Routeplanning

The Challenge

To remain on top of your processes constant monitoring of an ever increasing number of transport activities is a must. More equipment, more personell, more movements make your operations more complex. On the other hand: economy of scale opens new perspectives. The effect of cost reductions by limiting the distance driven, number of used equipment and other factors gives you opportunities for large savings. New technology allows to interact with drivers and equipment on the spot - a huge potential to implement the real-time support that your business needs. How to keep control over such a labyrinth of developments, threats and opportunities?

The Solution

ORTEC’s Vehicle Routing and Dispatch solution offers immediate, effective and efficient control of both your longterm and daily planning activities. This can lead to cost reductions of 5 up to 15%, depending on starting point and type of transport. Included are modules for fast and optimal distribution calculation and all kind of real-time functionalities, including dispatching of late pick-ups, and alert management for temperature checks and late arrivals, real-time GPS-tracking, connection towards mobile devices and internet connections. All leading to:

    1. Cost reduction
    2. Improved customer service
    3. Proactive exception management, notification of shipment status and increased performance being on time
    4. A larger span of control for planner and dispatcher
    5. Improved process efficiency through real-time interaction with systems (ERP, TMS) and devices (board computer, handheld PC)
    6. Less manual work

The Benefits

Primary benefits:

  • Better routes
  • More stops per trip
  • Higher service level
  • Less mistakes
  • Quick decisions possible
  • Less effort needed for making plans
  • Less risk passing laws
  • Less need for hiring equipment

Secondairy benefits:

  • Increased customer satisfaction
  • Less illness for employees (less stress)
  • Quicker response to customer demands
  • Less CO2 emission
  • Better utilization of equipment

Why Us

Capgemini is your best partner to define your future strategy and implement supporting systems. ORTEC adds the best decision support solutions for advanced resource planning in the areas of workforce scheduling, vehicle loading and routing and service planning. ORTEC solutions help you to take more criteria into account then you ever could do before. With a customer base of more than 1200 customers, routing and/or loading more than 150.000 trucks a day. Including global players such as TNT, DHL, Shell, ExxonMobil, BP, global CPG companies such as Coca-Cola Enterprises, Carlsberg, Georgia Pacific, SCA, large regional players in transport, such as HLG (Germany), de Rijke, Dijco (the Netherlands) and about 50 large retailers such as Carrefour, Casino, Ahold, A.S. Watson, Lidl,. The combination of Capgemini and ORTEC will bring you the best strategy and the best resource planning solutions.

Contact Us

Wim-Paul Swanborn, Herman Bosker
Contact our Utrecht office.
e-mail: gscaps.nl@capgemini.com tel: +31 30 6898402