We minimize the number of racks required to accommodate all pallets in a warehouse, freeing space for other activities and allowing company growth.
Allocating people to teams is a task common in both sport and business. We allocate 32 people to 4 teams that are as balanced as possible.
We estimate the speed improvement for optimization solvers in the 35 years from 1989 to 2024. The results may be surprising.
We experiment with the new Python in Excel feature, building and solving a linear program using the Python SciPy library.
This series explores optimization of a "picking warehouse" by improving the warehouse design and efficiency of the picking process.
We describe an example of how to represent price breaks in a linear programming model, built in Excel using Solver or OpenSolver.
This series of 13 articles compares Python libraries Pyomo, PuLP, OR-Tools, Gekko, CVXPY, and SciPy for building a linear programming model.
We minimize trim waste in a paper manufacturing process. A theoretically perfect solution is impractical, so what can we do?