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31 January 2012 Shell and ORTEC sign contract for technical consultancy services Shell Global Solutions International B.V. and ORTEC, a leading supplier in resource optimization tools and consulting services, have signed a contract to work closely together on a worldwide scale. The cooperation between Shell and ORTEC focuses on the optimization of supply chain processes and strategic decision making in up- and downstream engineering disciplines like planning & scheduling, gas field production capacity optimization, spare parts management, and cost estimating. Shell and ORTEC have already been working together in a successful way for more than 25 years. Read more

02 January 2012 TNT Express, ORTEC and Tilburg University finalists at the 2012 Edelman Award for achievement in Operations Research How Operations Research has become part of TNT Express’ DNA
The collaborative, supply chain-wide optimization efforts of TNT Express, ORTEC and Tilburg University have been officially recognized by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®). TNT Express has been shortlisted as a finalist at the 2012 Franz Edelman Award for its successful application of Operations Research in supply chain optimization. The use of Operations Research (applied mathematics for decision making) to analyze and enhance its transportation networks has allowed TNT Express to save costs, improve service to customers and develop managers’ skills on a global scale. Read more

23 December 2011 Celebrating Corporate Giving in Logistics The following article was written by Steve Banker and originally appeared on Logistics Viewpoints on 19 December 2011.

By Steve Banker - The Holidays are a time for giving. My posting today celebrates the best example of corporate giving that I came across in my travels this year. TNT, a large global provider of express deliveries, and ORTEC, a company that provides a logistics optimization and execution platform with advanced planning capabilities, are the two companies whose intelligent giving has helped to make the world a better place to live. Read more

22 December 2011 ORTEC sponsors family room at the Jeroen Bosch Hospital (JHA) ORTEC is delighted to be able to support the Jeroen Bosch Hospital in it's initiative to decorate a number of family rooms within the fantastic new hospital complex. Willem-Jan Verhoef, Healthcare Director at ORTEC, comments: "We are really pleased that we can get involved because the Jeroen Bosch Hospital is one of our most valuable and innovative customers." Read more

06 December 2011 ORTEC listed in the 2011 Top 100 of Food Logistics Food Logistics, the leading publication dedicated exclusively to the grocery and foodservice distribution supply chain, this week announced the eighth-annual listing of the FL100 in its November/December 2011 issue. ORTEC, global leader as supplier of Advanced Planning Systems for Vehicle Routing and Load Building, is included in this list as one of the 100 software and technology providers that better enable grocery and foodservice distributors and manufacturers to realize their business goals. Read more

28 November 2011 Strong focus on ROI secures OPET deal for ORTEC Following an extensive return on investment analysis, OPET, a leading player in the petroleum and oil industry and part of Koc Holding, selects ORTEC to automate its lubricant distribution planning. Speaking about the selection, Murat Inci, Project Manager at OPET, explains: "From a group of several specialist suppliers, ORTEC outshone all the competition by clearly demonstrating the necessary capabilities to handle all of our planning constraints. The deciding factor, however, was the fact that ORTEC could deliver large reductions in transportation costs, by an estimated 5% compared with the previous year, which would equate to significant financial savings for our company. We expect the ROI time for this project to be approximately one year." Read more

14 November 2011 New ORTEC system helps North Star Alliance to 'optimize the world' “This system enables us to select optimal Roadside Wellness Centres locations”
After successfully developing a client health registration system, ORTEC has now delivered a new application that will assist North Star Alliance in determining the optimal location and number of employees for its network of Roadside Wellness Centres (RWCs). The new solution is developed in cooperation with Paragon Decision Technology, using their mathematical optimization platform AIMMS. Read more

09 November 2011 ORTEC and Paragon take strategic partnership to the next level AIMMS Service Partnership agreement renewed
The ORTEC Consulting Group and Paragon Decision Technology have taken their strategic collaboration to the next level with a renewed partnership agreement. This signing paves the way for the ORTEC Consulting Group to use AIMMS technology to build additional optimization solutions for both the Oil, Gas & Chemicals and Transport and Logistics industries. Read more

25 October 2011 ORTEC client Deli XL hails benefits of new technology in urban distribution planning At the second AECOC (Spanish Association of Commercial Codification) Urban Goods Transportation forum in Barcelona, Deli XL, leading foodservice wholesaler and ORTEC client, hailed the benefits of new technology in the optimization of the company's urban distribution planning. Read more

03 October 2011 Leading environmental services provider enhances green credentials with ORTEC & Masternaut French-based company, Groupe Pizzorno Environnement, is enhancing its green credentials and optimizing its waste collection operations with the fully integrated vehicle routing and GPS vehicle tracking solution from ORTEC and Masternaut. As a specialist in domestic and industrial waste management, and serving clients in the public and private sectors, Pizzorno Environnement is a market leader in both France and abroad. Read more

28 September 2011 Kuehne + Nagel facilitates growth with ORTEC Kuehne + Nagel, one of the world's leading logistics service providers, has decided to implement ORTEC's advanced vehicle routing and dispatch solution - ORTEC Transport & Distribution (ORTEC TD). This decision was taken in order to improve the manageability of the LSP's transport network following a period of significant growth. This growth is in part due to the acquisition of transportation activities for Albert Heijn, and the warehousing and distribution activities for companies such as PespsiCo. Read more

07 September 2011 ORTEC gears up to implement SAP's Transportation Management software ORTEC, one of the largest providers of advanced planning and optimization solutions, has launched a business unit dedicated to implementing the latest SAP Supply Chain Execution (SCE) applications. Read more

22 August 2011 ORTEC team awarded second place in AIMMS/MOPTA optimization modeling competition The final stage of the AIMMS modeling competition reached its conclusion at the 2011 MOPTA conference and the ORTEC team, from Gouda in the Netherlands, was awarded second place. Rianne Langenberg, one of the ORTEC team members, comments on this fantastic result: "It's an honor to reach the finalist stage and to come second out of a group of very competent fellow competitors." The ORTEC team is also made up of Harwin de Vries and Arno Witte, and advised by Cindy de Groot. All graduates are currently engaged in projects at the ORTEC Consulting Group, part of the ORTEC Group. Read more

05 August 2011 ORTEC Customers Selected by CIO Magazine Companies Recognized for Technology Innovations that Advance Business Results
ORTEC, a leading provider of advanced planning and optimization software solutions, announced today that multiple customers were included among the recipients of this year’s "CIO 100 Award" by CIO Magazine. Awarded annually at the CIO Symposium & Awards Ceremony, the CIO 100 award recognizes organizations that are demonstrating innovation to deliver business value. This can be achieved by creating competitive advantage, optimizing business processes, enabling growth or improving relationships with customers. Read more

02 August 2011 ORTEC becomes participant in the Future Logistics Living Lab ORTEC is pleased to announce its participation in the recently formed Future Logistics Living Lab. The Future Logistics Living Lab was founded by SAP*, NICTA, and Fraunhofer, and is dedicated to fast-tracking innovation in the transport and logistics sector. Based in the Australian Technology Park in Sydney, the Living Lab provides a physical platform for industry and research to work together, to investigate real-world logistics issues, and to demonstrate and test innovative technology that will provide transport and logistics solutions for the future. Read more

20 July 2011 Optimized loads and improved vehicle routing for building materials leads to national deployment After a successful pilot project at its main site in the Netherlands (in Alkmaar), the Dutch specialist in wood products and timber, which is part of the Deli Maatschappij Group, took the decision to move ahead with ORTEC. "The pilot project demonstrated to us that significant savings could be achieved by implementing ORTEC Shortrec," says Co Valckx, who was involved in the project from the outset via his role as Logistics Project Manager. Read more

18 July 2011 ORTEC launches a new phase in self-rostering More and more organizations are making the switch to the sweeping Swedish phenomenon of self-rostering. With this switch, employees will not only gain more responsibility and autonomy in relation to their shift roster, but in most cases they also will contribute to savings (3-5%). ORTEC clients are keen to implement self-rostering within their own organization, as was evidenced during a recent brainstorming session in which a number of customers expressed their opinion on the future development of self-rostering. Read more

11 July 2011 European market leader in rental and cleaning of textile selects ORTEC to optimize its distribution ORTEC has signed an international agreement with Elis, the European leader in the rental and cleaning of workwear, hotel linen, sanitary devices, floor mats, and drinks distribution. The contract covers the implementation of ORTEC's solution suite for advanced planning and route optimization. ORTEC's advanced software solutions are being implemented as part of Elis' complete overhaul of its information system, enabling the company to optimize its distribution activities and reduce costs, while ensuring the highest quality of customer service. Read more

04 July 2011 ‘Home Shopping’ Model to ensure the market-leading customer experience whilst reducing costs and CO2 reduction GAB Robins is the first loss adjuster to provide self-service visit appointment booking coupled with real-time optimization.
Mike Jones, Chief Operating Officer of GAB Robins said: "Following the work we have completed with our partners, ORTEC , we firmly believe we have implemented a market-leading innovation that facilitates a seamless customer journey whenever a loss adjuster needs to be appointed. The system helps us and our insurer clients plan appointments that best suit the customer whilst guaranteeing timescales that are within agreed service standards.” Read more

23 June 2011 ORTEC Consulting Group launches SAP Practice The ORTEC Consulting Group is pleased to announce the launch of a dedicated SAP Practice for the Benelux region. The new practice will specialize in the provision of high quality SAP supply chain management consultancy and unique planning optimization solutions. In addition to extensive Operations Research and business process optimization expertise, the SAP Practice consultants also excel in the implementation of ORTEC's in-house developed SAP-embedded advanced planning solutions. Read more

14 June 2011 ORTEC celebrates 30 years of ORTEC Shortrec: the leading advanced planning solution (APS) for transport planning and optimization
ORTEC, one of the largest providers of advanced planning solutions and consultancy services, is delighted to announce that 2011 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the launch of one of its most successful and widely used solutions: ORTEC Shortrec. More than 200 companies worldwide use the software application to automate and optimize their complex transport and distribution planning processes. Commenting on this fact, Huub Vankan - ORTEC Product Manager, states: "Our customers are one of our most important assets and that's why we will continue to offer the same high standard of service and support in future so that more and more customers can continue to benefit from our solutions." Read more

14 June 2011 ORTEC launches its latest product innovation: ORTEC Inventory Routing ORTEC, one of the leading providers of advanced planning solutions and consultancy services, is pleased to announce the launch to market of its newest product - ORTEC Inventory Routing (ORTEC IR). This advanced solution is the latest addition to ORTEC's logistics suite of products and it offers a total, combined solution for demand forecasting, inventory planning and route execution. Janneke Meesters, Senior Industry Leader at ORTEC, expands on this further: "With ORTEC Inventory Routing we have broken the mould in delivering a product that combines demand planning and real-time vehicle routing  capabilities within a single application. As a result, more and more companies across a broad industry spectrum can now benefit from a wider range of options for logistics process optimization and workload balancing." Read more

07 June 2011 Electronic retail giant Dixons boosts competitive advantage and customer service with ORTEC Dixons South East Europe is reaping numerous benefits following the decision to implement ORTEC Shortrec at its central distribution warehouse in Greece. As one of the largest consumer electronics retailers in Europe, Dixons uses ORTEC's automated vehicle routing and scheduling solution to optimize its route planning and thereby increase service quality. Dixons has already realized significant cost and time savings by using ORTEC's solution: a cost reduction of 10 to 15% and in addition to savings generated by mileage reduction, the time and effort by local dispatchers/load planners is reduced with 75%. Read more

24 May 2011 Leading supplier of automation solutions integrates Sigmax’ mobile timesheet application with ORTEC’s workforce scheduling solution for improved services delivery Employees of Endress+Hauser will soon be able to register their working hours in real time on a BlackBerry. The process automation specialist is integrating Sigmax’s mobile timesheet application with ORTEC’s workforce scheduling solution, ORTEC Harmony. Endress+Hauser will soon be going live with the new software. Read more

18 May 2011 ORTEC sponsors the 2011 annual conference of the European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization (ECCO) ORTEC, international specialist in consultancy services and Operations Research, will be sponsoring a lecture by a promising European researcher in the field of Combinatorial Optimization / Operations Research. The ORTEC lecture will be delivered during the ECCO annual conference, which will take place in Amsterdam from 30 May till 1 June 2011. Read more