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Platform Ground truth models Schedule Optimizer

Schedule compression software

Win back time, with every change explained.

Schedule Optimizer proposes added personnel, added shifts and fast tracking only where they’re feasible, tells you how many days each one recovers and hands back a new schedule file.

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DC Echo Schedule Optimizer
Aggressive
Forecasted improvement
21 days
End date pulled in

The delay sits on the switchgear and cabling sequence. 4 changes recover 21 days without breaking any constraint.

ACTIVITY AND JUSTIFICATION
CHANGE
PROPOSED
IMPACT
Install HV switchgear
Critical path, crew available for nights
Added shifts
64h → 32h
+8d
Pull HV cables, south feed
Work splits across two crews
Added personnel
48h → 24h
+5d
Fit-out, data hall 2
Safe to start alongside cabling
Fast tracking
FS → SS + 5d
+5d
Pre-commission tests
Parallel test teams
Added personnel
40h → 24h
+3d

Why teams choose it

Three reasons it earns its place.

01

Days back, not guesses.

A forecasted improvement in days before you commit, with a plain-language summary of where the delay sits.

Forecast first
02

You stay in control.

Choose the goal, the intensity and the change types, then review every proposal and its written justification.

Every change justified
03

Your schedule stays safe.

Proposals respect real constraints, and the result comes back as a new XER file and report. The original is never touched.

New XER file

Technical specification

How the engine finds time.

Objectives
Improve the delivery date along the critical path, or accelerate a milestone that isn’t complete
Intensity
Aggressive for maximum feasible compression, or conservative for fewer, lower-risk changes
Change types
Added personnel, added shifts and fast tracking (finish-to-start to start-to-start with lag)
Results
Forecasted improvement, summary, change types used and an activity-level recovery breakdown sorted by impact
Constraints
Hard constraints respected, with any days they absorb reported
Running
Leave the page while it runs, with an optional email when it’s ready
Outputs
Optimized XER file and report, with the original schedule unchanged

Set up

Three questions, then the engine does the work.

Choose your objective, how hard to push, and which kinds of change are allowed. Completed milestones are left out automatically.

  • Delivery date or milestone
  • Aggressive or conservative
  • Choose change types
What do you want to achieve?
Improve delivery date
Accelerate a milestone
How hard should it push?
Aggressive
Conservative
Which changes are allowed?
Added personnel
Added shifts
Fast tracking

Change types

Only changes you’d make yourself.

Each change type is applied only where it’s feasible, and the recovery breakdown shows the activity, the change, the justification and the days it buys.

  • Added personnel
  • Added shifts
  • Fast tracking
Added personnel
High impact
Splits work across more people on the same shift.
Added shifts
High impact
Extends work across extra shifts, such as nights.
Fast tracking
Medium impact
Converts finish-to-start links to start-to-start with lag, where parallel work is safe.

Apply

A new schedule, and the original untouched.

Apply the changes and download the optimized XER and the report. Your source schedule is never modified.

  • Optimized XER
  • Report
  • Original unchanged
Congratulations
Your optimized schedule is ready. Your original schedule has not been modified.
Download XER
Download report

Put it to work

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Technical questions about Schedule Optimizer.

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Only the change types you allow: added personnel, added shifts and fast tracking, which converts finish-to-start links to start-to-start with lag where parallel work is safe.

Yes. Choose to improve the delivery date along the critical path, or to accelerate a specific milestone that hasn’t been completed yet.

Yes. The forecast shows the full improvement and tells you if hard constraints absorb part of the gain.

A report and a new optimized XER file. Your original schedule is never modified.