Through the integration of the ORTEC Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) suite of products Microlise are proud to offer a range of highly configurable, highly optimized, APS applications that are seamlessly integrated with the Microlise Fleet & Distribution portfolio of solutions. This offers transport & logistics and field service customers full lifecycle management of transport/ work planning, management and execution activities.
Features include:
• Wide ranging planning & scheduling functions, including; Fixed Route "milk-round" tactical planning, day 1 for day 'n' planning through to dynamic real-time and multi-day planning for single and multi-site operations.
• Out of the box configurations for haulage and 3rd party distribution, food & beverage, cement & aggregates, tanker operations, service engineers and transportation operations.
• Real-time feedback of route and schedule adherence exceptions to planners facilitating dynamic rescheduling
• Real-time transmission of route and schedule changes to mobile workers
• Full report integration for planned v actual analysis of costs, route and schedule adherence together with planning improvement opportunities, including route navigation updates
The solution delivers proven significant savings through the use of powerful algorithms that provide decision support at your planners fingertips facilitating the creation of the most cost effective feasible planning.
Making the announcement, Stephen Watson, Microlise Product Manager said "This combination of best of breed, industry leading solutions from Microlise and ORTEC, finally offers the transport & logistics and field services industry's the enterprise level integrated planning and execution systems required to be truly efficient and competitive in today's market."
For ORTEC, Daan Boon, ORTEC's Commercial Director, added "Microlise is just the right Value Added Partner for the sales and implementation of our (integrated) solutions in the UK market. Our complementary state of the art portfolios provide any logistics or field services company with a powerful turn key solution for APS, execution and management reporting. On top of that our UK customers now benefit from the local professional support and maintenance services of Microlise."
About Microlise
Microlise is a privately owned, UK-based company, established in 1982. Microlise develops and integrates technology solutions for the logistics and physical supply chain industries using key software, hardware, communication and auto identification technologies developed in-house and from market leading suppliers. Microlise solutions include ; Opus WMS - sophisticated warehouse management and automation control software, Microlise Fleet & Distribution - for managing goods in transit and the assets used to transport them, Microlise RFID Systems - Integration of RFID technology within supply chain and logistics applications, Opus Voice - Hands-free, eyes-free voice activated technology for all stock transactions and movements within the warehouse
See www.microlise.com for further information
About ORTEC
Founded in 1981, ORTEC is one of the largest independent providers of advanced planning & scheduling software and professional consulting services. ORTEC currently has over 500 employees and offices in North America and Europe. More than 800 customers in different industries, including companies like Coca-Cola Enterprises, Yellow Transportation, Philips, FedEx Freight and DHL, already benefit from our advanced planning and scheduling solutions.
See www.ortec.com for further information