MORe delivers consulting services to business, industry, government and community organisations. Drawing on the expertise of staff of the University of Melbourne, MORe has access to the latest developments in techniques and technologies for solving problems in logistics, scheduling, timetabling, strategic and operational planning, and a range of other problems amenable to an Operations Research approach.

MORe's modelling and analytical expertise can assist organisations to achieve:

• Better informed decision making
• Improved efficiency, and
• Greater profitability

MORe can help address questions essential to the success of organisations managing the complexities of operating in an increasingly competitive and lean environment.

MORe offers:

• Advice on quantitative issues affecting your organization
• Advice on available decision support systems/software packages
• Structured plans for the development of decision support systems
• Project scoping
• Mathematical models of your business or industrial processes/activities
• Evaluation of "what-if" questions/scenarios
• Quantitative input into strategic decision-making
• Development of effective and efficient business processes
• Prototypes for automation or support of planning and decision-making activities
• Workshops and seminars tailored to your organization
• Model accreditation, i.e. independent assessment of your existing models

Examples of the types of questions MORe can help organisations answer are:

• What safety stock should we hold at each of our warehouses?
• Which product lines should we manufacture at each of our plants so as to minimise overhead expenses without blowing out other costs?
• How should our daily delivery routes be planned so as to minimise transportation cost while still retaining quality of service for our customers?
• What should our distribution network look like?
• Our company relies heavily on particularly capital intensive pieces of equipment: when should we plan to maintain, upgrade or replace this equipment?
• What is the right pricing structure for our range of products?
• Our people are our business: how can we plan shifts and construct rosters for staff so as to provide best service for our customers, while keeping our staff happy with their work schedules?
• We need to cut customer orders from stock lengths of material: what is the most efficient way to do this?
• The success of our business relies on packing items into containers: how can we do this quickly and efficiently?
• As a lending organization, how should we asses our clients risk of default, and how can we best anticipate and manage that risk?

The flexibility of mathematics means that many business activities and industrial processes from a range of sectors can benefit from the application of Operations Research techniques. MORe has assisted clients from the following sectors with outstanding results:

• Defence
• Finance
• Telecommunications
• Energy
• Natural Resources
• Healthcare
• Asset and Property Management
• Government
• Transportation and Logistics, and
• Manufacturing.

Further Information

Past projects

Tools and techniques employed by MORe

Staff