📈 #31 OR in action: the Walmart case

Including a very prestigious award given to them in the area of Operations Research.

Last Thursday, I read something that I really liked.

Not just liked, but loved.

It's one of those things that I read and it makes me happy.

Walmart, probably one of the companies with the most experience in the world of Operations Research, unveiled to the world its Route Optimization tool.

Just by the name, you can imagine what it's about.

In the true style of UPS, Walmart provides concrete data. With this tool, they have saved:

• More than 110,000 routes.

• More than 48 million kilometers.

• More than 42,000 tons of CO2.

So, if this is not enough incentive... Just so you know, in this post from Feasible, I tell you about this and an additional little surprise that I got from Walmart.

Let's go for it!

🚚 Route Optimization

One of my first posts in this newsletter was about the UPS case. It was the fourth post and a lot has happened since then, so I'll leave it here in case you don't remember:

#4 📈 Jobs for this technology will grow by 24.6% over this decade

The UPS use case might be one of the most iconic within the world of Operations Research.

It provides very concrete data on everything that their ORION tool saved them. It took several years to build, yes, but it was worth it: from the moment it was deployed, it saved the company 50 million dollars.

Now it seems like it's Walmart's turn to strut their stuff with their numbers thanks to Operations Research.

I have to say that for as long as I can remember, that is, for about 10 years now, I've seen Walmart in a very positive light: they post job offers related to OR and occasionally publish on their blog some of the work they do.

With this tool, Route Optimization, Walmart continues its mission to make the supply chain more efficient, also reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. They made it for themselves and now offer it to the rest of the world. With this tool, you can: