Ascent is a software company founded in 1985, with a global operational presence. The firm specializes in delivering resource allocation and management solutions designed to help organizations optimize the use of both human and physical resources. Its technical domains include Artificial Intelligence, intelligent software, scheduling, and forecasting. The company has offered cloud-hosted solutions since 1998.
The company's products serve several major industry verticals. For the aviation sector, it provides the SmartAirline Operations Center® and SmartAirport Operations Center®, which are used to forecast, plan, and schedule resources from touchdown to takeoff. The Ascent WorkZone® system is a workforce management platform for mission-critical and labor-intensive environments such as casinos, defense, hospitals, hotels, resorts, and security operations.
All products are delivered through the From Touchdown to Takeoff® cloud-based service, which provides resource allocation capabilities via a secure and scalable platform. Ascent has been operating for nearly 40 years.