Graduate Student: Adjusting pattern-based shifts to volatile demand forecasts

Job DescriptionORTEC Workforce for Warehousing (OWW) is a cloud-native employee rostering solution designed for the scheduling of shifts and tasks in warehouses. The goal is to create schedules that respect hard constraints (e.g., labor rules) and soft constraints (e.g., preferences of employees and planners) as much as possible.Scheduling in this industry...

Job DescriptionWe are seeking a skilled Graduate Student to join our team at ORTEC in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing a model that reschedules and adjusts shifts compared to the pattern to find a better fit for the fluctuations in demand.As a Graduate Student in this role, you will have...

Job DescriptionWe are seeking a talented Senior Operations Research Analyst to join our team at ORTEC. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects that involve optimizing complex systems and improving business outcomes.About the RoleThis is an exceptional opportunity to leverage your analytical skills and experience in operations...

About the JobWe are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Supply Chain Graduate Intern to join our team at Danone. As a Supply Chain Graduate Intern, you will be responsible for ensuring the consistency of planning on a mid/long-term horizon, supporting collaboration between external factories and internal Danone Sales Units.Your Key...

Job description At ORTEC, we solve thousands of optimization problems every day. While every problem is unique, there are patterns in the problem instances that we solve. Can we exploit the patterns in these problem instances, translating them into patterns for good solutions that we can learn from previously optimized solutions?  The challenge  ...

Job DescriptionAt ORTEC, we tackle thousands of optimization challenges daily. While each problem is unique, patterns emerge in the problem instances we solve. Can we harness these patterns to learn from previously optimized solutions?The ChallengeWe've made progress in using deep learning models to predict solution structures for combinatorial optimization...

About the ProjectORTEC is seeking a motivated graduate student to work on a challenging project related to route optimization in the context of e-grocery delivery. The project aims to develop and implement efficient algorithms for optimizing delivery routes, taking into account the dynamic nature of customer orders and the need for continuous...

Job description The e-Grocery business, in which consumers shop for groceries online which will be delivered to their door, is growing rapidly. Efficiency in the delivery operations is of key importance here, so route optimization plays a large role in this business. Since customer orders come in all the time, and the order booking system needs...

The ChallengeAt ORTEC, we are seeking a talented graduate student to collaborate with our team on developing a chatbot that can answer general questions, interact with our product APIs, and even tune parameters for our algorithms.About YouYou should be a master student (or student of applied sciences) in artificial intelligence or a related field.You should...

Job DescriptionAt ORTEC, we're pushing the boundaries of traditional shortest path algorithms to tackle the complexities of real-world traffic patterns. We're seeking a skilled master's student to join our team and help us develop innovative solutions for computing time-dependent shortest paths in dynamic environments.The ChallengeWe're looking for someone...

At ORTEC, we're passionate about harnessing the power of data science and machine learning to optimize transportation planning. As a graduate student looking for a challenging project, you'll have the opportunity to delve into cutting-edge methodologies and contribute to the development of an innovative solution.We're seeking a talented individual with...

About the ProjectThe e-Grocery business is rapidly growing, and optimizing delivery routes is crucial for efficiency. In this project, you will work on continuously optimizing a gradually maturing dataset of customer orders. This involves determining the best ways to optimize the dataset, evaluating the added value of using forecasted demand, and examining...

Optimization Problem SolvingAt ORTEC, we tackle thousands of optimization challenges every day. While each problem is unique, there are patterns in the problem instances we solve. Can we leverage these patterns to translate them into effective solutions?The ChallengeSome successes have been achieved in using deep learning models to predict solution...

About ORTECORTEC is a company that specializes in applied mathematics, with a passion for using problem-solving skills to improve our planet. Founded by graduate students in 1981, the company still fosters its students by providing excellent supervision during their graduation project.We share a drive to use our problem-solving skills to make a positive...

Job description If you're a fan of Dijkstra’s, read on! While the famous Dijkstra algorithm is the fastest algorithm for shortest pathfinding in a general graph, in special cases we can do better by relying on assumptions for the input graph. At ORTEC, we repeatedly compute many related shortest paths on a static graph: the road network. For...

Job description ORTEC serves several industries where routing is a crucial part of the operations, such as retail, e-grocery, and parcel delivery. In these businesses, there is a growing demand for optimization engines that not only look at efficiency, but also consider other objectives such as customer service level and driver happiness. In many...

Job description Large language models such as GPT4 have impressed the world with amazing capabilities. While they are excellent (not perfect!) at textual tasks like question answering, summarizing texts or writing (an inspirational example for) your thesis, we want (you) to take it to the next step! What can you make our chatbot do?  The...

**Job description**: **Do you want to contribute to a better world? You probably come across us every day as we improve many important business processes. For example, we enable supermarkets to deliver to their shops on time without wasting fuel or help healthcare organizations to deploy the right staff at the right time. These are just a few examples of...

Job DescriptionThe e-grocery business, where consumers shop online for groceries to be delivered to their doorstep, is rapidly growing. In this context, route optimization plays a vital role in ensuring efficient delivery operations.As customer orders continue to arrive, the order booking system needs to determine which delivery windows are best suited for...

Job description ORTEC leverages data and mathematics to create value for businesses and society at large. They develop a leading employee rostering solution for various industries. The optimization module creates schedules for employees such that hard constraints (e.g., labor rules) are not violated and soft constraints (e.g., preferences of employees...