Case Study: Honeywell Process Solutions achieves multi‑million dollar profit gains with FICO Xpress Optimization Suite

Honeywell schedules big profits for its clients with FICO® Xpress Optimization Suite

Honeywell Process Solutions, a division of Honeywell International, needed a world‑class optimization partner to replace slow, error‑prone manual spreadsheet scheduling used by many continuous‑process manufacturers. The challenge was to provide transparent, automated production scheduling that could model hundreds of constraints across complex operations like crude‑oil blending, pipeline and refinery scheduling, and product distribution.

Honeywell embedded the FICO Xpress Optimization Suite into its Production Scheduler to automate large‑scale scheduling and blending decisions, enabling faster, more accurate updates to market and plant conditions. The solution is user‑friendly, scalable and has been deployed commercially (over 30 sales), delivering measurable gains—e.g., about $0.078 more profit per barrel per day, which can translate to roughly $2.85M annually for 100,000 barrels—while giving Honeywell a reliable, innovation‑driven partner.

Honeywell

Jeff Kelly

Solutions Architect