Journal article
Optimizing Periodic Maintenance Operations for Schindler Elevator Corporation
Schindler Elevator Corporation, Inc., 20 Whippany Road, P.O. Box 1935, Morristown, New Jersey 07962-19351
Transportation/Logistics Services, ESRI, 380 New York Street, Redlands, California 923732
Schindler, the world's largest escalator company and second-largest elevator company, maintains tens of thousands of elevators and escalators throughout North America. Thousands of technicians are on the road each day to maintain, repair, and help in emergencies. Each technician's route requires precise and optimized planning.
Schindler Elevator Corporation turned to Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) to develop an automated route-scheduling and planning system. ESRI provided a geographic-information-system-integrated application that employs operations research techniques to optimize preventive maintenance operations.
It relies on a series of algorithms to assign maintenance work to technicians and to create efficient day-routes by solving the periodic-vehicle-routing problem. These automated tools allow Schindler to restructure and streamline service areas. The optimization system saves over $1 million annually and increases Schindler's managers' awareness of operating revenue.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) |
Year: | 2003 |
Pages: | 67-79 |
ISSN: | 1526551x and 00922102 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1287/inte.33.1.67.12722 |