Use cases

OptaPlanner optimizes plans and schedules with hard constraints and soft constraints. It reduces costs substantially, improves service quality, fulfills employee wishes and lowers carbon emissions.

• Vehicle routing — quick router for a fleet of vehicles.
• Employee rostering — assign shifts to employees by skills and availability.
• Maintenance scheduling — timely upkeep of machinery and equipment.
• Conference scheduling — schedule speakers and talks by availability and topic.
• School timetabling — compact schedules for teachers and students.
• Task assignment — assign tasks by priority, skills and affinity.
• Cloud optimization — bin packing and defragmentation of cloud resources.
• Job shop scheduling — reduce makespan for assembly lines.