SPEAKER

Andreas Ernst, Adaptive Supply Networks, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences


Dr Andreas Ernst is the research leader of the Modelling, Optimisation and Simulation group that includes 12 researchers from the areas of Operations Research, Applied Statistics and Computer Science, working together to develop solutions for mining, manufacturing and service industries to improve efficiency and effectiveness of Australian
companies. He has a PhD from The University of Western Australia in the area of network optimisation. He has made significant research
contributions to the field of hub location.

Dr Ernst has been assisting Australian industry through numerous operations research projects that aim to ensure that resources are used effectively and efficiently. These projects come from a wide range of application areas and include the rostering of ambulance drivers and police officers, vehicle scheduling, production scheduling for a wool processing company, simulation of a remand centre, web based travel planning software and operations scheduling of a coal terminal. His research interests include network optimisation, hub location and rostering.

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TOPIC

Optimally fulfilling customers' rental requests for recreational vehicles (motor homes, campervans and four-wheel drives) requires fleet-wide decisions on vehicle relocations, substitutions (upgrades) and other alternatives. In the first part of this talk, we describe methods for solving such transport optimisation problems, and discuss how CSIRO's methods are now used 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, by two of the largest recreational vehicle rental companies in Australia.

We will then consider bulk material supply chains, and examine a set of decision support tools that CSIRO has developed for the Hunter Valley Coal Chain Logistics Team (HVCCLT). The tools assist HVCCLT in making decisions and recommendations in areas such as rail scheduling, investments in new rail and port capacity, and changes in supply chain operating policy.

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