About
Planning software built from the plant floor and the optimization literature.
Slate builds planning optimization for refiners. The work starts from how planners and modelers actually use their models, and from the methods that make large models solvable.
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01People
Christian Hubbs, PhD
Founder
Slate was founded by Christian Hubbs, PhD. He studied process systems engineering at Carnegie Mellon under Ignacio Grossmann and Nick Sahinidis. He started his career in refinery maintenance at Garyville and spent years in chemical supply chain and process optimization at Dow.
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02Principles
How we work.
- Models should be inspectable.
- If a planner cannot see why the model chose something, the model is not finished.
- Answers should be in dollars.
- Margin is the common language between planning, operations, and management.
- Migration should be verified.
- Trust comes from running side by side and explaining every difference.
- Reliability is a requirement.
- A model that solves only from a good starting point is not ready for production planning.
03Contact
Talk to us.
Questions about your model, the brief, or a demo: write to us directly.
Next step
See Slate on a model like yours.
Book a working session with the team, or start with the technical brief.