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Decision Architecture

Some industrial decisions seem difficult because the right numbers are missing.

ORVEN builds a decision model on your real operational data (cycle times, OEE, structural costs) and identifies the economically dominant alternative. The result is a defensible number, not an opinion.

How an ORVEN project works

ORVEN first runs the analysis with proprietary software. The client then receives a one-month licence to the ORVEN engine to explore scenarios independently.

Select the decision

A structural industrial decision with significant economic consequences is identified. ORVEN evaluates whether the decision is suitable for quantitative modelling.

Build the decision model

ORVEN builds a model from the client’s operational data: costs, capacity, flows, constraints. All relevant alternatives are defined with the same boundaries and the same objective function.

Identify the dominant alternative

The model calculates the economic result of each alternative under real operating conditions. The dominant alternative is the one that performs best across the relevant set of scenarios.

Explore scenarios with the ORVEN Engine

The client receives a one-month licence to the ORVEN software. They can modify parameters, test assumptions and verify the robustness of the recommended choice independently.

Typical decisions analysed

ORVEN is used for structural decisions that are difficult to correct after the fact, where the wrong choice has a quantifiable economic impact.

Production line layout design

Line capacity expansion or reconfiguration

Automation vs. direct labour

Make-or-buy and insourcing

Throughput vs. inventory trade-off

Bottleneck identification and quantification

Machinery investment under uncertain demand

Case: layout decision for a new product line

A manufacturer was evaluating two layout configurations for a new product line. The ORVEN model identified a structural economic error in the preferred configuration.

Structural layout error detected	€152,290 / year
Margin improvement (correct layout)	€90,605 / year
ORVEN intervention payback	5.9 months

The dominant alternative was not the one selected by the team on operational grounds alone.

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The path

Companies

Decision sprint

We build the model on your real case, identify the dominant alternative and deliver a documented recommendation. Included: 30 days of access to the ORVEN Engine configured on your real data to verify the recommendation independently.

If you want to continue, an annual licence with dedicated training is available.

Consultants

Professional Licence

For those who want to integrate ORVEN permanently into their working method. Full access to the engine across all your client projects, with dedicated training included in the first year.

If you want to test it first, a pilot on a real client case is possible.

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The typical mistake

Attributing to layout what depends on another lever (automation, OEE, mix). Inflated ROI. Fragile choice.

When you realise

It’s too late: implementation has rigidified the system. Correcting costs 10× and requires internal credibility you no longer have.

The ORVEN approach

Apples-to-apples comparison: same boundaries, same objective function, isolated levers. Break-even and downside as numbers, not opinions.

ORVEN might be right for you if…

You suspect your layout is not optimal

but you don’t have a number to prove it.

You have a decision to make

layout, capacity or make-or-buy, and you need a defensible recommendation.

Your data doesn’t converge

OEE says one thing, capacity another, and you can’t attribute the problem to a specific lever.

Management asks “what if volumes drop?”

and you don’t have a structured answer.