Strategic Planning
Over the past 20 years MBA
have used BMAP-OPT to
develop strategic plans
for major European
businesses in a variety of
industries.
 Tactical
Decision Making
Decisions on forward
loading of factories based
on the "least cost route"
theory of planning has
been highly successful
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 Expert
IT Systems
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The generation of complex
IT systems to run
nationwide transport,
warehousing, and
instrument maintenance.
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RECENT EVENTS
New offices open in Lisbon,
Portugal
MBA releases new version of BMAP-OPT
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What
is BMAP-OPT?
The Theory
BMAP-OPT
uses the
well known
technique
"Theory of
Constraints"
(TOC) to
optimise the
profitability
of any
business
whether
manufacturing
or service.
The ethos of
TOC in this
context is
.. "any
business can
only
generate as
much profit
as it can
pass through
the
'constraints'
or 'limiting
resource' in
that
company".
The
Constraint
or Limiting
Resource
The
'constraint'
or 'limiting
resource'
can vary
from
industry to
industry.
In
manufacturing
it could be
the 4
printing
presses
valued at
£2m each or
the
extrusion
process in a
plastics
factory
producing
printed and
plain
yoghurt
pots.
In a service
industry it
could be the
single dry
dock or
berth in a
shipyard
repairing
and
refitting
ships at an
average $1m
each.
It could be
the sales
team in a
multi
million
credit
agency or
the field
service
engineers
servicing
hospital
autoclaves
throughout
the country.
How does
BMAP-OPT
Work?
BMAP-OPT
creates a
model of the
business to
include all
the key
resources
e.g.
machines,
processes,
throughput
rates,
capacities
etc, or in
the case of
a service
industry the
added value
per hour
generated at
the dry dock
or by the
autoclave
engineers.
Any other
variables
are included
within the
mathematical
model which
uses Linear
Programming
(LP) whose
objective is
set to
maximise
profit.
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