In industry and its logistics – whether between plants or within – efficiency and profitability are increasingly ensured by just-in-time deliveries and high production volumes. At the same time, more and more complex products are being manufactured, which constantly increases the complexity of production and supply chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It can already be guessed that these two developments are negatively dependent on each other. This becomes even clearer when one looks at the mathematical foundations of goods flow optimisation, which of course concern both the distribution of components in production and the distribution of components to the end consumer. In fact, the underlying problem is NP-hard; in other words, if you want to solve it precisely, you need a lot of time or a lot of computing power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n