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Category: Transportation & manufacturing

Several companies in the manufacturing and transportation industries prefer using Analytica for quantitative modeling. Key benefits are visual represented in models and allows for upper management to easily understand the logic around recommended changes for enhanced transparency. The representation of uncertainties with Monte Carlo simulation provides experienced analysts with a new modeling tool. Below are a few noteworthy examples.

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07/08/2024 | Case studies, Energy & power, Environment & climate, Lumina consulting projects, Optimization & solvers, Transportation & manufacturing

EV charging: win-win for utilities & ratepayers?

Will rapid adoption of electric vehicles stress the electric grid? Learn about a utility model that could reduce rates and increase utility earnings.

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06/16/2023 | Case studies, Portfolio management, Risk & uncertainty, Transportation & manufacturing

Exploring the future of the automobile

Can alternative technologies such as biofuels, natural gas, electric vehicles, or hydrogen fuel cells reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependency on oil?

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06/29/2022 | Blogs, Energy & power, Environment & climate, Transportation & manufacturing

Is it time to switch to an electric vehicle?

Can you save money by switching to an EV? How do various vehicles compare in terms of total cost of ownership?

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09/03/2013 | Blogs, Decision analysis & multi-criteria, Environment & climate, Transportation & manufacturing

Green decision analysis in manufacturing

At one time, manufacturing relied totally on deterministic decision analysis. Neither the PC nor Monte Carlo methods had been invented, but manufacturing decision processes were …

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06/16/2023 | Business & finance, Case studies, Portfolio management, Spreadsheet conversions, Transportation & manufacturing

Auto maker saves $250M on warranty costs

A major US auto maker used Analytica to identify drivers to skyrocketing costs to service warranties, resulting in major savings.

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11/28/2013 | Blogs, Transportation & manufacturing

Predictive analytics & oil price fluctuations

What’s in a barrel of crude oil? For starters, its price affects global economies. The Asian Financial Crisis that started in 1997 had international investors put a lid on funding…

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08/30/2013 | Blogs, Business & finance, Decision analysis & multi-criteria, Transportation & manufacturing

Decision analysis tools: outsourcing vs insourcing

Conventional business wisdom is currently that any non-core competence in an organization should be outsourced to an external supplier that is specialized in that competence…

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03/29/2012 | Blogs, Decision analysis & multi-criteria, Risk & uncertainty, Transportation & manufacturing

How a 1979 MG taught me to love risk analysis

At the tender age of 17 I sold my soul to a 1979 MG Midget. Or, at least I sold my body into indentured servitude to it.

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