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European market leader in rental and cleaning of textile selects ORTEC to optimize its distribution 
11 July 2011
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.
Tactical and operational use
For Elis' logistics department, the deployment of ORTEC's solution suite meets two of their main requirements. The first relates to tactical planning, whereby ORTEC Tactical Route Planning (ORTEC TRP) is being used to reorganize the distribution routes. The objective is to increase the time it takes to optimize the routes while benefiting from greater control of route frequencies and a more optimal workload balance. The second requirement relates to operational planning and Elis are implementing ORTEC's advanced vehicle routing and dispatch solution, ORTEC Transport & Distribution, to manage weekly schedules and address the daily number of unforeseen events (inserting an additional customer address into the existing route schedule, route modifications due to bank holidays, absent employee, ...).
Consistently higher service levels
The collaboration between Elis and ORTEC will not only deliver cost, time and efficiency savings, but it will also bring about logistics enhancements while respecting existing commitments and links between clients and service agents.
As Elis management explains: "We selected ORTEC because the company is first and foremost a major player in the field of planning and optimization, and has a European presence. Furthermore, the software solutions fully meet our specifications and the ORTEC consultants demonstrated a detailed understanding of our business sector."
About Elis
With revenues exceeding 1 billion euros, Elis is the European leader in textile rental and cleaning services. Its core activities include the rental and cleaning of workwear, hotel linen sanitary devices, floor mats, and drinks distribution. These services are delivered through a network of 74 industrial sites and 138 service centers in France, Germany, Spain, the Benelux, Italy, the Czech Republic, Portugal and Switzerland, which positions the company within 50 kilometers of over 85% of its customers.
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