Technology Title
ProDex: The Fastest Text to Discrete Event Simulation
Tech Focus Area
Business Processes/Partnerships
Abstract
Across Navy and Department of War (DoW) environments, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) scheduling remains managed by static, siloed tools. Systems like SKED, spreadsheets, and legacy ERP/MES platforms ensure compliance but cannot adapt to shifting operational realities. When materials, labor, or equipment change, planners resort to reactive firefighting—creating bottlenecks, longer cycle times, and delayed return of ships, aircraft, and vehicles to service. These inefficiencies waste manpower and limit readiness.
ProDex Labs has built the first AI-native operations research platform for sustainment and MRO scheduling. A discrete-event simulation engine models maintenance complexity—process logic, shop constraints, ERP/MES data, workforce, cycle times, and tacit knowledge. AI agents use this model to generate optimized schedules, test “what-if” scenarios, and reconfigure workflows in real time. This transforms scheduling from compliance tracking into adaptive, constraint-aware decision support. By shortening cycle times, ProDex accelerates asset turnaround and increases capacity utilization. Its intuitive interface helps planners and supervisors make faster, more accurate decisions without specialized analytics training.
As an API-first platform, ProDex overlays existing systems like SKED and ERP, enabling modernization without rip-and-replace risk. Integration with legacy IT, cybersecurity, and user adoption are addressed through a modular, RMF-ready architecture and human-centered design.
The platform has proven maturity in large industrial environments mirroring DoW depot operations—complex workflows, resource constraints, and shifting priorities. Demonstrations show up to a 99% reduction in planning cycle time and major mitigation of disruption-related delays. A live demonstration with Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) on October 14 will validate operational impact in a Navy context.
ProDex’s architecture supports cross-service use: optimizing ship and submarine availabilities for the Navy, aircraft sustainment for the Air Force, and lifecycle maintenance for Army depots and arsenals. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) can apply its digital-twin capabilities to improve supplier visibility and surge forecasting. ProDex also collaborated with DLA on a new SBIR topic for AI agents and digital twin infrastructure, underscoring transition readiness.
By addressing the core bottleneck of scheduling, ProDex delivers a practical, field-ready capability that turns maintenance planning from reactive coordination into proactive readiness management.
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