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Supply Chain Network Design
Engineer your supply chain – using supply chain network design to determine the right structure for your supply chain “Do you let your supply chain grow ‘ad hoc’ over time, or do you take control?”...
View ArticleThe best of our blog in 2014
The best blog posts of 2014. Chosen by the editors of “This Complex World”. featuring articles about Big Data, The Olympics, Strategy and the golden age of mathematics. From Prussia to Israel and Back:...
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World’s Econometrics Talents Battle it out. ORTEC and EY Support The...
In late March the future stars of the econometrics world will descend on Amsterdam for The Econometric Game. The event has two partners: ORTEC and EY. ORTEC as a sponsor is hardly surprising. But a...
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BUSINESS LEADERS SLEEPING THROUGH THE ANALYTICS REVOLUTION
Michael van Duijn CEO ORTEC Consulting Group Big Data and Analytics are driving a revolution in the business world. On that much everyone agrees, from Harvard Business Review to Gartner and government...
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Alexander Schrijver and the history of the transportation and maximum flow...
Alexander Schrijver @EURO2015 – Image by Guy Hinks. (EURO2015) Last month, Alexander Schrijver was awarded the EURO Gold Medal 2015. The award is considered the highest European distinction in...
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Thirsty for Growth? How Molson Coors Got Route & Load Optimization Right
It’s been said that nothing in life is constant but change. Food and beverage companies understand this as well as anyone. Keeping up with the latest trends, tastes, and preferences is a hallmark of...
View ArticleFrom Great to Good: brilliant solutions for the wrong problem
One Monday afternoon, I received a phone call from my ORTEC colleague, who is based in Atlanta. He was really struggling with the implementation of a routing solution at Coca-Cola, despite all the...
View ArticleGO WEST, YOUNG MAN
One of my most stupid decisions in life was not to accept the invitation to work in Silicon Valley. It was 1993, I was finishing my PhD thesis, and my algorithms turned out to be very useful in...
View ArticleThe struggle of a puzzle: why my job is helping people so much!
The OR Consultant “What do you do for a living?” How often is this one of the first five questions fired at you in an introductory conversation. Some jobs are more easily explained than others. We all...
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Top 4 Best Practices for Implementing an IBM Chatbot
So, you have identified how an AI-based chatbot can add value within your organization and you’re finally ready to start implementing it. During a 3-month project for a large insurance company, we...
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