Grupo Gesfor Announces Partnership Agreement with Dynadec
Companies to Work Together to Deliver Game-Changing Optimization Solutions to Customers in Spain and Latin America
Providence, R.I., December 2, 2009 – Dynadec, a developer of next-generation optimization technology and solutions, today announced that it has finalized a partnership agreement with Grupo Gesfor, a leading technology services and consulting company headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
Dynadec develops optimization solutions based upon its patented software platform, Comet™. The world’s most comprehensive software platform for solving complex optimization problems, Comet combines linear programming, constraint programming, constraint-based local search, and dynamic stochastic combinatorial optimization into a single, integrated development environment. The next-generation platform’s high-level modeling capabilities and native parallelism represent a significant technical breakthrough for the industry.
Comet is used to solve complex operational challenges in a wide array of areas, including dynamic logistics, scheduling, and supply chain optimization, and delivers significant ROI by improving efficiency and decision making. Dynadec, which has offices in Providence, R.I., and Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, prides itself on combining its award-winning platform, with world-class operations research expertise. The company has licensed its software and solutions to a growing number of customers around the world.
“Applied Operations Research is one of the strategic lines of our R&D Group and an area in which we have considerable experience,” said Francisco Javier Diego, Grupo Gesfor project manager. “The collaboration with Dynadec is a strategic alliance that will allow us to offer valuable solutions to our customers in Spain.”
“We are excited about this new partnership,” said Dynadec CEO and Founder Pascal Van Hentenryck. “The technical expertise and strong reputation of Grupo Gesfor make them an ideal partner for expanding our reach in Spain, as well as Latin America.”
About Grupo Gesfor
Grupo Gesfor is a Spanish multinational, operating in Spain since 1985, and through nine branches in eight Latin-American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Panama, Peru, Mexico and Venezuela. Gesfor works in consulting and IT services, generating value and developing business in order to consolidate activity by its customers. Its list of references includes many of the most important companies in Spain. Gesfor’s services include IT Consulting, EAI and Application Development, Outsourcing, Infrastructure and System Management, Security, E-Business, Training and HR Consulting; and solutions including Document Management Systems, ECM, Resource Allocation, Portals and Web Development, Mobility, CRM, Business Intelligence, and ERP.
About Dynadec
Dynadec develops next-generation business decision optimization solutions that enable enterprises to solve their most challenging and complex operational problems. Dynadec’s hybrid optimization solutions for logistics, workforce management, and resource scheduling are based on the company’s Comet™ platform, which includes patent-pending dynamic stochastic combinatorial optimization algorithms developed by world-renowned optimization expert Pascal Van Hentenryck, Dynadec’s founder. Comet-enabled solutions are used by enterprises in a variety of industries including transportation, CPG, healthcare and energy. For more information, visit www.dynadec.com.
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