Timefold

🎅🏻 Optimizing Santa’s Travels with Timefold AI Ever wondered how Santa manages to deliver gifts across the globe in record time? In this live-coding session, Tom demonstrates how to solve Santa's travel optimization problem using Timefold Solver, a free and Open Source AI solver! 🎄 Key Highlights: Problem setup & domain modeling 🛠️ Adding constraints for real-world scenarios 🎯 Creating a REST API and visualizing Santa's route 🗺️ Let’s give Santa a smoother ride this Christmas! 🚀 #AI #Timefold #Optimization #Java

🚀 We’re seeking a Frontend Software Developer who can help us in creating seamless user experiences for our PlanningAI platform. The core of our work is solving large-scale and complex scheduling and routing challenges. We need frontend excellence to translate this complex tech into intuitive, interactive, and high-performing user interfaces that our customers will describe with one phrase: easy-to-use. If building intuitive and impactful web applications excites you, and you have the ambition to have a key developer role in a high-growth startup, take this chance to join our growing team! Apply for the role 👇 https://lnkd.in/ei_PhtFm

We couldn't miss out on the fun, could we? 😏 #operationsresearch #optimization #scheduling #planningai

🎅As Christmas is approaching businesses are scrambling to keep up with the rush of orders and service calls. Whether you’re handling last-mile deliveries or managing field service schedules, planning is everything. Timefold’s PlanningAI is here to help you navigate the holiday chaos with ease, so you can focus on delivering great customer experiences. Ready to make your holiday operations smoother?

3 Myths About Shift Scheduling—Debunked! ✨ Let’s break down some common misconceptions about employee shift scheduling: 👉 Myth 1: “Scheduling is just about filling time slots.” Fact: It’s much more than that. Effective scheduling requires balancing employee availability, legal compliance, demand fluctuations and much more. 👉 Myth 2: “Optimizing schedules is only for big companies.” Fact: Small businesses can benefit just as much, if not more, from PlanningAI. Fewer inefficiencies, fewer headaches. 👉 Myth 3: “Manual scheduling is just fine—we’ve always done it this way.” Fact: Manual processes leave room for human error and can’t respond in real time like AI-driven solutions can. Which of these myths do you encounter the most?

Santa’s holiday prep is no small feat: 🎁 gifts to package, 🛠 elves to schedule, and ✈️ a global route to plan. Could we help Santa optimize? 👀 Tom Cools shows us how: https://lnkd.in/e6wdj_vQ

Building a scheduling solution might sound straightforward: pick shifts, assign employees, done. But when you start that exercise, you quickly find it’s anything but simple. 🧩 Labor laws, contracts, skill requirements, risk factors, location logistics, and even personal preferences all come into play. How do you ensure the right people are in the right place at the right time, while keeping everyone happy and compliant? It’s quite a puzzle . But what if there was a way to solve it effortlessly? 🤔 Watch the video to see how you can simplify employee scheduling with the power of PlanningAI. 🌟 #EmployeeScheduling #PlanningAI

Planning algorithms aren’t just about finding a solution—they’re about finding the best one. At Timefold, we use heuristic algorithms like Hill-Climbing to explore possibilities quickly while making adjustments over time. For companies like Picnic Technologies , this has meant faster decisions with less effort. Want to see how these algorithms can work for you? Let’s talk AI-driven planning.

Easily Access Powerful Planning Models via API Timefold’s platform isn’t just an ordinary API—it’s your gateway to solving complex planning problems faster and more efficiently. With ready-to-use planning models, you can integrate Timefold seamlessly into your existing systems, or build new ones from the ground up. Whether it’s optimizing Field Service Routing (FSR), Employee Shift Scheduling (ESS), or Machine Job Scheduling, the platform allows you to tap into powerful optimization models with minimal setup. Here’s what makes it stand out: • Quick integration: Timefold’s API lets you hit the ground running. Start optimizing schedules and routing tasks right away, without the headache of a long setup. • Real-time adaptability: Whether you’re dealing with last-minute changes or fluctuating demand, Timefold adjusts dynamically, keeping your operations efficient and responsive to real-world constraints. • Customizable and scalable: As your business grows, Timefold’s planning models scale with you. Whether you’re managing small teams or large fleets, the API supports high-demand scenarios effortlessly. Ready to start optimizing your workforce and resources faster? Let Timefold’s API-powered platform take care of the heavy lifting.

🚚 Here’s a scenario for you: Your best technician is fully booked, but a critical job comes up. What do you do? Would you: A) Reschedule other jobs? B) Pull in another technician who might not be as skilled? C) Let Timefold figure it out? Curious how Timefold optimizes technician schedules and keeps operations smooth? Drop your answer and let’s chat about how AI can help! #FieldServiceRouting #TimefoldAI