Ascent

Ascent Technology delivers powerful resource allocation and management solutions that help organizations optimize their human and physical resources to greatest advantage. Founded nearly 40 years ago by members of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, the company has developed intelligent software solutions that automatically forecast, plan, schedule, optimize, and manage resources for airlines, airports, casinos, defense organizations, hospitals, hotels, resorts, and security operations worldwide.

The company's flagship products include the SmartAirline Operations Center® and SmartAirport Operations Center® solutions, which forecast, plan, schedule, and manage resources from touchdown to takeoff. Their Ascent WorkZone® workforce management system increases workplace efficiency for mission-critical and labor-intensive environments. Since 1998, Ascent Technology has provided cloud-hosted solutions, and their From Touchdown to Takeoff® cloud-hosted service delivers resource allocation capabilities through a secure, scalable platform. Airlines and airports around the world rely on these solutions to optimize operations around the clock, controlling costs and increasing operating margins.