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Engineering Group: Manufacturing Optimization with AI Minimizes Factory Flow Bottlenecks
Summary Engineering Group, a global engineering firm and technology consultancy with a strong practice in simulation, worked with Pathmind to apply reinforcement learning to intelligently route heavy industrial parts over a complex assembly line in a factory....
Engineering Group: Using AI to Maximize Factory Output with Better Order Sequencing
Summary Engineering Group, a global engineering firm and technology consultancy with a strong practice in simulation, worked with Pathmind to apply reinforcement learning to maximize factory output by making smarter decisions about order sequencing, reducing average...
Princeton Consultants: Using AI to Maximize Efficiency of Machine Scheduling
Summary Princeton Consultants, a simulation consulting firm, serves a manufacturing client with a hard machine scheduling problem. Its optimizer had difficulty scheduling machines for new types of items that needed to be processed; it was not able to respond quickly...
Warehouse Optimization Project Uses AI and Simulation to Adjust Crane Behavior
Summary Eurystic, a supply chain optimization and simulation consultant, worked with Pathmind on a simplified AnyLogic model showing deep reinforcement learning could help a crane stacking packages in a warehouse and increase its throughput. Challenge A...
Mining Logistics Optimization with AI Re-routes Haul Trucks and Increases Ore Production
Summary A simulation consultancy worked with Pathmind to apply reinforcement learning to intelligently re-route haul trucks at an open-pit mining site. The mining optimization project discovered a solution that resulted in a 19% increase in ore preparation. Challenge...
Metals Processor to Save 10% on Electricity Spend with AI-Based Energy Optimization
Summary A global engineering firm worked with Pathmind to apply reinforcement learning to optimize energy use at a large metals processor and save 10% of what they spent on power. Challenge Some metals are produced by electrolysis, or running an electric current...
Goal-Oriented AI: When AI Gives You Chills…
There’s something eerie about deep reinforcement learning that sets it apart from other kinds of AI. Deep reinforcement learning is “goal-oriented” AI. That is, it learns which actions to perform in order to reach a goal. It was used in the early DeepMind demos that...
Accenture: Carbon Emissions
Large organizations confront the dual challenge of delivering goods efficiently while minimizing pollution. To deliver the right goods on time, manufacturers, distributors, and fleets need to coordinate with each other, which requires information flows to be managed...
Reinforcement Learning Business Applications
Every business wants to make smart decisions amid uncertainty, ward off risks, and seize opportunities. Every manager wants to make sure their operations hit performance goals while keeping costs down. Using reinforcement learning to make better operational decisions...
Reinforcement Learning is Transforming Simulation and Business
Reinforcement learning is a type of AI that is changing how businesses solve problems with simulations. But why is it happening now? AI has dominated tech headlines for almost a decade. We’ve seen AI applied to everything from autonomous vehicles to better healthcare...