Bundesautobahnen Group

Name: Bundesautobahnen Group (English version)
SKU: AD-0367-E

de Santiago, Rafael; García Centenera, Iñigo; Izquierdo, David

Product #:AD-0367-E

Supplier:IESE Publishing

Discipline:Management Science

Setting:Alemania, 2017

Details:Case (PDF) • 5 pages • 2019-03-07

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Analytics and data science Data science

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Bundesautobahnen Group, a German construction company, has won a public tender to build (the first stretch of) a freewayan expressway between Berlin and Bremen, with a budget of 170 million of euros. The company neededs to optimize the costs, matching the estimates offered in the tender and improving the project's margin. One of the most important stages was the optimization of the earthwork along the route.

Learning Objectives

The case provides an example of how to use linear optimization to improve the company''s margin, as well as to better allocate human resources and improve planning. The class can start with a description of the problem, and the general characteristics of construction companies/projects. Then one the instructor can explain the basic ideas regarding optimization, introduce the software, and show how it can be applied to this particular case. The last part of the class can concentrate on analyzing cost savings and improved allocation of resources.