Activities

• Conduct a series of exploratory workshops to get acquainted with the organization’s processes and scheduling challenges.
• Identify the optimization problem and business constraints.
• Propose how to encode the business constraints into the Optimus framework and estimate potential savings from optimized processes.
• Implement a proof-of-concept model for the most challenging part of the optimization problem to validate the proposed approached.
• Define data synchronization strategies for all datasets defining the optimization problem
• Create an end-to-end implementation plan, defining scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables
• Build the overall end-to-end optimization solution.
• Configure CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and deployment.
• Conduct knowledge transfer and training sessions, making sure all technical and business users are well-acquainted with the delivered optimization platform

Deliverables

• Implemented optimization module running on the Optimus optimization platform
• End-to-end implemented solution, from data ingestion to result analysis
• Automated testing and deployment processes
• Technical documentation and an operations manual

Outcomes

• Flexibility – Optimus 4.0 can be modified exactly to your needs and integrated into your existing systems.
• Continuity – Optimus 4.0 learns from your company data and ensures continuity in your planning or scheduling quality
• Adaptability & Scale – With Optimus 4.0 you will never outgrow your solution because it can be modified and adjusted as your business grows or pivots

Examples of Applicable Use Cases

Employee planning & Scheduling

• Finding the best schedule & plan
• Automated allocation of workforce
• Quick rescheduling

Logistics & Supply Chain

• Optimizing truck and delivery routes
• Minimizing inter-warehouse transportation
• Milk runs optimization

Production & Manufacturing

• Production planning & scheduling
• Reduction of waste materials
• Optimal cutting or use of resources

Cargo handling

• Shipping optimization
• Improving parcel fill rate
• Truck and container loading maximizing

Diving deeper: Optimizing your operations where you need it the most

Logistics Optimize your transport and loading or filling operations. Make your logistics greener and reduce your transport costs. Optimus 4.0 finds the best plan for your truck and delivery routes, shipping, inter-warehouse transportation, and milk runs. It can also save you costs by maximizing your truck and container loading and improving your parcel fill rate to minimize empty space in parcels.

Workforce Optimize your schedules in a minute. Maximize your service levels and meet your production targets by allocating the right people to the right tasks. Create plans that automatically factor in all the possible limitations and constraints.

Production Find the best configuration of even the most complex production process. For example, to minimize the waste of your materials in production, Optimus 4.0 calculates how to effectively cut larger pieces of wood, steel, etc., into small pieces of desired sizes, each needed in specific quantities.