Applying QUBO and QAOA to job-shop scheduling, capacity planning, and production sequencing.
For production planners, operations research teams, and manufacturing technology leads. Covers quantum and quantum-inspired optimisation for job-shop scheduling, capacity planning, and multi-site coordination, with QUBO formulations, benchmark-specific performance comparisons against classical MILP solvers, and vendor assessment.
Course content is structured into sessions below. Each session is configurable to your organisation's environment, threat model, and objectives.
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| 1 | Classical Scheduling and Its Computational Limits Why mixed-integer linear programming breaks at manufacturing scale | |
| 2 | Quantum Optimisation Algorithms for Production Scheduling QAOA, VQE, and quantum annealing for job-shop and flow-shop problems |
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| 3 | QUBO Formulations for Manufacturing Operations Translating production constraints into quantum-native representations |
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| 4 | Interactive Demonstration: Production Scheduling Pipeline Full-day format only |
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| 5 | NISQ Hardware Limits and Honest Performance Assessment What works now and what requires fault tolerance |
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| 6 | Quantum-Inspired Alternatives and Vendor Landscape What is available today without quantum hardware |
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| 7 | Q&A and Pilot Planning | |
Training courses are designed and delivered by QSECDEF in collaboration with subject specialists. All instructors have direct experience in quantum technologies and security.
Course design and delivery
QSECDEF brings expertise in post-quantum cryptography, quantum computing strategy, and defence-grade security assessment. Our membership spans 900+ organisations and 1,500+ professionals working at the intersection of quantum technologies and critical infrastructure security.
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