FROM TACTICAL PLANNING TO OPERATIONAL CONTROL - BRIDGING THE CHASM

Abstract

All organisations plan, and all organisations suffer from the disruptions that occur when plans are put into practice. Few organisations manage to balance operational control with planning to as to maintain both efficiency and flexibility to deal with the unexpected. This project addresses this requirement for the transportation and logistics industries. The results discovered within the project will enable the industrial partner, CTI, to develop solutions for major companies worldwide. The technology will be used to build further optimisation products. Moreover the project will extend Australia's lead in constraint programming and expertise in optimisation. This creates a major opportunity ..