Greycon Release Greycon Suite 9.0 – Future-Proofing X-Trim for the Next 15 Years
Greycon are pleased to announce the release of Greycon Suite 9.0. This release marks the third iteration of X-Trim front-technology in 30 years (first Fortran in 1985, then VB6 in 1995, now .NET’s C#) and now completes the migration of all Greycon products to .NET.
In addition to the front-end migration X-Trim now is also 15% faster on difficult-to-solve problems, thanks to advances in the underlying Gurobi mathematical programming libraries. Further improvements to the pattern reduction algorithms show an increase of the reductions from 23.6% (version 8.9 as compared to 8.3) to 24.0% (version 9.0).
The opt-Studio product also contains significant changes in 9.0, including the valuable aspect most requested by clients: comparing the schedule against a baseline scenario, typically set a week earlier. This will show, at a glance, any changes to customer service.
Greycon’s CEO Constantine Goulimis says: “The X-Trim front-end migration was a long and important project. We wanted to avoid losing any functionality or introduce new bugs, so, we adopted a semi-automated translation approach. This allowed us to protect the functionality, as well as track the evolving code base, which went through 7 releases over that period. The changes will cement X-Trim’s position as the leader in the manufacturing industry for next 15 years.”
Greycon is the world’s leading provider of production planning, scheduling and manufacturing execution systems that have been designed specifically for roll-based & flat sheet industries. Greycon operate throughout the world. Greycon’s strength is the extensive range of specialist software solutions for Paper & Board, Plastic Films & Flexible Packaging, Nonwovens, metals and Converting industries supported by powerful optimisation algorithms and a highly experienced team of consultants.
