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Europe United European Car Carriers Taps Planning, Scheduling and Optimization Technology
Leading European automotive short sea carrier looks to enable sustainable growth with move to advanced planning and scheduling solution from Quintiq
Philadelphia — August 12, 2008 — Leading European automotive short sea carrier Europe United European Car Carriers (UECC) has chosen advanced planning and scheduling (APS) specialist Quintiq and implementation partner Ab Ovo to provide a key performance-driven planning and optimization solution for its Europe-wide operations.
Today's sky-rocketing bunker prices, increasing vessel prices, shifting car production locations and dynamics of short sea operations with very short lead times make it complex for carriers to achieve operational excellence.
Craig Jasienski, managing director of UECC, said: "Customers are asking us for cost-efficient solutions, to reduce operation cost, for increased flexibility and capacity, and for more real-time information sharing. With Quintiq we can provide customers with optimal solutions, improve operational efficiency and reduce cost in our value chain."
Quintiq said its solution will provide UECC with transparency throughout its network-wide planning chain. Planners will now get decision support based on real-time KPIs, visualized on their personalized screen, enabling them to make optimal planning decisions while being able to tune the plan even at the last minute, the solution provider said.
By improving the quality and availability of planning data, Quintiq said its solution will improve communication between fleet operation and customer service processes, enable more efficient planning of cargo to vessels and provide visibility to all planners and logistics staff. Additionally, UECC will be able to optimize vessel setup and utilization by taking into account not only the cargo to be shipped but also the capacity at the individual terminals, the solution provider said.
Development began in mid-June 2008 and expected ROI savings will start as early as four months after going live. The unique solution based on standard Quintiq technology will be implemented by Ab Ovo and will cover planning of cargo to multiple vessels, forecasting and vessel planning. Quintiq also said that the APS platform will enable UECC to optimize future terminal and vehicle processing center (VPCs) operations in an integrated solution.
Arjen Heeres, chief operating officer at Quintiq, added: "The extreme dynamics of short sea trading requires a flexible decision support system with parallel optimization capabilities. We are very proud that UECC has chosen our standard planning and optimization technology to support their aspirations and help them realize their goals."
"As a short sea logistics market leader, and an operator of several major terminals, UECC recognizes how advanced technology and expert knowledge can help it overcome industry-wide challenges," says Ronald Bolijn, CTO at Ob Ovo. "Beyond streamlining automotive shipping logistics, the Quintiq technology can also bring significant benefits to terminal operators by enabling them to understand how long cargo will stay on berth so they can optimize space allocations for quickest possible loading."
Today's sky-rocketing bunker prices, increasing vessel prices, shifting car production locations and dynamics of short sea operations with very short lead times make it complex for carriers to achieve operational excellence.
Craig Jasienski, managing director of UECC, said: "Customers are asking us for cost-efficient solutions, to reduce operation cost, for increased flexibility and capacity, and for more real-time information sharing. With Quintiq we can provide customers with optimal solutions, improve operational efficiency and reduce cost in our value chain."
Quintiq said its solution will provide UECC with transparency throughout its network-wide planning chain. Planners will now get decision support based on real-time KPIs, visualized on their personalized screen, enabling them to make optimal planning decisions while being able to tune the plan even at the last minute, the solution provider said.
By improving the quality and availability of planning data, Quintiq said its solution will improve communication between fleet operation and customer service processes, enable more efficient planning of cargo to vessels and provide visibility to all planners and logistics staff. Additionally, UECC will be able to optimize vessel setup and utilization by taking into account not only the cargo to be shipped but also the capacity at the individual terminals, the solution provider said.
Development began in mid-June 2008 and expected ROI savings will start as early as four months after going live. The unique solution based on standard Quintiq technology will be implemented by Ab Ovo and will cover planning of cargo to multiple vessels, forecasting and vessel planning. Quintiq also said that the APS platform will enable UECC to optimize future terminal and vehicle processing center (VPCs) operations in an integrated solution.
Arjen Heeres, chief operating officer at Quintiq, added: "The extreme dynamics of short sea trading requires a flexible decision support system with parallel optimization capabilities. We are very proud that UECC has chosen our standard planning and optimization technology to support their aspirations and help them realize their goals."
"As a short sea logistics market leader, and an operator of several major terminals, UECC recognizes how advanced technology and expert knowledge can help it overcome industry-wide challenges," says Ronald Bolijn, CTO at Ob Ovo. "Beyond streamlining automotive shipping logistics, the Quintiq technology can also bring significant benefits to terminal operators by enabling them to understand how long cargo will stay on berth so they can optimize space allocations for quickest possible loading."
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