Operations Research

Australian Institute of Petroleum

Temperature Study

The CSIRO study concerned the temperature of petrol deliveries and sales at different locations around Australia... more.

"The key is CSIRO's deserved reputation as a centre of knowledge, technical excellence and independence"

Australian Tourist Commission

Scheduling Trade Events

CSIRO has developed scheduling software for trade events that arranges the meeting times and places... more.

"The implementation of SATE will give the ATC greater flexibility and enhanced functionality"

axcessaustralia HEV

Hybrid Vehicle Power System Optimisation

Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) use a combination of power sources - a small internal combustion engine and battery driven electric motor(s). Mathematicians from CSIRO have found optimal ways to employ the power systems of the aXcessaustralia HEV... more (PDF).

Cathay Pacific / The Preston Group

Rostering Airport Services Staff

CSIRO and The Preston Group have developed a software product which helps Cathay Pacific devise rosters for its airport services staff... more.

"The work done by CSIRO was an exact match to our needs"

Civil Aviation Authority

Risk Analysis

CAA was interested in modelling collision risk. CSIRO provided advice relating to the longitudinal separation of aircraft... more.

Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal

Planning, Scheduling and Operations

The Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal’s efficient operation is being ensured by a suite of CSIRO-developed software... more.

Dampier Salt

Stockpile Planning

Dampier Salt has been able to improve the efficiency of operations at Lake MacLeod... more.

"CSIRO's work has definitely helped us understand our own operational process more clearly. It is an excellent tool for examining what if' scenarios far into the future"

ICI

Facility Planning

CSIRO developed two computer simulation models to address the facility planning needs of ICI (now Orica)... more.

"The model has proved to be a useful tool"

Lowest Bid

Fair Trading with Multi-Attribute Auctions

Electronic market places aim to provide an efficient method for connecting buyers and sellers of products or services. One of the challenges in setting up an electronic trading system is how to devise a system for matching buyers and sellers, and for negotiating prices. These problems are solved by CSIRO's bid generation and evaluation engine developed for and with LowestBid... more.

Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre

Simulation

Moving people around Australia's most advanced prison complex is a delicate task: CSIRO computer models have made it easier... more.

"We're pleased with the outcome... and the CSIRO team gave us 110% effort throughout"

G.H. Michell & Sons

Production Planning and Scheduling

CSIRO created scheduling software for G.H. Michell & Sons which keeps track of the company's production capacities and optimises the sequence in which orders are produced... more.

"...less conflict between trading and production..."

Mount Isa Mines

Copper Aisle Simulation

CSIRO designed an animated simulation model to allow Mount Isa Mines to evaluate different options for increasing the throughput in its copper production aisle... more.

"This is the first model with which we feel confident of extrapolating aisle performance"

National Rail Corporation

Train Crew Rostering

CSIRO rostering software has revolutionised work schedules for train crew of the Australian National Rail Corporation... more.

"CSIRO did a fantastic job understanding our needs and turning them into a prototype optimiser"

New South Wales Police

Rostering

Development of staff rostering software.

"The level and quality of the images has been beyond our expectations"

North West Shelf Gas

Mathematical Modelling

Evaluation of Storage in a Gas Pipeline Network... more.

"...the model has still proved extremely valuable for investigating and quantifying other opportunities in the market place..."

RACV

Roadside Service Simulation

Development of a simulation model for roadside servicing, from the reception of a request to the delivery of the service... more.

"The Group was very quick to understand the nature of our problem. They built a conceptual model that threw light on our business"

Road Traffic Authority NSW

Scheduling Software

Researchers from CSIRO developed software which allows the RTA to generate and modify daily schedules for activities in motor registries... more.

"Working with CSIRO proved to be a most valuable experience and we learned a great deal from it"

South Australian Ambulance Service

Rostering

Development of staff rostering software.

"It has created an opportunity to move into a market segment that we believed was beyond our capacity to service"

Southcorp Wines

Mathematical Modelling

Southcorp’s winery in the Barossa Valley reports that it has achieved a significant improvement in production with the assistance of CSIRO computer programming expertise. The CSIRO advice included problem solving, mathematical modelling and software development... more (PDF).

THL/Britz

Rental Vehicle Scheduling

Rental car companies, and campervan companies such as THL, face a difficult problem each time they allocate a car to a customer: How do you ensure that each customer receives a satisfactory vehicle? CSIRO have built two systems to solve the problem... more.