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Sustainable considerations for implementing AI in Workforce Scheduling
Nov 12, 2024 - InsightPui Yi Chan - Corporate Sustainability Manager at ORTEC

5 Sustainable considerations for implementing AI in Workforce Scheduling

The future of planning - Emma de Wit and Patrick Hennen ORTEC
Nov 5, 2024 - InsightPatrick Hennen & Emma de Wit - COO & VP of Digital Transformation at ORTEC

The future of planning: more impact, less complexity

Heineken ORTEC Supply Chain Planning
Oct 28, 2024 - InsightJasper Blaas - Planning Capability Manager at HEINEKEN

HEINEKEN: Balancing local agility and global synergy in supply chain planning

Future planning design principles
Oct 23, 2024 - InsightErica D'Acunto - VP Innovation at ORTEC

Designing the ‘Future of Planning’: Engaging and adaptive software for faster and smarter decisions

The future of work: leveraging AI for efficient and satisfying workforce management
Oct 21, 2024 - InsightVincent Lemmens - Executive Vice President of Workforce Management at ORTEC

The future of work: leveraging AI for efficient and satisfying workforce management

Navigating labor shortages: tactical capacity management as a solution
Oct 21, 2024 - InsightGoos Kant - Industry Leader Workforce & Professor of Logistics Optimization

Navigating labor shortages: tactical capacity management as a solution

Optimizing global workforce planning: how advanced tools and collaboration drive efficiency
Oct 21, 2024 - InsightMeike de With and Chuck Ng - Data Science & Consulting at ORTEC

Optimizing global workforce planning

Driving efficiency: DSV’s data-powered workforce
Oct 8, 2024 - Insight

Driving efficiency: DSV’s data-powered workforce

The Future of Planning - Integrating AI and human expertise in decision-making
Sep 17, 2024 - InsightErica D'Acunto - VP Innovation at ORTEC

The Future of Planning: Integrating AI and human expertise in decision-making

Pui Yi Chan - Corporate Sustainability Manager ORTEC
Jun 4, 2024 - InsightPui Yi Chan - Corporate Sustainability Manager at ORTEC

Climate resilience: preparing supply chains and vulnerable communities

The future of planning
May 7, 2024 - InsightSuzanne Thomasson - Senior Business Consultant at ORTEC

Embracing smart innovations in B2B | e-grocery delivery

Frans van Helden SVP Supply Chain Planning
Mar 18, 2024 - InsightFrans van Helden - Executive Vice President Supply Chain Planning

More dialogue, shorter implementation time

Heineken's global supply chain
Jan 23, 2024 - InsightWilko Sierksma - Director of Global Planning at HEINEKEN Global Supply Chain

Heineken's global solutions for local entrepreneurship

Amref, ORTEC, Analytics for a Better World ABW
Aug 8, 2023 - Insight

Data for creating lasting health change in Africa | Amref

Headoffice Essent from Sky
Jun 28, 2023 - Insight

No one can solve a crisis by their lonesome

ORTEC Finished Goods Logistics Webinar - March 2023
Apr 4, 2023 - Insight

The Future of Logistics: 5 Key Takeaways You Need to Know

ORTEC | 4 Trends for Optimizing Finished Goods Logistics
Apr 13, 2023 - Insight

4 Must-Know Trends and Proven Tips for Optimizing Finished Goods Logistics in Manufacturing

Why many innovations fail
Apr 11, 2023 - Insight

Five common innovation mistakes and how to avoid them

ORTEC | The Ultimate Guide to Dynamic Workforce Management for Warehouses
Mar 23, 2023 - Insight

The Ultimate Guide to Dynamic Workforce Management for Warehouses

E-grocery Challenges Retailers 2023
Mar 7, 2023 - Insight

e-Grocery Is Growing Dynamically. Are Retailers Ready to Deliver?

Streamline Your Logistics Chain with Optimized Shipments | ORTEC
Feb 20, 2023 - InsightGoos Kant - Professor Logistic Optimization Tilburg University & Managing Partner ORTEC

Streamline Your Logistics Chain with Optimized Shipments

Designing the charging networks of the future
Feb 20, 2023 - InsightSandra Bronsvoort - Subject Matter Expert eMobility at ORTEC

Designing the charging networks of the future

ORTEC interviews Den Hartogh Green Logistics
Feb 10, 2023 - InsightLuke van de Bunt - Network Planning Manager and member of the Sustainability Working Group at Den Hartogh Logistics

Green logistics: what parameters to tweak to get the business case to work?

ORTEC interview NS
Jan 9, 2023 - Insight

The logistics puzzle is becoming increasingly complex and challenging

Manage algorithms like you manage people
Jan 3, 2023 - Insight

Manage algorithms like you manage people

The six innovation myths debunked
Dec 12, 2022 - InsightErica D'Acunto & Suzanne Thomasson - Innovation Lead & Data Scientist

The six innovation myths debunked

Freshful, Romania’s first online hypermarket, chooses ORTEC e-Grocery Delivery
Dec 6, 2022 - Insight

Freshful, Romania’s first online hypermarket, chooses ORTEC e-Grocery Delivery

Embrace, adapt and innovate
Nov 22, 2022 - InsightPatrick Hennen - Chief Technology & Innovation Officer

Embrace, adapt and innovate

Quandary AI Legislation EU AI Act
Nov 15, 2022 - Insight

The quandary of AI legislation

Algorithm objectivity
Oct 25, 2022 - Insight

Algorithms pave the way for objectivity

Scalable impact analytics
Oct 18, 2022 - Insight

Scalable impact with analytics by Achmea & ORTEC

Three Questions for Hein Fleuren
Sep 22, 2022 - Insight

Three questions for… Prof. Hein Fleuren

Companies need to push multiple buttons instead of just one
Aug 23, 2022 - Insight

Companies need to push multiple buttons instead of just one

e-Grocery Delivery Webinar 2022
May 31, 2022 - Insight

[Webinar] Optimization for sustainable e-grocery delivery

Patrick Hennen CTO ORTEC
May 17, 2022 - InsightPatrick Hennen - Chief Technology & Innovation Officer

A new balance in business models

How optimization contributes to profitable e-grocery
May 11, 2022 - InsightGoos Kant - Professor Logistic Optimization Tilburg University & Managing Partner ORTEC

How Optimization Contributes to Profitable e-Grocery Delivery

ORTEC - Supply chain optimization in the Fuel Industry
Apr 14, 2022 - InsightSandra Bronsvoort -

Supply chain optimization in the Fuel Industry

ORTEC - Terminal replenishment in uncertain times
Apr 13, 2022 - InsightSandra Bronsvoort - Analytics Consultant, ORTEC ANZ

Terminal replenishment in uncertain times

The myths surrounding AI
Apr 8, 2022 - InsightProf. Dr. Gerrit Timmer - Founder and CSO at ORTEC

The untapped potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI): the myths

We're losing fertile ground
Apr 5, 2022 - InsightVolkert Engelsman, Eosta and Frans van Helden, ORTEC -

We’re losing 30 soccer fields of fertile land every minute

The untapped potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI): the opportunities
Mar 21, 2022 - InsightGerrit Timmer - Founder and CSO at ORTEC

The untapped potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI): the opportunities

ORTEC - 4 ways to address the driver shortage in parcel delivery
Mar 4, 2022 - InsightGoos Kant - Professor Logistic Optimization Tilburg University & Managing Partner ORTEC

4 Ways to Address the Driver Shortage in Parcel Delivery

Mar 1, 2022 - InsightRogier Havelaar - Head of Sustainability Parcels & Logistics

Valuable air: 50% of what we transport is packaged air

supply chain disruptions
Feb 15, 2022 - InsightGerrit Timmer - Founder and CSO at ORTEC

We must bulletproof supply chains to streamline disrupted flows

ORTEC - Transitioning to Zero-Emission Mobility Get the Conversation Started
Feb 14, 2022 - InsightGuido de Wit - Practice Lead Sustainability

Transitioning to Zero-Emission Mobility: Get the Conversation Started!

ORTEC - 4 Scenarios for Optimized Pallet and Load Building in SAP Transportation Management
Jan 3, 2022 - InsightDick Zijlstra - Industry Expert

4 Scenarios for Optimized Pallet and Load Building in SAP Transportation Management

Portrait of David Peters, Chief Transition Officer at Stedin
Dec 13, 2021 - InsightDavid Peters - Chief Transition Officer

The energy transition: “We could never do it alone. No one can.”

ORTEC | Productive workforce scheduling in transportation and retail logistics
Nov 11, 2021 - InsightMerlijn Gootjes - Business Consultant

The Key to Productive Workforce Scheduling in Transportation and Retail Logistics

ORTEC - 5 key insights from the ORTEC Retail Summit 2021
Nov 5, 2021 - Insight

5 key insights from the ORTEC Retail Summit

ORTEC - 8 Supply Chain Management Tactics Used by Big Energy Brands
Nov 3, 2021 - InsightIlona Scholte & Huub Vankan - Industry Lead & Product Manager

8 Supply Chain Management Tactics Used by Big Oil & Gas Companies

ORTEC - Dynamic Time Slot Booking E-Logistics
Nov 2, 2021 - InsightGoos Kant - Professor Logistic Optimization Tilburg University & Managing Partner ORTEC

How Dynamic Time Slot Booking Improves Service and Efficiency in E-Logistics

ORTEC - Insights header S&OP market research key takeways
Nov 1, 2021 - Insight

3 Key Takeaways from our S&OP Maturity Research

Oct 13, 2021 - Insight

The centaur approach to innovation: balancing data and intuition

Folkert Asselbergs, cardioloog en Professor UMCU UCL
Aug 26, 2021 - Insight

In ten years AI leading and doctors supporting: reality or madness?

Next generation chatbot
Jul 28, 2021 - Insight

The next generation (chat)bot: 5 predictions

Marc Salomon - interview ORTEC
Jul 22, 2021 - Insight

Fair, Accountable & Transparent AI: een interview met Professor Marc Salomon

Ingrid de Swart a.s.r.
Jul 1, 2021 - Insight

Guiding principles for digitization: an interview with a.s.r.

ORTEC - Load Optimization: The Secret to Shipping Less Air
Jun 21, 2021 - InsightStefan Althoff - Product Manager

Load Optimization: The Secret to Shipping Less Air

ORTEC
May 19, 2021 - Insight

Better Data-Driven Decisions: Best Practices for Energy Companies

ORTEC Logistic Trends in Dairy
May 4, 2021 - InsightGoos Kant - Professor Logistic Optimization Tilburg University & Managing Partner ORTEC

4 insights that will help your dairy company stay on track

Schiphol Airport & ORTEC Sustainability
May 4, 2021 - InsightRichard Emmerink - Director of Strategy and Airport Planning at Schiphol

Four key elements of sustainable business success

Gerrit Timmer - 40 Years
Apr 1, 2021 - Insight

40 years of impact: an interview with ORTEC founder Gerrit Timmer

Feb 23, 2021 - Insight

Data and AI in the Boardroom: Mindset Shifts for Organizational Transformation

Ellen Lastdrager TNO
Feb 22, 2021 - Insight

Mission-driven innovation: An interview with TNO

Feb 11, 2021 - Insight

Accelerating digital strategy by investing in cyber security: an interview with Thales

Ellen Peper, Chief Transformation Officer Unive
Jan 28, 2021 - Insight

Digital transformation powered by a great team and clear vision: An interview with Univé

ORTEC
Jan 25, 2021 - Insight

Data and AI in the Boardroom: Explainable & Fair AI

ORTEC interviews Roger Dassen CFO ASML
Jan 14, 2021 - Insight

Moving technology forward: An interview with the CFO of ASML

ORTEC
Jan 5, 2021 - Insight

Data and AI in the Boardroom: Governance & Supervision

Mathematics makes resilient in times of crisis
Dec 22, 2020 - Insight

Mathematics makes resilient during a pandemic

Making better decisions as the essence of being data-driven
Dec 3, 2020 - InsightFrans van Helden - Managing Director at ORTEC Consulting

Making better decisions as the essence of being data-driven

ORTEC Translating Data into Better Decision Making
Oct 27, 2020 - Insight

Five Ways to Translate Data into Better Decision-Making

ORTEC - Why successful 3PL companies are using Advanced Planning
Oct 5, 2020 - Insight

Why successful 3PL companies are using Advanced Planning Systems

Sep 22, 2020 - Insight

Translating Data into Better Decision-Making: A Holistic Strategy for a Digital World

Aug 18, 2020 - Insight

Translating Data into Better Decision-Making: Data & Technology

Data Driven Decision Making People Culture
Jul 20, 2020 - Insight

Translating Data into Better Decision-Making: People & Culture

Jun 2, 2020 - Insight

Translating Data into Better Decision-Making: Organization & Process

ORTEC and 510
May 25, 2020 - Insight

Collaboration ORTEC and 510

Amref and ORTEC
May 25, 2020 - Insight

Collaboration ORTEC and Amref

May 11, 2020 - InsightDick Zijlstra - Industry Expert

How reliable are load fill KPI’s anyway?

May 7, 2020 - Insight

Translating Data into Better Decision-Making: Customers and Innovation

Coronavirus Outbreak Insight
Apr 29, 2020 - Insight

How to turn the effects of the coronavirus outbreak into opportunities

Apr 23, 2020 - Insight

A meaningful week in Ethiopia: creating lasting health change with Amref

Apr 21, 2020 - Insight

How Explainable AI helps organizations make better decisions

ORTEC - 11 Cost Reductions in e-commerce Fulfilment with 1 clever Algorithm
Apr 10, 2020 - InsightDick Zijlstra - Industry Expert

11 Cost Reductions in e-commerce Fulfilment with 1 clever Algorithm

Coronavirus Outbreak Insight
Apr 9, 2020 - Insight

How Retail and Ecommerce can Anticipate Future Scenarios based on the Coronavirus Outbreak

Coronavirus Outbreak Insight
Apr 3, 2020 - Insight

Mitigating Retail and Ecommerce Continuity Risks in Times of the Coronavirus Outbreak

Mar 26, 2020 - Insight

How to Adapt the Supply Chain in Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Mar 16, 2020 - Insight

5 Components of a Holistic Digital Strategy: Change Management

Feb 24, 2020 - InsightDick Zijlstra - Industry Expert

E-commerce Profitability: is your carton assortment chosen wisely?

Feb 10, 2020 - Insight

5 Components of a Holistic Digital Strategy: Culture

Feb 7, 2020 - Insight

From one-size-fits-all to personalization in the travel industry

Jan 10, 2020 - Insight

5 Components of a Holistic Digital Strategy: Talent Development