What's Best

What'sBest! is an all-purpose Solver people in business, finance, science, math, and many other fields use every day to model and solve problems in production, financial planning, personnel scheduling, resource allocation, portfolio management, stock cutting, and inventory control. It links spreadsheet software, the preferred modeling tool of business, with the power of linear, nonlinear, and integer programming taking your spreadsheet beyond the "What If?" calculations and determining What'sBest!. Use it to quickly determine the best way to maximize profits and minimize costs on large scale optimization problems, solve systems of nonlinear equations and inequalities, goal seek on one or more variables, and much more.

Start Solving Right Away

The in-depth documentation covers everything you need to get started quickly - from a brief tutorial to dozens of real-world based examples. Examples cover distribution, staff scheduling, manufacturing, inventory, financial portfolio problems, and much more. Your own models can be generated quickly in a completely free format, exploiting all the power and flexibility of the spreadsheet. It's easy to build models for use by others - managers, clerical staff, or anyone who can enter numbers into a spreadsheet.

Real Power for Real Problems

Every copy of What'sBest! includes a set of state of the art solvers for linear, nonlinear, and integer models. Versions are available to efficiently handle problems with thousands of variables and constraints. What'sBest! provides all the technical features you'll ever need - sensitivity analysis through dual value and range information, recognition of integer and free variables.

Key Features

• Solves linear, nonlinear, and integer models from within your spreadsheet
• Supports Excel and 1-2-3 for Windows
• Sensitivity analysis tools included
• In-depth documentation includes tutorial, detailed examples of major problem classes, and advanced modeling techniques
• Extensive error handling features
• On-line Help available for all commands
• Available in many sizes to suit your modeling needs