Flowers is a software platform from the French company Princeps for planning, scheduling and optimisation in process industries. The planning module uses linear programming for medium- and long-term operational planning across one or more sites and periods, and supports investment studies. For scheduling, the platform combines flow simulation with constraint solving and local optimisation, for continuous processes, batch production and make-to-order manufacturing. The platform originates in refineries (planning, crude scheduling, blending) and is also used in other sectors; energy balance and emissions are built into the models.
Princeps is based in Courbevoie, France; no parent company or owner in another country is named on the site. The site does not say how Flowers is delivered (installed or as a service) or where data is hosted. Production plans and raw-material costs are commercially sensitive, so ask about the delivery model, the hosting location and any sub-processors before deploying the platform.