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Workforce scheduling is crucial in the transportation and retail logistics industries, where efficiency and customer service are paramount to remaining competitive. These industries, however, are plagued by labor shortages. These staffing pressures have worsened since the pandemic. At the same time, the pandemic has given the e-commerce boom further momentum. Truck drivers are in high demand and hard to come by. Warehouses are also struggling with staffing shortages. How can you improve warehouse employee scheduling and driver scheduling to achieve productivity in this context? How can you attract skilled workers? The key to productive workforce scheduling in transportation and retail logistics lies in a comprehensive workforce management solution.
By Merlijn Gootjes
The 5 things we learned from our customers during the ORTEC Global Retail Summit 2021:
Last month, we organized the 4th ORTEC Global Retail Summit. Over 150 people from 24 different countries and 52 retail companies registered. Read on to get the key insights and learnings from the event.
The push toward e-commerce will remain strong in the coming years. Customer service expectations, like same day deliveries, will also increase. How can retailers, and grocery retailers in particular, stay profitable, while transforming into home delivery and omni-channel operations? Dynamic time slot booking, also called timeslotting, can be a powerful tool. This article gives answers on how dynamic time slot booking improves service and efficiency in e-logistics.
This article is powered by Goos Kant, Professor Logistic Optimization Tilburg University & Managing Partner ORTEC
Earlier this year, AIMMS teamed up with ORTEC to develop an S&OP maturity assessment. S&OP is especially relevant for companies that have a very diverse product portfolio and complex production processes. A mismatch between demand and supply can be very costly in such cases. So far, professionals from around the world have taken the assessment. Although most respondents are from the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, the insights are relevant for many sectors.
Read the insights and key trends on the AIMMS website
ORTEC introduces Data and AI in the Boardroom. An ORTEC magazine to support senior executives to cope with the challenges, opportunities and risks of data and artificial intelligence, enhancing decision-making to secure long-term, sustainable growth in today's fast-changing world.
Data and artificial intelligence can be used to speed up and facilitate the decision-making process. Data and technology alone, however, won't do the trick. Organizations should approach digital holistically - not as a separate entity requiring an isolated strategy. How do you navigate the digital transformation?
In this issue you’ll catch a glimpse of the approaches by leading companies like ASML, Univé and Thales.
Almost every company recognizes the incredible value of artificial intelligence (AI). Everyone is talking about AI and promising a revolutionary way to get value out of data by applying machine learning and other techniques. ORTEC recognizes this value.
This e-guide explains our capabilities in optimization, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML). It also discusses our relationship with academia, the added value we deliver and achieved results. You can also find some short answers to frequently asked questions at the end.
By Goos Kant
'I believe in the centaur model: a combination of data-driven and intuitive innovation’
Roland van der Vorst has been Head of Innovation at Rabobank Wholesale Rural for two and a half years, putting him in charge of all international business and corporate business in the Netherlands. Van der Vorst is not a stereotypical banker. He prefers operating at the interface of creativity and strategy, a trait that serves him well in his current position. "I have set myself the goal of capitalizing new revenue models and harnessing our current relationships and strengths to innovate. I strive to create things that will benefit us and others alike, playing a positive-sum game rather than a zero-sum one.”
Interview with Roland van der Vorst, head of innovation at Rabobank
Zoetermeer, The Netherlands: A new release of ORTEC Inventory Routing is now available. With this new release, you can get drastically improved results by combining order forecasting, order generation and route optimization with real-time execution and dispatch.
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Workforce management is about balancing three things: employee engagement, cost-efficiency and flexibility. In this article, we explore how ORTEC Workforce can help you balance these competing goals and optimize your workforce.