For business leaders
Make existing investments go further
Before you buy another line, fleet or shift, 4colors checks whether the schedule leaves performance on the table. A pilot measures it on your own data.
A fair comparison against your current plan, on your own constraints, before you commit.
Where the opportunity hides
A busy machine may still lose hours to changeovers. A full vehicle can follow a costly route. And a fully staffed roster may still lack the skills needed on a critical shift.
These aren't simply efficiency anecdotes. They are decisions that interact, and better search can reveal alternatives worth comparing.
Same equipment, better plan
Orders run in the order they arrive. Changeovers and overtime absorb capacity, and some deliveries slip.
The same machines and people, sequenced around changeovers, qualifications and deadlines. More output, less overtime, more orders on time.
A rush order arrives mid-week. Re-planning absorbs it with a little more overtime and keeps almost every other commitment.
Illustrative scenario with example numbers, not customer data.
From opportunity to everyday use
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Measure one decision
Start with one important decision and measure the way it is handled today. Compare candidate plans on representative work, using business measures such as throughput, delivery performance or planning time.
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Run a focused pilot
A focused pilot shows the potential value, how the team would use the results and what adoption would involve.
It runs on your own data, side by side with today's process, and your planners review every result. You finish with measured gains and a clear next step.
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Move to everyday use
A successful pilot creates a clear path toward adoption: agreed performance measures, a practical workflow, defined integration needs and commercial terms that fit your organization.
How better decisions are evaluated
Browse guides and tutorials- Insight
What is a late delivery worth?
Penalties and preferences let an optimization model represent the value of service, not merely the cost of moving things.
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When predictions become decisions
A forecast describes what may happen. Optimization decides what to do about it. The difference can change the value of better data.
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The Optimization Project That Worked Until Monday
The algorithm solved the model. The factory could not run the result.
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From Enterprise Data to Better Decisions
The hard part of integrating an optimizer is often deciding which facts the next decision can trust.
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Why consider 4colors?
4colors develops original optimization algorithms and tests them on demanding real-world problems. Explore our projects and achievements, then see what improved decisions could mean for your own operation.