Every resource in the right place, at the right time.
Crona helps plan operations where everything competes for the same resources. It searches for feasible plans within the model and constraints you define, and points to conditions worth reviewing when it cannot find one. You can describe what changed in natural language.
What Crona solves
An optimization solver brought to real operations. The engine computes the proposal within the model, and AI helps people interact with it.
Plans for better decisions
Solve time depends on problem size, data, and objectives. You can review an intermediate solution or give the solver more time to explore alternatives.
Explicit constraints
Shifts, skills, preferences, and maintenance windows become part of the model. If the conditions do not admit a plan, Crona helps identify the conflict for review.
Context-aware replanning
When absences, emergencies, or last-minute changes occur, you can evaluate a new proposal from the current state and compare what changes.
Before & after
The difference between covering and deciding
With the same team and rules, Crona lets you compare assignments, costs, and priorities before confirming a plan.
How do I plan weekly shifts and coverage?
Assigned staffing / required staffing per shift.
Coverage conflicts
9 → 0
Overtime hrs / week
42 → 18
Last-minute changes
14 → 4
Manual plan
| Shift | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | 3/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Afternoon | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| Night | 1/1 | 2/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
Optimized plan
| Shift | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 |
| Afternoon | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 |
| Night | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
Automatic replanning after a disruption
- Activates the shift's backup technician
- Reassigns committed visits
- Resequences the rest of the week
The AI layer
Talk to Crona
The solver computes a proposal within the model. AI can serve as an interface for describing changes and reviewing alternatives in natural language.
Tell it what changed
«The morning technician called in sick», «an urgent request arrived». Crona can evaluate a new proposal from the state you have modeled.
In the channels you already use
The interface can adapt to the work channel we define for the case, together with the controls needed to review each proposal.
A contextual interface
AI translates a request into the model, the solver computes, and the response shows which proposal was evaluated and under what conditions.
Illustrative: this shows how a request could be translated into the model and returned as an explained proposal.
Examples of resources and constraints
People, tasks, and capacity in one model
Crona models scarce resources, priorities, and time-based rules. Healthcare is one illustrative example, alongside field operations, services, and production:
People and shifts
Assign people according to availability, skills, working hours, and service priorities.
Equipment and maintenance
Coordinate equipment, maintenance windows, and tasks while keeping available capacity in view.
Tasks and priorities
Sequence tasks around urgency, dependencies, timing, and the resources that can perform them.
Appointments and capacity
Schedule requests into time windows and limited resources while making trade-offs visible.
Shared resources
Allocate stations, vehicles, rooms, or other resources across activities competing for them.
Changes and exceptions
Evaluate absences, urgent requests, and new constraints while keeping current work in view.
One approach for different operations
The same approach can model field shifts, production lines, services, and other allocation problems. Applicability depends on the case's data, objectives, and constraints.
An integration that fits your operation
Integration depends on your data, systems, and operating requirements. We can define an initial scope, test the model alongside your current process, and agree on a deployment path.
- Change control to coordinate updates to the same plan
- Security and access requirements defined for your context
- Monitoring to review system status and solve time
- Connection to your systems and work channels within the agreed scope
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What operations teams ask us before evaluating a case.
A better way to plan your operation
Tell us which decision repeats, which resources constrain it, and what you want to improve. We will evaluate the case with your own data.