ALT A picture of cookies, text: What’s Job-Shop Scheduling? Think of it as creating the perfect workflow: • Tasks must follow a specific order (e.g., mix → bake → decorate). • Resources (like ovens) can’t handle overlapping jobs. • Being on time is key to meeting deadlines. Optimization solves this puzzle to keep operations smooth.

ALT Quotecard with picture of Debashis Sanyal, Data Scientist at Henkel Text: “Our latest article dives into job-shop scheduling, using a bakery’s cake production as an example to show how resources like mixing stations, ovens, and decorating tables can be efficiently managed through optimization techniques. With Google OR-Tools, we explore how constraints like no-overlap and task orders are handled, resulting in smooth, timely operations.“

ALT Ein Tisch auf dem Authentic Beauty Concept Produkte stehen

ALT Der Sustainable Beauty Award 2024 neben einer Topfpflanze

ALT Nine people are standing next to each other on a stage and smile into the camera.

ALT A men is presenting on a stage. The audience is sitting on chairs and listen to the presenter.

ALT A group of people sit on a stage on chairs and have a discussion.

ALT Hair art exhibition in the form of a large plastic head with black hair. The head stands on a large illuminated film reel.

ALT A room with red walls in vibrant Warhol-style prints.

ALT Hair art exhibition, showcasing a hair salon with flying pictures.

ALT Hair art exhibition in form of a large head with a bob haircut inspired from the Bauhaus style.

ALT There are eight people in this picture, all smiling at the camera. They are all wearing white T-shirts and sitting on a staircase in front of a white poster. This poster reads ‘Dia de la Familia’ and the white Henkel logo and a sun is at the top right. At the bottom left is the place name ‘Guatemala’.

ALT A park with a bouncy castle on the right. There is a ball on the grass. There are red letters on the left side of the lawn. They form the word #HenkelCR. There is also a string of lights. At the bottom left of the picture is the location: Costa Rica.

ALT A bowling alley is depicted. Several children are bowling. Everyone is having fun and enjoying themselves. At the bottom right is the place name Guatemala.

ALT A man and a woman are holding a sign. It is cut out in the centre so that it looks like a frame from which they are looking out. ‘Happy Family Day 2024’ is written at the top of the frame. At the bottom right is the location Costa Rica.

ALT Amsterdam: A woman walks into a phone booth

ALT Bratislava: View into an open space with a table, a lot of lamps and greenery

ALT Sofia: Two Henkel colleagues sitting opposite of each other at a desk.

ALT Eric Spaner headshot and images with Henkel team at work and during events

ALT A graphic with the text "3 reasons for floating farms" on it.

ALT Fact 1: 90% of the major cities in the world are connected to bodies of water. As water is universal, the concept of a floating farm is easy to scale.

ALT Fact 2: Many cities have only a 2- to 3-day supply of fresh food. Local floating farms can help maintain a steady supply during emergency situations, such as hurricanes.

ALT Fact 3: Farms on water can make use of the water's cooling facilities for food production.

ALT A poster is in the centre. It is green and has a head on it. Next to it are the words "Learning Festival". Above the poster on the wall is the Henkel logo. In front of it is a garland with red, orange and yellow colours. Everything is festively decorated.

ALT A man shows a presentation on a whiteboard. He is wearing a black suit. To his right is a stand with the words ‘Learning Festival’ and the name Henkel on it. Several people are sitting on beanbags in the room listening to the man's presentation.

ALT A large television is set up in one room. On it is a picture of a woman and on the right-hand side it says ‘Live on Stage now Melek Sita’. Under the large television is a screen showing two women.

ALT Several people are sitting on colourful beanbags in a large room listening to a lecture. A man stands in front of a screen and gives the lecture. He is wearing a black suit.

ALT Five women wearing hairnets and aprons standing behind a counter with four different dishes in food containers.

ALT A man and a woman with reflective vests look at a wrapped opbject on their right.

ALT In the front there are various boxes of laundry detergent and in the back there is a woman with a yellow reflective vest checking a pallet with packages on it.

ALT Six people standing behind two small tables with different food items on it.