Case Studies

Included in this section are case studies for some of our major international & national clients outlining the challenges they faced and how Orbit Systems were able to utilize Operations Research techniques and systems to overcome the challenges. Each of the clients below has seen significant benefits from the introduction of our solutions, including over USD$4,000,000 saved per annum.

IT Systems Design & Implementation

Our customers demand practical, working solutions to their problems. For an Operations Research or Management Science technique to be useful, our clients need to be able to deliver results in a timely manner on an ongoing basis. It can take a very sophisticated IT system to deliver such results. Also, knowing the answer isn’t enough; the answer has to be available in time to be useful, and in a form that can be understood.

Orbit Systems are experts in the field of blending Operations Research-based problem solving techniques in self-contained IT systems that our clients can use on a daily basis.

Our capabilities include

Database design and construction
Systems design
Project management
User interfaces
Solver development

Example Products & Services

ROCMO: A data reporting tool that uses maps or hierarchies for organising data, and allows reporting of data in grids, charts and graphs, and combining or overlaying graphs.
AutoLoader: A system that determines the best way to load pallets into trailers in order to meet legal requirements such as weight distribution, while minimising the chance of damaging goods in transit and meeting customer preferences to the greatest extent possible.
AutoScheduler: A warehouse planning tool that helps Procter & Gamble make shipments on time at least cost.
Orbit Systems supports products throughout the world on a 24 hour a day basis.