Sorry to dissapoint you and the few other curious ones, this was some 10 years ago and such details such as name of the company have fell of from my overfilled brain long ago. While the person who told me the story is a reputable fellow I must admit they still are a secondhand source. Being a finn I tend to trust people and take their word on it and, hence, do not recall doing my research to factcheck.
Still, it _is_ a good story, and plausible based on what I saw to be the state of the industry back then. Your run of the mill last-mile courier services were really badly organized, from the mathematics and optimization side as simple as they get, and ability to build a robust optimization transportation management system would've given serious competitive edge.
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Sorry to dissapoint you and the few other curious ones, this was some 10 years ago and such details such as name of the company have fell of from my overfilled brain long ago. While the person who told me the story is a reputable fellow I must admit they still are a secondhand source. Being a finn I tend to trust people and take their word on it and, hence, do not recall doing my research to factcheck.
Still, it _is_ a good story, and plausible based on what I saw to be the state of the industry back then. Your run of the mill last-mile courier services were really badly organized, from the mathematics and optimization side as simple as they get, and ability to build a robust optimization transportation management system would've given serious competitive edge.
(edit: removed repeated words)