He began to type. He fed the software a nightmare of a problem: a multi-period production schedule with fluctuating labor costs, storage capacities, and stochastic demand. Most software would have spun its wheels for minutes. Version 6.0 didn't even pause. The solution blinked onto the screen in 0.4 seconds. It was elegant. It was optimal. But then, the screen changed.

Version 6.0 was a significant release that included modules for: