August 26, 2010 Enterprise Software joins forces with ORTEC to solve the transport planning puzzle Enterprise Software, whose user base includes 8 of the UK's top 15 logistics service providers, and ORTEC, the advanced planning and optimization solution company, have joined forces to create a fully integrated Transport Management and Routing Solution. Full "orders-to-cash" functionality combined with real-time optimization of multiple sites, resources and workloads provides an offering to the Logistics marketplace that is significantly more than the standard 'radial distribution' schedulers are currently able to offer. Read more

August 24, 2010 Large SAP hospital opts for compliant scheduling with ORTEC Haga Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in the Netherlands, is set to schedule its 3600 employees with the workforce scheduling solution, ORTEC Harmony. As the largest user of SAP in the Dutch hospital sector, Haga Hospital stipulated that the solution must have a proven interface with SAP HRM. “ORTEC met this requirement,” states Hans Krikke, Haga Hospital’s HR Manager, “and that was the deciding factor for us.” Read more

August 20, 2010 Team ORTEC wins AIMMS modeling competition Bethlehem, PA (USA) - Yesterday, the AIMMS modeling competition ended at MOPTA 2010 with announcing Team ORTEC (Gouda, The Netherlands) as the winner. Team ORTEC is formed by Cindy de Groot of VU Amsterdam, Ilse Louwerse of Erasmus University and Arjan Thomas of University Twente, advised by Ineke Meuffels (ORTEC and PhD student at University of Tilburg). Read more

August 17, 2010 Coca Cola Enterprises shares the secret to reducing transportation costs by $45M a year Join us  at the “Mastering Supply Chain Management with SAP” Conference
On 14th September, Michael Jacks, Senior Manager, Logistics and Transportation Systems at Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (USA) will be speaking on how Coca Cola uses advanced logistics planning software to reduce its transportation costs by $45M a year. Mr. Jacks will be talking at the “Mastering Supply Chain Management With SAP” conference in Melbourne (13th to 15th September). Read more

August 11, 2010 SupplyChainBrain readers select ORTEC as Great Supply Chain Partner SupplyChainBrain readers have selected ORTEC as Great Supply Chain Partner. 

According to SupplyChainBrain: regardless of what type of vendor a reader nominated, there are clear themes within the commentaries that accompanied most of the ballots.

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July 28, 2010 Leading Romanian pharmaceutical distributor switches to automated, dynamic routing with ORTEC “The traceability of planning performance is crucial in this business sector.”
Relad, one of Romania’s leading distributors of pharmaceutical products, has switched to dynamic routing by implementing the advanced planning solution, ORTEC Transport and Distribution (ORTEC TD). Read more

July 27, 2010 ORTEC Takes Lead in TAG Logistics Society Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Launches New Society – TAG Logistics
The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), a non-profit known for forging economic development in Georgia, today announces an industry peer networking and education group for Georgia logistics professionals—Logistics Society. The TAG Logistics Society has been launched to provide a networking environment for industry professionals to share insights and leading practices. ORTEC’s Bobby Miller will serve as chairman for the pivotal first year. Read more

July 08, 2010 Market leader in electronics exploits intralogistic optimization potentials with ORTEC With the establishment of an automated small parts warehouse and the introduction of SAP WM, Murrelektronik was faced with the task of integrating both the processes of the manual warehouse as well as the order picking and dispatch accordingly into the new IT environment. This was achieved with the SAP-certified add-on, ORTEC MLS which opened up crucial optimization potentials for Murrelektronik with respect to both process reliability and process quality. Read more

June 09, 2010 Coca-Cola Hellenic implements ORTEC’s logistic optimization solutions - Refreshment without delay -
The beverage corporation Coca-Cola Hellenic based in Athens and with subsidiaries in 28 European countries – ranging from Greece to the Republic of Ireland, from Italy to Romania - optimizes its logistical processes with support from the logistics company ORTEC, thus achieving enormous potential savings. Read more

May 11, 2010 Primagaz brings its dispatch in-house after completing studies with ORTEC After completing a strategic study in November 2009, Primagaz has now also conducted a tactical study with the help of ORTEC’s consulting services. The results of the studies were used to revamp Primagaz’s distribution network: calculating the most appropriate number of trucks; determining the regions to which trucks should be assigned, as well as the number of driving hours, stops and kilometers per trip. Read more

April 28, 2010 ORTEC to Exhibit at SAPPHIRE® NOW in Frankfurt  ORTEC LEO software delivers convincing new package of services
Logistics software specialist ORTEC, from Wildeshausen near Bremen, announced today that it will be exhibiting in booth 821 at the SAPPHIRE^® NOW conference, to be held in Frankfurt May 17–19. ORTEC, an SAP software solutions partner, plans to unveil at the show its “2008 Enhancement Package 1,” an extension of the successful Logistics Execution Optimiser (LEO) for making the best use of carton, pallets and vehicle space as well as for enhancing dynamic route planning. ORTEC has added numerous functions within the fields of routing and vehicle logistics in ORTEC LEO Enhancement Package 1. Read more

April 27, 2010 ORTEC LEO successfully re-certified for SAP Netweaver As a leading provider of advanced planning and optimization software for logistics processes ORTEC has been developing IT solutions for the implementation in SAP environments for several years. In March 2010, ORTEC successfully passed the process for SAP re-certification, which can be refreshed every three years. In this regard ORTEC LEO was certified as an SAP add-on. Read more

April 16, 2010 Lora Cecere - My Q1 2010 Picks Lora Cecere, former VP and Lead Analyst for Supply Chain and CPG industry with AMR Research, and now an independent analyst calling herself the Supply Chain Shaman, posted an update on her blog April 7th titled 'In Search of Cool'. In this article she listed the 4 solutions that she considers 'COOL' for Q1 2010 and ORTEC was included on this list.

Following is the text about ORTEC from the article. 

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April 14, 2010 ARC Advisory Group: Coca-Cola Enterprises and Better Trucks, Happy Drivers, Lower Costs Steve Banker of the ARC Advisory Group: Coca-Cola Enterprises: Better Trucks, Happy Drivers, Lower Costs

Posted on Apr 15 2010 | By Steve Banker •

I recently wrote about some of the thinking and core concepts behind achieving the lowest supply chain costs in a Direct Store Delivery (DSD) supply chain (see "Direct Store Deliveries and Lowest Total Supply Chain Costs"). Today, I will highlight how Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has actually put these concepts into practice. I'd like to thank Mike Jacks, Sr. Manager for Logistics Systems at CCE, and Brian Wilkie and Brian Crane, Logistics Business Analysts, for taking the time to walk me through their process.
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April 14, 2010 ORTEC opens office in Sydney, Australia ORTEC, the leader in advanced planning and optimization solutions, announced today that it will be opening an office “down under”. The new office, ORTEC Australia & New Zealand (“ORTEC ANZ”), commences operations this month and allows ORTEC to better support its global customers in the region. The office will also tap into the strong market for logistics software in Australia, the first developed economy to emerge strongly from the global financial crisis. Read more

April 13, 2010 ORTEC Selected as Top 40 Innovative Georgia Technology Company International Innovation and Success Earn ORTEC Top 40 Award

ORTEC, the leading advanced planning and optimization solutions Company, announced they have been selected as one of the Top 40 Innovative Technology companies in Georgia by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), the State’s leading technology organization. The Technology Summit was held March 24 at the Cobb Galleria Centre.  Read more

April 07, 2010 Ray Penn on Supply Chain Brains Great interview with one of our top consultants. Key questions about Load Building and Routing. Simple log-in required, great story. Click here for access. Read more

April 06, 2010 Leading Textile Service company optimizes its distribution with ORTEC “Efficient planning of the distribution process is essential in order to further optimize our service”

In order to support its growth, Berendsen, one of Europe's leading textile service companies with service in 13 countries, has chosen to optimize its distribution with ORTEC’s planning solutions. “The customer oriented service delivery of Berendsen relies heavily on a professional planning of the distribution process for its success,” according to Ralf Richters, project manager at Berendsen. “Together with ORTEC, we want to further improve and enhance our high quality service provision.” Read more

April 01, 2010 TouchStar Technologies, ORTEC and Silicon Controls sign co-operation agreement for SHV Gas Digital Logistics Initiative Leaders in On Board Computers (OBC) technology TouchStar Technologies announce the formation of their co-operation with ORTEC, global leader in advanced resource planning, and leading global telemetry experts Silicon Controls. The three companies collaborate to deliver SHV Gas’s Digital Logistics Initiative. SHV’s objectives are clear: it aims to reduce distribution costs by 10%. Read more

April 01, 2010 ORTEC is now member of Supply Chain Council Recently ORTEC has become a member of the Supply Chain Council. The Supply Chain Council (SCC, www.supply-chain.org) is a global non-profit association whose methodology, diagnostic and benchmarking tools help nearly a thousand organizations make dramatic and rapid improvements in supply chain processes. SCC has established the supply chain world’s most widely accepted framework for evaluating and comparing supply chain activities and their performance. The framework—the SCOR® process reference model—lets companies quickly determine and compare the performance of supply chain and related operations within their company or against other companies. Read more

April 01, 2010 ORTEC study at Dutch charity foundation proves: Fewer fundraisers in Large towns and cities The results of an analysis conducted by ORTEC - free of charge -, show that there are relatively fewer fundraising collectors in large Dutch towns and cities and therefore less money is being collected in these parts. “The results seem contradictory because you would expect charities to be able to generate more income from larger urban areas,” according to Ronald Buitenhek, project manager at ORTEC. The analysis, conducted free of charge, examined the Jantje Beton 2008 collection figures.  Read more

April 01, 2010 ORTEC TSS: Preliminary analysis of the WC final based on effectivity The final match of the 2010 world cup championship promises to be an exciting contest. Neither of the finalists has previously won the title and based on the analyses of ORTEC TSS, it seems that both teams are fairly evenly matched. Spain does have a slightly higher overall rating score than the ‘Orange’ side because when the performance of both teams was analyzed with the Effectivity in Action System (EIA), Spain received 7.3 and The Netherlands 6.7. Read more

April 01, 2010 ORTEC TSS: Who were the most effective players in the World Cup? The final of the World Cup championship 2010 has been played out and the Dutch team made a good impression. FIFA selected Diego Forlan as the player of the tournament, but is that the correct choice? The analyses of ORTEC TSS reveal a different result. Read more

April 01, 2010 ORTEC TSS: Germany v Spain preliminary analysis based on effectivity “The Germany v Spain match will be a battle of the midfield”
Based on the ORTEC TSS Effectivity in Action System (EIA) analyses, it seems highly likely that the outcome of the Germany v Spain match will be determined in the midfield. The strongest players from each team are in the midfield and were involved in almost all of the forward attacks. Using data from their first five matches, the lead effectiveness rankings from each country go to the midfielders, Schweinsteiger and Xavi, with scores of 8.5 and 8.1 respectively. Read more

April 01, 2010 ORTEC TSS: Xavi – Spain’s man of the match Based on the In the match against Germany, Spain kept the upper hand throughout most of the game. The Spanish team not only dominated their opponent’s half of the pitch, but also came out an average of 2 points higher than the Germans on overall match performance ratings. Their superiority was also noticeable in the number of shots at goal – Spain’s 16 shots on target convincingly outnumbered the German’s 6 goal attempts. Read more