Today we are talking to Erwin Paes, the CTO at Optessa. And we discuss the intricacies of planning and scheduling in manufacturing, how Optessa’s greatest strength is their people, and the near future of automated car manufacturing facilities.

All of this, right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

Check them out now at Optessa.com!

About Erwin:

Erwin has over 20 years of experience in designing, developing and implementing resource allocation, planning and scheduling solutions for the manufacturing industry. He has carried out significant research and development in the fields of Operations Research and Artificial Intelligence particularly in the use of Linear Programming, Constraint Programming and Search Heuristics for real world problems. Erwin holds an M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay), Mumbai, India.

About Optessa:

Optessa Inc. is a leader in intelligent planning, sequencing and scheduling optimization software with successful implementations among top tier global manufacturers. Companies using Optessa products have made significant reductions in manufacturing costs by enabling lean and flexible operations without adding resources.

Optessa products have wide applicability in industries as diverse as auto OEMs, suppliers, power equipment, electronics, semiconductor, mills, batch process industries such as food and beverage and paints and in the shipping and logistics area. Optessa offers deployment flexibility and can be installed at a single line / plant area / entire plant / multiple plants. Optessa’s solutions include:

• Planning
• Scheduling
• Sequencing
• Real-Time Optimization for Rapid Response

Optessa’s solutions are designed to meet key business objectives of customers. Optessa’s configuration capability enables the modelling of most real-world problems out of the box to provide optimal, complete solutions. We are unique in our ability to define a wide range of problems across industries without the need for custom code and in our ability to solve problems rapidly considering the entire solution space. The resulting high-quality solutions form the foundation for reliable supply chain management.