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Agribusiness

PIPA – Integrated Poultry Production Planning
Between 1992 and 1995, Sadia saved US$ 50 million, due to the implantation of PIPA System in its slaughterhouses. This original and pioneer implantation of Operations Research and Scientific Management methodologies in the poultry field was highlighted at the Franz Edelman Award for Management Science Achievement in 1995.
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PLAMES/In+S Deployment - Integrated Swine Processing and Industrial Plant Planning
Between 2001 and 2003, UniSoma developed and deployed at Sadia a series of decision support tools, which resulted in the PLAMES/In+S solution for monthly integrated swine processing and industrial plant production planning.
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Optimized Production Control and Scheduling
Between February 2002 and April 2003, UniSoma developed and deployed for Sadia, at the Toledo plant, a series of decision support tools, used for optimized control and production scheduling.
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Dyfor - Dynamic Feed Formulation
In mid 2001 the Dyfor system was deployed at Sadia for optimized feed production planning at all of its plants.
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Integrated Animal Planning at Aurora Alimentos
This system, deployed in December 2008, is composed of a set of planning modules developed for Aurora Alimentos, comprising the poultry, swine, industrialized and dairy chains, and feed formulation.
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Optimal Chicken Project
This project involved, in a period from November 2003 to December 2004, the deployment of PIPA system modules in several chicken slaughterhouses at Perdigão S.A.
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Paulista Alimentos – PLAMES/F Deployment
In September 2007, UniSoma completed the deployment of PLAMES/F, at Paulista Alimentos, to support scenario analysis for optimized production and sales planning.
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Cement

Strategic Planning Optimizer for Votorantim Cimentos
This system was developed in AIMMS for Votorantim Cimentos® Directors in Strategic Planning. The objective is to evaluate investment initiatives, over a long term horizon (20 to 30 years).
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Energy

SCCPD - Load Curve and Demand Forecasting System
Between 2001 and 2002, UniSoma developed a system to collect and store information regarding the active and reactive load curves at substations, transformers and large CPFL consumers.
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Load Curve Estimation for Distribution Transformers through Micro Regional Typologies
In August 2005, UniSoma delivered to CPFL the Load Curve Estimation for Distribution Transformers through Micro Regional Typologies module, developed in AIMMS© software. This module is the heart of the system proposed by the R&D project 129-04, which aims to guarantee a complete environment for transformer load curves collection, storing, processing and analysis.
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Intermediate Product Characteristics Forecasting
Conducted in 2004, this project involved generating, via neural networks, prediction models for refinery intermediate product characteristics, using process control variables and crude oil mixture compositions.
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Manufacturing

PLANCORTE – Cutting Plan Optimization
UniSoma developed, for Wirex Cable, a cable cutting plan optimization system for minimizing losses and maximizing service level.
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Pharmaceutical

FURP – Master Production Plan
This prototype, developed in AIMMS in the beginning of 2002, supports the automatic generation of integrated and optimized master production plans for pharmaceutical drug lines at FURP – Fundação para o Remédio Popular (freely translated as Popular Pharmaceutical Drug Foundation).
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Pulp and Paper

PAMDO – Optimized Density for Wood Supply Planning
Developed and implemented in 2004, PAMDO is a planning support tool for wood supply at the pulp mill in Barra do Riacho – ES belonging to Aracruz Celulose S.A.
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Cenibra - Central Logistics Center
The Central Logistics Project, developed by UniSoma in 2005, is based on ABASEM, Scheduling Software developed in AIMMS for wood transportation planning.
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CALCON – Optimized Scheduling for Paper Roll Cuts
Between 1986 and 1992, UniSoma conceived, developed and deployed different versions of CALCON System, for optimized scheduling of paper roll cuts, in various national paper industries, with loss reductions of up to 50%.
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PLANFLOR – Long Term Forest Planning
PLANFLOR is a decision support system developed for the Forest Planning Department at Votorantim Celulose e Papel (VCP). Developed in AIMMS language, the system is based on a Mixed Integer Programming large scale model, for optimized forest planning.
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Steel Production

Operations Strategy for maneuvering slabs in slabyards for HSM at AMT
For this study, UniSoma and Franco Arbeit Engineering developed a computer simulation model based on object and process oriented techniques.
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Tactical and Strategic Optimizer of the Supply Chain
Based on Mixed Integer Programming and integrated with SAP APO® (SNP® module), a model was developed to optimize the Tactical and Strategic Supply Chain Plan at AMT.
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Ábaco - Coal Supply Chain Planning at CST
UniSoma completed the development of Ábaco, a new Coal Supply Chain Planning Tool for CST, an Arcelor Brasil S.A. Company. The newest AIMMS based application developed by UniSoma for CST supports the generation of integrated supply chain planning for different coal processes and companies.
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SISCAF - Integrated Production Planning for Sintering Plants and Blast Furnaces
UniSoma developed SISCAF an integrated optimizing system for raw material mix and preparation at sintering and blast furnace plants for AMT.
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SIMAE – Energy Matrix Optimization System at CST
Developed in 2003 for CST, SIMAE is a support tool used to generate the monthly plans for reduction and utilities areas. It is also used for strategic analysis.
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Reduction and Utility Integrated Tactical Planning
In 2009, UniSoma developed and deployed at ArcelorMittal Tubarão, a decision support system, integrated to their SAP® solution, for optimized and integrated planning of Reduction and Utilities areas.
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PRIME Deployment for Integrated Planning at the Reduction Division
UniSoma fully deployed PRIME - Process Industry Metaframe, at the Production Planning Department in Gerdau Açominas, for the integrated planning of the reduction area.
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PLANCOQUE – Optimized Planning for Coal Purchase
In 1996 UniSoma developed PLANCOQUE, a decision support system for coal purchase at CSN, based on a Linear Programming model.
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Cold Load and Alloy Adding Optimizer
In use since 1999 by Villares Metals, leading producer of specialty steel, this system is based on a linear programming model to calculate the optimal cold load and alloy adding at conventional steel mill.
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PLANFERRO – Optimized Operational Planning System at CVRD
PLANFERRO is an optimization based system designed by UniSoma in 1995-1996 to improve monthly production and logistics planning decisions at Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), a Brazilian company owning the second largest mining complex in the world.
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