ChatGPT is everywhere these days. OR folks seem not to talk about it too much, or at least not in the context of daily work. Here are six ways ChatGPT can save you loads of time daily. On top, I…
Continue ReadingSaving EUR370k per annum thanks to Mathematical Optimization. See how can you use it (even if you’re an SME)
We all heard the news about AI enabling billions of dollars of savings for banks, airlines or electric network managers. But even if your company is no Amazon (yet), it can still make a large gain by applying Mathematical Optimization…
Continue ReadingTwo Spectacular Use-cases of Mathematical Optimization In Energy Sector
Energy is a hot topic currently. Especially in Europe, we are fearing the upcoming winter – are we going to face blackouts? Are our houses going to be warm and cosy, as we’re used to? It turns out that Mathematical…
Continue Reading5 Not-So-Obvious Reasons Why We Need AI In Healthcare
A lot has been said about how AI will revolutionize health care. Indeed we have algorithms which can help radiologists assess X-Ray pictures or CT / MR results. We are also developing robots which can perform complex operations in the…
Continue ReadingThe Ultimate Fix To Your Production Planning Problems (also known as Mathematical Optimization)
In my previous post, I showed you three of the biggest pains of production planning managers. This time, I would like to show you how one can overcome these using mathematical optimization. But first of all, I need to apologize…
Continue Reading3 Things We All Hate About Production Planning
September can be beautiful in Europe. It’s still warm, the days are still relatively long and kids are back at school… But in a planning manager’s life, some things are still the worst, despite all the beauty of late summer.…
Continue ReadingA primer on Mathematical Optimization – what is it and why do you need it
This blog is about showing how to use AI in planning processes. In this post, I’d like to introduce you to mathematical optimization – the most important AI technique used to guide decision-making. It is the workhorse of AI-based…
Continue ReadingHow to cut patient waiting time by 94% with Lean and AI
AI can unlock the most potential when processes are stable and predictable. In practice, this is frequently not the case. This is why some people pair up the capabilities of AI with other techniques. In my today’s post, I…
Continue ReadingThe Ultimate Guide to Scoping An Optimization Project
We’ve all been there. We know that there is a problem somewhere in resource allocation. We have also already established that we need a decision support tool (read more about the decision support paradigms here). Then, we come to the…
Continue ReadingInefficient Resource Planning: Three Symptoms
All planning managers have dealt with that question at least once: Do I really get the most of my assets? Or perhaps we could sell more if we had more capacity? There are three common symptoms of inefficient resource planning.…
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