1/07/2010 - CSN testimonial about SCOOP

26/05/2010 - n-Side in the Belgian Press

18/05/2010 - n-Side has signed 3 new contracts in Brazil

  • CSN : Grade Portfolio Optimization

After a successful implementation of the SCOOP solution at the site of Volta Redonda in 2009, CSN and N-SIDE are now following through with a special effort on the grade portfolio optimization. 

The objective of this new tool is to support decision making related to the optimal level of production of special grades (grades with a high margin but long production time) with respect to common grades (low margin but short production time).

This is a very challenging project from an optimization research standpoint, with possibly large economical impact for CSN.

  • USIMINAS:  SCOOP Corporate in Ipantiga & Cubatão

N-SIDE and USIMINAS have signed an agreement to start a new ambitious project in 2010: The implementation of “SCOOP CORPORATE”. 

It consists on a simultaneous implementation of the SCOOP solution at both sites of Ipatinga and Cubatão.  SCOOP – Steel Cost Optimization – is a profit maximization tool covering the entire production process from the coke plant to the steel shop taking into account all technical constraints of the site as well as all economical data – costs, raw material prices and availability….

 Coming on addition of the individual SCOOP’s, N-SIDE will also implement SCOOP CORPORATE: an optimization algorithm allowing for the balancing of the production volumes between the sites. 

SCOOP CORPORATE represents an important development challenge with high potential returns for USIMINAS
  

  • GERDAU Açominas: SCOOP in Ouro Branco

N-SIDE and Gerdau Açominas have signed an agreement to start the implementation of SCOOP on the steel plant of Ouro Branco in Minas Gerais. 

The project is starting in May 2010 and will last until the end of the year.

28/04/2010 - N-SIDE prize winning for SCOOP

N-SIDE prizewinning "Bravo l'entreprise" by Agoria TechIndustry Wallonie. The prize concerns N-Side market success with the solution SCOOP,an optimization tool for the steel industry.