Time-critical freight logistics company Roberts Europe has contracted Dutch supply chain technologyspecialists Quintiq to provide a comprehensive logistics planning solution for its pan-European
operations.The Quintiq Logistics Planner solution will be integrated into the company’s transportmanagement system. It will be implemented in a phased approach to address the full range of needsacross Roberts Europe’s array of solutions, including road-, air- and special services. Quintiqsaid it started developing the solution in January and expects the first module to be ready forimplementation around the end of Q1 2008.
With the new solution Quintiq provides a new selling concept offering customers multipletailor-made shipping options with varied service levels, lead times and tariffs. Roberts Europe’ssales and service representatives must have instant access to real-time planning information thatcovers all transportation modes, indicates available capacity and the ability to execute within therequired service levels since each offer is generated within the time of a phone call.
Roberts Europe benefits from Quintiq’s unique ability to support solution selling throughreal-time planning and a centralised solution to be used by multiple users in multiple divisionsand locations, while still being flexible enough to handle division-specific rules and constraints.Other benefits of the Quintiq solution include the optimisation strengths of the solution andreal-time information on the impact of disturbances and planning decisions on future activities.
“By providing the core for our most critical business processes, the Quintiq solution willenable our key growth, supporting our goals to become the leader in our market,” said Fred Snippe,CEO of Roberts Europe. “The freight market requires fast and dynamic transportation solutions,supported by a real-time intelligent planning system. With the implementation of the LogisticsPlanner and our solution selling principle, we will be able to make informed decisions, improvecustomer satisfaction and gain significant savings.”
Roberts Europe also aims at reducing its CO2 footprint and improving the efficiency of itsoperational processes by implementing Microsoft Dynamics and the Quintiq Logistics Planner. Theprogress can be exactly monitored on the solution’s powerful Logistics Dashboard. Complying withstrict Dutch sustainability laws, Roberts Europe is making a pioneering contribution toeco-friendly logistics.
Arjen Heeres, COO at Quintiq, added: “We are very pleased that Roberts Europe, one of themost prominent logistics service providers in the region, has decided that Quintiq is the bestsolution for optimising their planning process. Roberts Europe is the third express deliverycompany to choose Quintiq, making us virtually the de facto standard for planning in the expresssegment.”
The two other express delivery companies implementing Quintiq solutions are DHL and TNTExpress. Last year, DHL signed an agreement with Quintiq for a real-time advanced planning andscheduling solution for its dispatch system. At the beginning of this year, TNT Express signed acontract for Quintiq’s advanced planning software in the collection and delivery of parcels.Quintiq generated record revenue growth of 86% in 2007.
