✎ Contributed by Ty Griffin
- Ford Otosan has deployed into production a hybrid-quantum application to optimize production sequencing for its highly customizable Ford Transit vehicles.
- The application, developed with D-Wave’s annealing quantum computing technology, reduces scheduling time by over 80%.
- Ford Otosan is using the quantum optimization solution to help manage vehicle variability, labor constraints, and shop-floor dependencies more effectively than by using just classical computing approaches.
D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, announced that its technology is being deployed in a live manufacturing environment at Ford Otosan’s production facility in Turkey. The hybrid-quantum application is aimed at optimizing the manufacturing sequencing of Ford Transit vehicles, which are produced in thousands of different configurations to meet customer specifications (https://ibn.fm/UgxSP).
Ford Otosan, a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and Koç Holding, is the largest commercial vehicle production hub in Ford’s European network. It manufactures over 700,000 vehicles annually, including the highly customizable Ford Transit line. The complexity of this model line—featuring…
About D-Wave Quantum Inc.
D-Wave is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services. We are the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, and the only company building both annealing and gate-model quantum computers. Our mission is to help customers realize the value of quantum, today. Our 5,000+ qubit Advantage(TM) quantum computers, the world’s largest, are available on-premises or via the cloud, supported by 99.9% availability and uptime. More than 100 organizations trust D-Wave with their toughest computational challenges. With over 200 million problems submitted to our Advantage and Advantage2(TM) systems to date, our customers apply our technology to address use cases spanning optimization, artificial intelligence, research and more. Learn more about realizing the value of quantum computing today and how we’re shaping the quantum-driven industrial and societal advancements of tomorrow: www.dwavequantum.com.
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