Votorantim Cimentos, a prominent global building materials company, presents a pitch deck detailing their strategy for optimizing world-class cement production. The document focuses on the critical challenge of demand planning concerning the highly sensitive and costly clinker curve operations, where frequent kiln shutdowns are impractical. Faced with the unfeasibility of manual daily adjustments, Votorantim Cimentos developed a customized, 'tailor-made' heuristic within their Integrated Business Planning (IBP) system. This innovative approach allows them to align clinker production campaigns precisely with demand variability, mitigating significant operational and logistical expenses associated with traditional methods. The content emphasizes their commitment to sustainable, efficient man

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