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The thin line between Operations Research and Modern Art
| Kai Keppner
I bet you did not think about optimization problems in logistics when you first looked at the picture above. A picture like this would not…
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A glance into the future: goodbye to the chaos in German rest areas?
| Michael Schwemmle
A long-standing problem on German highways is the lack of truck parking lots. Although the expansion of these spaces is already in…
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2 Steps to a More Efficient Inventory Count
| Julia Severins
It’s December 30, the last Christmas cookies have been eaten and the fireworks for New Year’s Eve are already waiting for their…
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Fighting Food Waste with Math
| David Weaver
Rob Greenfield does not directly have much to do with supply chain management, at least not at a corporate level, but he does have a pretty…
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A series production recipe – do not use MRP!
| Kai Keppner
Have you ever asked yourself, how your production planning methods would work out in your private kitchen? If something works out for your…
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Why Production Planning in the Process Industry Consistently Fails
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Surely you know the myth of Sisyphus from the Odyssey epic by Homer. For duping and mocking Hades, God of the Underworld, Sisyphus was…
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