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BULKDISTRIBUTOR
Asset Management
Quintiq
optimises
Van den
Bosch
V
an den Bosch Transporten
Quintiq’s system incorporates all rules specific to Van den Bosch so that the right equipment
can be assigned to the right customer orders
has selected the Quintiq
planning and optimisation
software platform for its logistics
operations.
equipment can be assigned to the right customer
The Quintiq platform was implemented at Van
orders.
den Bosch Transporten’s liquid chemical road unit,
It also ensures optimal allocation of orders to
and is set to expand to other business units
containers and containers to trucks and trailers,
worldwide. The single, integrated platform
and defines optimal paths for load units in the
replaces the logistics operator’s multiple planning
intermodal networks. Freed from manual
systems.
planning, Van den Bosch planners can now focus
Van den Bosch’s planning puzzle is one of the
on higher-value activities, said Quintiq.
most complex in the intermodal bulk container
Van den Bosch provides liquid and dry bulk
business. Planners need to manage product
logistics services for the food and non-food
contamination, meet equipment cleaning
industries. The company’s fleet comprises some
requirements, match requirements to equipment,
350 trucks, 1,000 trailers and chassis, and over
balance resource stock and decide on optimal
4,000 containers.
modes of transport.
“Quintiq proved to be a true partner in the
The company previously relied on a transport
implementation process. Business benefits became
management system (TMS) as well as several other visible shortly after our first business unit switched
systems to address requests and calculate routes.
its systems to the Quintiq planning software
It needed an integrated solution that could take
platform,” said Marcel Wouterse, a directors at
into account the complexities of its business to
Van den Bosch Transporten. “By giving us realoptimize operations, improve delivery performance time insights into our operations, Quintiq enables
and increase customer satisfaction levels.
us to respond more quickly and easily than before.
Covering every planning horizon, Quintiq says it
We can now cut costs, better support our
now offers the company end-to-end transparency
customers in their logistics goals and ultimately,
in operations and visualisation of the impact of
elevate our core process of bulk transport to the
decisions on business goals. It incorporates all
next level.”
rules specific to the company so that the right
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March/April 2016
A clear view of the metal
A
sset allocation remains one of the
biggest problems in shipping, according
to logistics software veteran John Dillon,
former CEO of Navis and SalesForce.com.
Now, a San Francisco start-up ClearMetal has
launched what it claims is the first predictive
intelligence platform built to solve the problem of
knowing how to manage all assets efficiently.
Using a new approach, the ClearMetal Predictive
Intelligence Platform is said to eliminate
uncertainties and give carriers extremely accurate
forecasts to optimise asset allocation, rep