag and drop” capability.
The optimizer can handle large schedules.
It is a full solution including software, training and implementation assistance.
An audit trail is provided so that the users can assure themselves that the optimized schedule is correct.

Results

Based on the tests conducted by us and by our customers, we have obtained the following results:

There were cost savings of 6% to 30% of the variable costs when compared to the schedules built using the “forward scheduling rule.”
Cost savings as a percent of the variable costs increased as the size and complexity of the projects increased.
Users of the optimizer were able to focus on the method improvement activities which have yielded further cost reductions.
The schedule optimizer enabled better strategic decisions.

Industries which will benefit the most:

Construction companies including home builders, general contractors, electrical contractors, mechanical contractors, instrumentation contractors, IT contractors…
Professional services companies including accounting firms, advertising companies, management consulting companies, software companies…
Manufacturers including discrete manufacturers, batch process manufacturers, high tech manufacturers, maintenance departments…

Contact Clevor Technologies Inc. to find out how Clevor Schedule Optimizers can help you become more competitive by reducing cost, increasing profits and improving customer service.