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TUPLES

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In 2024–2025, as part of the European project TUPLES – Trustworthy AI, the European aerospace leader AIRBUS partnered with Optit to design and manage a competition on a logistics planning problem, focused on the storage and load planning of cargo for the Airbus Beluga XL. These cargo aircraft require a complex load movement, both inbound and outbound, managed through a bidirectional, multi-queue rack system. From this complexity arose the need to launch a competition to assess different approaches proposed by the scientific community across three key areas:
  • deterministic and probabilistic scenarios, to optimise load plans under fixed or uncertain conditions linked to arrivals and departures;
  • explainability, to clarify infeasibility issues and propose alternative solutions.
To address this challenge, Optit developed a Competition Platform designed to manage complex competitions and accurately replicate real-world industrial cases. The platform enables the simulation of realistic and complex industrial scenarios, ensuring repeatable, traceable and reliable assessments, both in terms of performance and solution quality. Key features of the Competition Platform include:
  • iterative evaluations using algorithms under probabilistic conditions;
  • integrated GenAI with LLM available to participants for explainability challenges;
  • isolated, reproducible executions automatically orchestrated by the Optit platform, designed to ensure robustness and reliability.
The impact was significant for both participants and organisers: a real and high-level testbed for researchers and professionals in the fields of decision-making and Trustworthy AI. Participants engaged with real industrial use cases, working alongside experts and high-profile researchers, while the organisers benefited from an adaptive and scalable platform that simplified the management and evaluation of the challenge throughout its entire lifecycle. Our work provided AIRBUS with a competition platform capable of managing challenges of varying complexity, integrating heterogeneous and innovative solution approaches, and accelerating their adoption.

Contarina

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Contarina, a leading public company in waste management in Veneto (Italy), boasting one of the highest recycling rates in Europe, has embarked on a new strategic challenge: optimising the management of on-demand environmental services.

Operations such as bulky waste collection or container replacement are difficult to plan in advance, yet essential to ensure the cleanliness of urban areas and the satisfaction of their inhabitants. 

To address these challenges, Contarina partnered with Optit to develop an advanced two-step solution, designed to transform uncertainty into efficiency:

  1. Capacity Planning
    A forecasting module calculates weekly requirements for staff and vehicles, anticipating fluctuations in demand (e.g. seasonal or based on local events). This makes it possible to allocate resources a few days in advance without compromising on flexibility.
  2. Daily Planning
    Optimisation algorithms schedule incoming orders on a daily basis: routes are generated, resources assigned, and optimal sequences allocated for each service. All key processes are integrated into a web-based software platform connected to Contarina’s systems, ensuring real-time, agile, and efficient management.

Concrete benefits:

  • enhanced responsiveness to fluctuations in demand, even in unforeseen scenarios;
  • increased operational efficiency thanks to optimisation models tailored to each service type;
  • quick balancing of costs and service levels, even in the case of emergency contexts.

This project is a real-world application of Industry 4.0 principles to the environmental services sector: the integration of predictive algorithms and operational intelligence as an effective driver for the digital transformation of public services. It is a replicable innovation model that can mitigate environmental impact while offering many benefits for citizens.

Beko Europe

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For over five years, Beko Europe has relied on Optit to optimise the outbound logistics of large household appliances: hundreds of daily shipments, dozens of production sites, and strict constraints on timing, order management, and load saturation. The goal? To make every shipment more efficient, flexible, and traceable.

Our contribution operates on three levels:

  1. Planning shipments to local warehouses
    An SAP-integrated solution plans shipments from production sites to local logistics centres. The system maximizes truck load saturation, adapts to changes in the production schedule, and supports dynamic, up-to-date planning. The software is delivered as-a-service via Optit’s cloud platform and optimises around 150 routes daily across Europe.
  2. Planning direct shipments to end customers
    This order portfolio optimization solution is identifying orders eligible for direct shipment from the production site to the customer, managing Full Truck Load (FTL) shipments according to logistics constraints and vehicle availability. The system detects up to 20% of orders that can be shipped directly, with a positive impact on the transport cost efficiency and lead times.
  3. Planning secondary distribution and transit point flows
    The “Planning” module of our platform manages shipments either directly or via hub, validating plans against KPIs and delivery windows. The deployed solution supports real-time adjustments and optimises each shipment step.

Thanks to this modular and scalable architecture, Beko Europe has achieved:

  • a significant reduction in transport costs;
  • increased operational flexibility;
  • a simplified planning process.

Bertani

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Bertani Trasporti, an Italian leader in logistics for cars and commercial vehicles, tasked Optit with optimising one of the most elaborate processes in the sector: travel and resource planning (vehicles and drivers).

When it comes to vehicle transport, efficiency is measured not only in kilometres but in every detail: in loads, in models shipped and in the capacity of each individual transporter. The challenge is to maximise capacity, reducing unnecessary travel and ensuring punctuality, quality of service and constant monitoring.

With a bespoke logistics platform, integrated with internal systems such as TMS, GPS and fleet tracking, Optit brought AI to the heart of Bertani’s operating model.

We developed a dedicated algorithm that combines:

  • machine learning to learn from historical data and the operational choices of users;
  • advanced mathematical models for real-time management of vehicle mixes, operational constraints and delivery times;
  • a system in constant evolution, where user modifications to platform-generated load plans progressively improve load configurations.

These are some of the results:

  • the full integration of historical analysis with current strategy;
  • greater vehicle saturation and reduction of operating costs;
  • pick-up optimisation that makes even complex journeys easy to manage.

The Bertani project is an exemplary case of integration between human knowledge and algorithmic power, where technology becomes a lever to enhance operational experience and drive greater efficiency.

Leader in the food industry

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Among the first to adopt Optit’s logistics platform was an influential international group in the agri-food sector and global symbol of Made in Italy.

Since 2019, its support has helped us with transportation planning from production sites to warehouses, with the aim of optimising the supply chain in terms of efficiency, sustainability and flexibility. 

Every day, more than 200 full truckload (FTL) shipments are coordinated from over twenty facilities, within a framework that involves multi-pick, multi-drop, LIFO (Last In, First Out) logic and precise delivery windows. It is a highly structured environment, where every decision affects costs, sustainability and quality of service.

Optit has developed a customised routing algorithm, integrated with SAP and the Planning module of OptiLogistics. The system receives orders from the ERP, aggregates and transforms them into optimised route plans, ready for execution, within an interface that makes managing daily routes clear and straightforward.

The results speak for themselves:

  • 50% reduction in planning times;
  • increased standardisation and clarity in processes, enabling easier onboarding of new planners;
  • optimised travel plans: fewer kilometres, better utilisation of vehicles, savings on transport costs;
  • enhanced monitoring through advanced KPIs which track the capacity of the vehicles as well as the cost/efficiency ratio.

Brivio & Viganò

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In 2019, Brivio & Viganò, one of the leading players in the field of integrated logistics and food distribution in Italy, chose Optit to develop a planning solution capable of addressing three strategic needs: route optimisation, increased operational flexibility and the leveraging of internal know-how.

The project, built using OptiLogistics, integrated the planning algorithm with the Transportation Management System (TMS), Warehouse Management System (WMS) and customer tracking systems, allowing the synergistic handling of orders, loads, vehicles and drivers. The system takes into account in real time the volumes to be transported, the availability of resources and relevant operational limitations.

Key features include:

  • multi-temperature loads: management of mobile bulkheads in refrigerated vehicles to maximise saturation;
  • returns and backhauls: optimisation of return journeys thanks to the integration of returns and collections;
  • vehicle-driver-load matching: algorithms that integrate machine learning to recommend the best combinations, based on drivers’ experience and schedules.

The impact is significant: reduced planning times, more effective use of the fleet, process standardisation, greater operational efficiency and reduced onboarding time for new operators.

This is how we strengthen the competitiveness of Brivio & Viganò: by offering an intelligent, adaptive and scalable solution.

Gruppo Hera

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Serving over 200 municipalities across five Italian regions, Gruppo Hera is a leading Italian multi-utility provider in the environmental sector. Every day it manages the collection and treatment of waste using a highly complex logistics network. To tackle this challenge, Hera chose to partner with Optit.

At the heart of this collaboration is OptiRoute, a solution for the design and optimisation of collection services. Hera’s design engineers use OptiRoute to:

  • estimate waste production by type, cross-referencing historical data and collection intervals;
  • draw up collection areas and calendars, optimising shifts and vehicle capacities;
  • build routes that comply with movement restrictions and contribute to efficiency goals.

Consistent user feedback has enriched the tool with new features, increasing its precision, adaptability and capacity to meet the Group’s operational needs. At the same time, Optit has also supported Hera in the management of data related to collection, sweeping and door-to-door pick-ups, areas where robust information is crucial for the effective digitisation of operations.

It is in this context that Optit built a customised web application integrated with the Hera Data Platform and a diverse range of other sources such as management systems, geospatial data and field sensors. 

The main features include:

  • the option to view and edit itineraries;
  • a virtual assistant to improve route design;
  • advanced routing algorithms;
  • simplified exporting compliant with management system standards.

With OptiRoute, Hera has been able to optimise operational management and gain greater control over the services it provides. The result is a marked improvement in efficiency, stronger progress towards sustainability goals, and an enhanced ability to adapt to new regulatory and territorial standards.

Herambiente

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Herambiente, a Gruppo Hera company and one of the leading national players in the management of urban and industrial waste, deals every day with the intricacies posed by millions of tons of materials, hundreds of facilities and a widespread logistics network.

A complex system requires advanced tools to combine operational efficiency and strategic control.

For over ten years, Optit has been supporting Herambiente with OptiWasteFlow, a platform that optimises planning, simulates what-if scenarios and monitors the entire waste flow on three levels: strategic, tactical and operational. The solution is used to create four-year business plans, generate annual budgets and update interim forecasts, incorporating forecasting logic and variance analysis.

Adopting a strategic approach, Optit developed a custom operating module capable of managing individual routes in detail. The system integrates with CRMs, carriers and waste management plants, offering a holistic view of the entire logistics chain. In addition to planning weekly transport logistics, it allows the client to monitor progress and intervene to address potential inefficiencies. 

It processes hundreds of thousands of transactions every year, synchronising the actions of the different actors across the supply chain, creating a collaborative environment for the exchange of data and reducing margins of error. The outcome is a measurable increase in efficiency, better use of resources and concrete support for business decisions.

OptiWasteFlow, presented in 2015 at SMAU and finalist of the Digital Innovation Award, is a pioneering project that continues to evolve alongside the needs of the company and the sector.

Hera Trading

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Gruppo Hera has worked with Optit for over a decade to optimise the management of cogeneration and trigeneration facilities serving district heating networks. It is a large and intricate system consisting of a range of different technologies including endothermic engines, turbines, heat pumps, geothermal units, cooling units and storage systems.  The network is subject to increasingly stringent regulatory, technical and local constraints within a broader context of enhanced integration with the electrical grid.

To meet the challenge, Optit employs a tailored version of OptiEPTM that is integrated with field systems as well as weather and market data. The solution, offered as SaaS, automates the planning of optimal dispatch, improving the operating margin of each heating plant. Its features, including forecasting of heat demand, short-term optimisation for the Day-Ahead Market, and predictive simulations, are now integral parts of Gruppo Hera’s industrial operations.

Since 2021, the platform has evolved to support electricity market trading including intraday, XBID and MSD. This development has transformed the system into a leading example of sector integration in Europe, enhancing the flexibility of its heating and energy plants from both an economic and strategic perspective.

Our collaboration with Hera Trading showcases an expertly designed digital ecosystem built on data, analytical models and operational synergies. It generates measurable efficiency, breaks down complexity and opens new doors to sustainable growth.

Key Italian player in district heating

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A leading Italian district heating operator has partnered with Optit to tackle a major challenge: the optimisation of Milan’s heating network, connecting a series of independent systems with the goal of expanding the network in densely populated areas.

A leading Italian district heating operator has partnered with Optit to tackle a major challenge: the optimisation of Milan’s heating network, connecting a series of independent systems with the goal of expanding the network in densely populated areas.

OptiDEN, delivered in SaaS mode, drives these results. OptiDEN is a platform capable of simulating network growth and a wide range of potential development scenarios, while respecting real thermo-hydraulic conditions. It maximises the net present value and ensures that investments are directed where their impact is greatest.

The tool was initially developed for technical engineering. It quickly became essential for commercial departments too, allowing them to analyse multiple outcomes independently, grounded in authentic technical parameters provided by the hydraulic model of the network.

This has transformed OptiDEN into a shared decision-making environment, where technical data and economic evaluations coexist, supporting integrated and conscious choices.

Today, the tool supports the player in strategic and commercial assessments, facilitating the design of evolutionary and adaptive system roadmaps. Its continuous evolution makes OptiDEN a gold standard for those who want to develop district heating networks capable of combining efficiency, vision and sustainability.

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