The idea
From a conversation with a daughter to much-used software
A couple of years ago, one of the Bumbal initiators was explaining to one of his daughters about the work he did in the logistics sector. It struck her that there were so many trucks and vans on the road. And she asked the well-known children’s questions. “Why are so many trucks driving around? And where are they all going?” She got the logical explanation that they all carried different things, such as furniture, bikes, TV sets and toys. And that these things come from all sorts of places and have to go to all sorts of shops, companies and people. It was also explained to her that almost half of these trucks were in fact driving around empty. “Empty”?, she said astonished. “But why are so many driving empty?” Then the realisation came that strangely enough there really is no logical answer to that question. What a waste. So, this is one of the greatest challenges in logistics. This must be done differently!