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Renault’s Truck Loading Contest November 21, 2022
Every two years, the ROADEF/EURO challenge, organized by the French Operations Research Society (ROADEF) and the European Operational Research Society (EURO), proposes a topic for the research community to work on. The ROADEF challenges allow the industry to perceive better recent developments in the field of Operations Research and Decision Support and confront young academics…
LocalSolver sponsors OR 2022 June 27, 2022
LocalSolver is pleased to sponsor the annual conference of the Operations Research Society of Germany, OR 2022. It will take place from September 6 to September 9, 2022, at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe. You can find the conference program here. Come by our booth to learn about the new features and applications of…
LocalSolver Nominated for Indus’RO Award May 30, 2022
The French Operations Research Society (ROADEF) organizes the Indus’RO Award to promote the impact of mathematical optimization in business and society. LocalSolver is nominated for the Indus’RO Award with two other companies by a panel appointed by ROADEF mixing academic and industrial experts. Some years ago, LocalSolver was already designated for a series of innovative…
Why Renault chose Hexaly to solve its packaging logistics optimization problem May 16, 2022
Renault Group is a French multinational automobile manufacturer, and one of the largest automakers in the world. Its Operations Research department is in charge of solving the various optimization problems arising in the company. The most frequently encountered issues are related to Supply Chain Management: production scheduling, transportation optimization, network design, truck item packing, workshop…
LocalSolver at ECRM 2022 April 18, 2022
LocalSolver is invited to talk to the Early Career Researchers in Mathematics (ECRM 2022). This conference for postgraduate mathematics students will be held at University College London (UCL), June 21–24, 2022. Julien Darlay, Head of Science at LocalSolver, will talk on Tuesday, the 21st of June, at 2 PM. Mathematical Optimization is a subfield of…
Project Management and Scheduling 2022 March 7, 2022
Project Management and Scheduling (PMS) is an international workshop dedicated to Project Management and Scheduling. The workshop provides an ideal opportunity to discuss recent and important issues in the field of project management (planning, scheduling, control) and machine scheduling (single and parallel machine problems, flow shop, job shop). We congratulate our colleague Léa Blaise, Optimization…
How Newton.Vaureal Consulting saves 12% on logistics opex costs with Hexaly January 24, 2022
Newton.Vaureal Consulting is a consultancy company specializing in operations management since 1998. Newton has a team of Operations Research specialists to handle all modeling needs that arise in business projects, such as logistics network design optimization. With six network design projects carried out by relying on Hexaly Optimizer last year, Newton optimized €160M of logistics…
How Hexaly solves Toho Titanium’s shipment management problem in minutes December 27, 2021
Toho Titanium is a Japanese manufacturer of non-ferrous metals and one of the world leaders in titanium smelting and refining. Titanium is characterized by its lightness, high specific strength, and high corrosion resistance. It is used in various fields, from aerospace materials to consumer products. As part of Toho Titanium’s digital transformation program, the company…
LocalSolver sponsors ROADEF 2022 December 13, 2021
The annual conference of the French Operations Research and Decision Support Society, namely ROADEF, will be held in Lyon on February 23-25, 2022. LocalSolver is glad to sponsor ROADEF 2022. Please meet us at our booth to discover LocalSolver 11.0 new features and applications. This is also the occasion to meet our team of Optimization Scientists and…
How Hexaly solves scheduling problems with changeover times for Ouest-France November 15, 2021
Ouest-France is a daily French newspaper that emphasizes both local and national news. The paper is produced in 50 different editions covering many departments in the West of France. With 2.5 million daily readers, it is the most-read francophone newspaper globally. Each edition of Ouest-France includes specific pages for its region, department, and municipalities concerned…