Many corporations contract directly with utilities for the electricity they use. To be successful, they must accurately predict the customer's needs for power and the timing of this demand. Mark has been a longtime fan of Palisade software. What he finds most valuable is the persuasive power of the tool. Showing a board of directors or a chief executive the numbers behind your assumptions makes all the difference.
Simple spreadsheets tell a number.
Evolver proved indispensable to finding the best solution to this complex issue. The question was how to optimise the use of generating plants to reduce emissions. And finally, Mark considered the puzzle from the perspective of net present value. Eventually, Evolver's evolutionary optimisation technology modeled a scenario that showed a 30 percent savings to the utility. That's why Mark sees his company relying more and more on Palisade's analytic tools.