#34 Geoffrey De Smet: Solving Real-Time Scheduling Problems

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Geoffrey De Smet built a scheduling solver as a side project and ended up with a NASA supplier, big telcos, and pest control companies running on it.
The Timefold co-founder and OptaPlanner creator joins Vijay and Mike to talk field service routing: hundreds of technicians, tens of thousands of jobs, and the chaos of a real day in the field. They also discuss why plans are useless but planning is essential, why a 90% feasible schedule is…