- 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 more than 1,500 variants—can present operational challenges.
Ford Otosan developed and implemented a hybrid-quantum application using D-Wave’s annealing quantum computing technology. The solution is designed to streamline production sequencing by identifying more efficient ways to group similar builds, which improves overall productivity while staying within operational constraints.
According to Ziya Dalkılıç, a data scientist at Ford Otosan, the quantum-based solution goes beyond what the company was able to accomplish with classical computing methods alone. “It is imperative that Ford Otosan maintains the highest standards of production processes and efficiencies to meet customer demand,” said Dalkılıç. “Working with D-Wave’s technology, we’ve built, and have now deployed, a quantum optimization application that goes beyond what we were able to achieve with a purely classical computing approach.”
D-Wave’s annealing quantum technology is well suited to solve complex optimization problems involving multiple constraints. The company’s hybrid-quantum solvers, accessible through its Leap™ quantum cloud service, combine classical and quantum computing resources to tackle real-world enterprise problems.
Ford Otosan reduced the time it takes to schedule a 1,000-vehicle production run from about 30 minutes to under five minutes, using the hybrid-quantum application. That time savings can allow for more dynamic scheduling adjustments, which are particularly useful when demand fluctuates or the availability of parts changes.
Beyond speed, the application’s ability to balance workloads across production areas has downstream benefits. Ford Otosan expects fewer maintenance disruptions, which helps to stabilize daily operations, as well as potential gains in mitigating supplier delays by enabling longer, more optimized production windows. Looking ahead, Ford Otosan plans to use quantum optimization across other factory processes, including its paint shops, assembly lines, and buffer zones.
“Production scheduling demands meticulous planning and agile responses, and classical computing methods can often struggle to keep up with the manufacturing industry’s growing scale and complexity,” said D-Wave CEO Dr. Alan Baratz. “For manufacturers on the leading edge of innovation—such as Ford Otosan—D-Wave’s quantum computing technology has proven capable of finding better solutions to complex, real-world problems than classical computing alone. We’re thrilled to see this application move into production and help Ford Otosan realize the powerful benefits of quantum.”
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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