... Petronas’ supply chain is a complex web, stretching from refineries to depots across Malaysia, and it comes with its challenges. At the refinery level, production can encounter difficulties, such as delays or unexpected shifts that disrupt the entire schedule. Then there’s the oil and gas logistics: vessels moving products often encounter problems, especially with multi-drop routes where they stop at one depot and then another, all while demand swings unpredictably. This makes managing inventory a real challenge. Planning ...
Shipyard Capacity Analysis
... production and potential new work. Developed over a four year period, the LSMSe includes: A simulation model of the entire shipyard modeled in AnyLogic Software utilities to define facilities, processes, schedules, labor, and products Links to product design, scheduling, and business systems software Optimization software to control parallel scenario analysis over networked computers Implementation of the LSMSe has reduced NASSCO’s recurring analysis labor costs by 75% compared to the former spreadsheet ...
Manufacturing Decision Support for New Pharma Facility
... served as a decision-support tool to assess capital and operational investments, identify constraints, and optimize layout and scheduling. Results: Over 200 business scenarios were evaluated to support design-phase decision-making. ... ... The GSK Parma Facility is a biopharmaceutical manufacturing site in Italy that specializes in bringing new products to market for the science-led global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline and other third parties. In 2020, management ...
Optimizing Rail Operations of a Container Port
... 40% of all NSW (New South Wales) household goods are imported through Port Botany. It contributes $13.6bn to NSW Gross State Product and supports about 52,000 jobs in the Sydney region. GHD is a global professional services company that provides ... ... increase anticipated port rail throughput. Additionally, Port Botany needed to resolve some challenges with an inflexible rail schedule and inefficient rail operations. There were also some constraints in the infrastructure. Port Botany already had ...
Oil production maintenance planning at Argentina’s largest company
YPF is the largest oil producer in Argentina. It has 43% of the oil and gas production market and 58% of the gasoline market in the country. They hired consultants from Continente Siete to develop a decision support system (DSS) for determining work schedules. The new maintenance planning system helped YPF save $18 million annually at the pilot implementation site. Forecasts suggest, the integration of the DSS with the work processes of other sites should save the company another $234 million per ...