Pan-European Freight Logistics Provider P&O Ferrymasters Selects Quintiq to Optimize Operations and Support Expanded Service Offering
By Quintiq, PRNESunday, July 11, 2010
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands, July 12, 2010 - Quintiq, a leading provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS)
solutions, today announced that P&O Ferrymasters, a prominent European
provider of integrated asset-based and non-asset-based road and intermodal
freight management solutions, has chosen Quintiq software to handle all
aspects of the company's planning. The Quintiq Freight Forwarding and
Transport Planning solution was selected for its unmatched flexibility and
unique ability to fully support the needs of P&O Ferrymaster's three distinct
business divisions. The integration will begin in the Freight Forwarding
division and then extend to include the Intermodal division and Fleet Assets
division, ultimately creating a unified planning system throughout the entire
company.
P&O Ferrymasters, wholly owned by Dubai World, is a leading pan-European
logistics service provider (LSP) with presence in 13 countries. With a fleet
of over 2500 pallet-wide containers and 2000 multi-purpose road trailers, P&O
Ferrymasters services the complex supply chains of large corporations.
In the fiercely competitive LSP industry, P&O Ferrymasters differentiates
itself by offering grade A customer service, including tailoring logistics
solutions to its customers' specific operational processes. However, the
logistics requirements are becoming ever-more complex, demanding ever-greater
flexibility from P&O Ferrymasters. The company realized it needed an advanced
planning solution to leverage its resources and gain the flexibility
necessary to expand its service offering. P&O Ferrymasters sought a single
solution which could meet the varied planning needs of its three divisions
and be able to grow with the company. After an exhaustive search, it realized
Quintiq was the only solution up to the challenge.
"This investment places P&O Ferrymasters firmly as an innovator in the
logistics industry," commented Bas Belder, Managing Director of P&O
Ferrymasters. "We expect Quintiq will be instrumental in enabling us to
increase the value we provide our clients and gain a new competitive
advantage in the market."
Three divisions, 13 countries, one integrated planning solution
To date, planning at P&O Ferrymasters has been done manually. With such
large operations and complex service offerings, there are many disadvantages
associated with manual planning, including the inability to determine the
cost-effectiveness or efficiency of a plan, difficulty in comparing options,
and inconsistency in planning quality. P&O Ferrymasters chose the Quintiq
Freight Forwarding and Transport Planning solution because of its
unparalleled flexibility to provide a perfect-fit solution now and for the
future, no matter how the company changes and grows.
With Quintiq, P&O Ferrymasters will now have one central planning
application that fully compliments its investment in Fr8 Manager a global
Transport Management solution uniting its regional offices. The Quintiq
planning solution will enable P&O Ferrymasters to optimize resource
utilization, gain insight into the profitability of contracts, and improve
efficiency.
Because all of P&O Ferrymasters' planners will be using the same system,
the quality of the planning will no longer be dependent on an individual
planner's skills. Company-wide transparency and consistent planning quality
will translate into better customer service. The combination of operational
planning and on the day execution will improve the planners' ability to both
provide an efficient plan and manage the disturbances on the day and re-plan
when necessary.
Supporting diverse operations across all divisions
In P&O Ferrymasters' Intermodal division, Quintiq will support planners
in overcoming the complexity of intermodal transport - the hauling of cargos
using trucks, trains and ferries throughout Europe, to determine the most
cost-effective route. For the Fleet Assets division, Quintiq will optimize
the utilization of P&O Ferrymasters' numerous road trailers and coil carriers
to cut costs and improve efficiency. While the Freight Management division
has no resources of its own, it nevertheless has a complex planning puzzle.
Quintiq will aid planners in combining trips, determining the
cost-effectiveness of contracts with sub contractors and in expanding the
breadth of its service offerings.
Arjen Heeres, COO of Quintiq noted: "Many European companies like P&O
Ferrymasters are looking for a true pan-European planning solution. Quintiq
is ideal for this challenge because it offers a standard platform that can be
configured to meet the needs of complex organizations operating across
multiple locations from strategic to operational planning. For P&O
Ferrymasters, we will integrate with the internal TMS to accommodate all
their planning needs and provide full transparency and cooperation across
Europe."
Quintiq will work with shipping industry systems integrator The Logic
Factory to implement the Freight Forwarding and Transport Planning solution
at P&O Ferrymasters.
About P&O Ferrymasters
Through innovation, quality and flexibility, P&O Ferrymasters leads the
market in the design, implementation and provision of integrated asset and
non asset based road and intermodal Freight Management solutions for European
industry.
The organisation consists of 600 people, including many multi-lingual
personnel, based at 27 strategic locations, spanning 13 countries
across Europe. Our experienced staff offer totally integrated, high quality
supply chain solutions tailored to the individual market sectors of our
customers.
P&O Ferrymasters, part of P&O Ferries, is wholly owned by Dubai World.
About Quintiq
Quintiq provides advanced planning, scheduling and supply chain
management software solutions. This fast-growing company, established in
1997, offers and implements software for planning and optimizing complex
business processes throughout the enterprise. The company's headquarters are
located in The Netherlands, regional HQ in Philadelphia, USA and with
subsidiaries in Australia, China, Finland, Germany, Malaysia and the United
Kingdom. Quintiq systems are implemented in 74 countries worldwide. More at
www.quintiq.com.
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Media enquiries: Quintiq, Martijn van Gils, Global Marketing Director, Phone +31(0)73-691-07-39, Email martijn.van.gils at quintiq.com; P&O Ferrymasters Ltd., Contact Mira Klinkenberg, Direct number +31(0)20-4487-184, Email mira.klinkenberg at pofm.com
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