Define Then Achieve Fleet Optimization

摘要

The term "optimization" has been used so much, for so many things, that by now it has almost no meaning. Recently, the term "fleet optimization" has been bandied about, with the implication that by installing a lot of computer networking and information management, fleet optimization will be enabled. While it's true that fleet optimization may be enabled with networking and information management (IM) infrastructure, relationships and the set of constraints together are called an optimization problem. This is a somewhat theoretical definition, but it is a very powerful tool. It means that if you are not seeking to minimize or maximize some quantity, then you are not optimizing. This turns out to be important in every optimization problem because of the trade-offs inherent in the set of relationships between variables. The dollar is the conversion factor that points to the sweet spot in the trade-offs.