TINE Boosts Logistics Performance with Quintiq’s Route Optimization Technology

Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes company and global leader in supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O), announced that its tactical planning solution for TINE AS has resulted in more cost-effective routes. Given the success of this project, the leading Norwegian dairy producer is now embarking on a second phase to further enhance its tactical planning and expand the solution’s scope to include operational planning.

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Last year, TINE went live with the first phase of the Quintiq solution, designed to optimize the company’s last-mile delivery of dairy products on a tactical level. TINE’s planners used Quintiq to plan shipment routes from central distribution centers all over Norway to customers. They were able to manage the complexity of trailer swapping, various types of resources, dynamic time windows and ferry connections in Norway, while maintaining a cold chain at all times. This first phase resulted in a significant reduction in costs, decrease in total miles driven and improvement in customer service.

TINE now enters into phase two, which will be executed by Quintiq’s implementation partner, The Logic Factory. In this phase, TINE will enhance its existing tactical planning solution and expand its scope to include day-of-operations planning. This expansion will ensure better incorporation of operational orders, improved performance and greater capabilities to manage disruptions through real-time feedback and increased supply chain visibility.

“We selected Quintiq to strengthen our leadership in the market and help us to continue providing fresh, quality products to customers,” said Trond Vidar Aske, CIO at TINE. “The first phase of the project was very successful due to the Quintiq team’s great drive to beat industry benchmarks and set new standards. We are confident that the next phase with Quintiq and The Logic Factory will be just as successful.”

Upon completion of the second phase, TINE will benefit from additional tactical planning capabilities and be able to make more accurate decisions on an operational planning level. When disruptions occur, the Quintiq solution will provide planners with decision-making support for fast resequencing of deliveries to keep customer service levels high while achieving business goals.

“The partnership with TINE reinforces our position as the planning solution provider of choice in the food and beverage industry,” said Rob van Egmond, CEO at Quintiq. “With Quintiq’s optimization technology, TINE will experience the many business benefits of superior logistics performance, the most important of which is to satisfy the growing demand of its customers for the highest quality and freshest products possible – every single time.”

About TINE AS

TINE AS is Norway's largest producer, distributor and exporter of dairy products with 11,400 members (owners) and 9,000 cooperative farms. TINE has a portfolio of more than 1,300 product lines produced at 31 dairies all over Norway. TINE owns two central warehouses and two terminals, as well as several wholly and partly owned subsidiaries, both in Norway and abroad.

About The Logic Factory

The Logic Factory is a platinum Quintiq implementation partner, delivering full projects, project management, consultancy and development expertise on Quintiq’s supply chain planning and optimization software. The Logic Factory specializes in developing solutions for customers in various industries such as logistics, manufacturing, maritime and aviation. Headquartered in The Netherlands, The Logic Factory also has offices in the USA, the UK and India.

For more information, visit thelogicfactory.com.

About Quintiq

Every business has its supply chain planning puzzles. Some of those puzzles are large, some are complex and some seem impossible to solve. Since 1997, Quintiq has been solving each of those puzzles using a single supply chain planning and optimization software. Today, industry-leading companies across the globe rely on Quintiq software to plan and optimize workforces, logistics and production. Quintiq is part of Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) and has headquarters in the Netherlands and the USA, and offices around the world.

For more information, visit quintiq.com or follow Quintiq on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

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