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Savings by ORTEC customers

How does ORTEC support savings, also for Green Initiatives?

ORTEC has been supporting companies in saving on resources from the start in 1981. Both human resources and transport related resources like fuel and trucks have been right in the focus when using Operational Research technologies, business processes know how and IT.

Savings related to Vehicle Routing and Load Building
Based on a steady growth of 20% straight from the start until today, the yearly savings by more than 1,000 ORTEC customers, using more than 150,000 heavy trucks for LTL and FTL transport, are listed below.

Customer savings for 150,000 trucks planned by ORTEC solutions Savings in fuel Savings in CO2 Savings in money
Per year 43
mln
gallons		 164 mln
liter		 880 mln
lbs		 400 mln
kg		 113
mln
dollars*		 81 mln
Euro*
Per second 1.38 gallons 5.21 liter 28.01
lbs 		12.7 kg 3.6
Dollar*		 2.57
Euro*

Facts used for this calculation are:

Emission CO2 = 660 gram / km 2,3 lbs / mile
Mileage per truck per year = 62.000 miles 100.000 km
Average savings based on loading and routing optimization by ORTEC = 4% 4%

For more details, visit:

- Center for Transportation Analysis: http://cta.ornl.gov/data/index.shtml
- US Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/OMS/climate/420f05004.htm

How much did ORTEC save up till now?
As ORTEC has been delivering these solutions for more than 25 years, and has been growing steadily by 20% a year, the total savings are even bigger.

Customer savings from 1981 through 2008 by ORTEC solutions Savings in fuel Savings in CO2 Savings in money
258 mln
gallons		 978 mln
liter		 5.3 billion
lbs		 2.3 billion
kg 		675
mln dollar* 		482
mln Euro


As ORTEC has also been involved in strategic and tactical planning (where should depots be, what should be the routes for this month) and pallet and load building, savings on transportation costs can be on average more than 20 % instead of 4% related to only the daily routing and scheduling.

An example of a typical situation:

  • 2-6 % mileage savings because of optimization of depot locations (strategic and tactical planning)
  • 5-10 % savings because of loading optimization (cartons, pallets and vehicle spaces)
  • 2-4% on routing (mileage driven)
  • 5-10% saved on time/people needed for the planning
  • 2-4% saved on administration (because of better online communication)
  • 1-2% savings on truck drivers (working hours).

So how much is 2.3 billion kg or 5.3 billion lbs CO2?
The total CO2 emission worldwide in 2004 was 27,245 billion kg. Compared to that yearly amount, 400 million kg / 880 billion lbs CO2 savings a year by ORTEC customers, is only 0,0015%.

It's better to visualize the yearly CO2 emission savings with the CO2 emission for a group of people. As the CO2 emission per person is different for each country, the yearly amount of 2,3 billion kg/ 5,2 billion lbs is equal to the total yearly CO2 emission for the following number of people:

  • In USA 134,167 people
  • In Germany 213,953 people
  • In UK 215,503 people
  • In Belgium 232,323 people
  • In The Netherlands 259,155 people
  • In France 277,480 people
  • In China 551,890 people
  • In Togo 5,974,026 people

When including the other ORTEC saving areas, the savings will be about 2.5 times as high.

Saving related to Workforce Scheduling and Service Planning
For savings realized by ORTEC solutions for Workforce Scheduling and Service Planning in the Health Care industry and Professional and Public Services industry, please visit our pages on Health Care and Professional and Public Services. When you would like to receive details on these savings, please send an e-mail with your question to info@ortec.om

* Based on US diesel fuel prices of December 3, 2008: 261 cents/gallon.