Manufacturing

Optrak4 for Manufacturing is a customised version of Optrak4 for both manufacturers who operate their own fleets and 3PL providers who work with specialist manufacturers on atypical/non-palletised products.

Designed to enhance the Optrak4 Freight solutions with additional routing and loading capabilities, Optrak4 for Manufacturing takes into account the distribution challenges and additional loading complexities of specialist manufacturers and the 3PL distributors who service these industries.

Providing bespoke routing and loading solutions for customers that produce goods with mixed stacking rules or ‘ugly’ or non-tessellating products, Optrak4 addresses the challenges that other vehicle routing solutions cannot; ensuring manufacturers and 3PLs maximise their distribution capabilities.

INDUSTRY REQUIREMENTS

OPTRAK SOLUTIONS

Mixed Collection and Deliveries with Smart 3D Loading

Optrak4 maps deliveries and collections on the same route within the plan – calculating the dynamic space on the vehicle with integrated loading and customisation to reflect individual vehicle requirements.

Furthermore Optrak4 loading modules are fully integrated into the vehicle routing process – linking planned trips to load layout to ensure goods are packed both space efficiently and accessibly for each stop, taking into account product-specific rules and restrictions.

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Cash In Transit Planning

Delivery Planning

Time estimation consists of two parts – driving time and time at the customer. Optrak4 uses historical road speeds to predict journey times between sites. A study showed that the improved accuracy from this alone, resulted in a 4% improvement in routing efficiency.

To improve accuracy of time at customer, Optrak can be linked to your own POD or tracking data to achieve a more accurate model of the time at each customer site – allowing different profiles for each customer if required. This same analysis can be used to identify consistently slow-loading customers to allow sales or operations staff to negotiate directly with the customer to improve performance.

Real-Time Routing

With Optrak4 , you can add new collection orders to the plan. These orders are checked against the existing routes – taking into account what has already been delivered and picked up – to see if they can be inserted without impacting the time windows/delivery capacity for already routed orders.

All trip building actions, whether optimisation or interactive trip editing are always checked against the appropriate loader for the vehicle (and you can have different loaders for different vehicle types in the same data set). Any infringement of loading rules is immediately indicated to the user.

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Integrated Carrier Functionality

Carrier Rates and Assignment

On a daily basis, Optrak4’s integrated carrier functionality plugs your 3rd party carrier options into the optimiser to identify which areas could be run more cost effectively by a subcontractor – calculating against total cost to the route of tasking vehicles for specific regions or jobs.

At a strategic level, “What If?” analysis can be used to review long-term decisions over where to route directly and where to negotiate more permanent 3rd party arrangements.

INDUSTRIES

TESTIMONIALS

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Reynolds

“The punctuality and efficiency of our deliveries demonstrates our commitment to quality and customer service excellence. At Reynolds, we have always used proven technology to support our business. Central to this has been the long term partnership with Optrak4, to integrate its leading vehicle routing solution into our overall supply chain.”

Joe Reynolds, Managing Director at Reynolds

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Joe Reynolds, Managing Director at Reynolds

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“The punctuality and efficiency of our deliveries demonstrates our commitment to quality and customer service excellence. At Reynolds, we have always used proven technology to support our business. Central to this has been the long term partnership with Optrak4, to integrate its leading vehicle routing solution into our overall supply chain.”
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Fuchs UK

“Optrak gives us more delivery flexibility and is a great system to use. It has actually revitalised our planning operation at Fuchs. The investment in a world class vehicle routing system demonstrates our commitment in ensuring that we deliver the best possible service to our customers whilst keeping costs down. I firmly believe no other routing package can deliver the same benefits as Optrak.”

Darren Bourne, Distribution Manager at Fuchs UK

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Darren Bourne, Distribution Manager at Fuchs UK

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“Optrak gives us more delivery flexibility and is a great system to use. It has actually revitalised our planning operation at Fuchs. The investment in a world class vehicle routing system demonstrates our commitment in ensuring that we deliver the best possible service to our customers whilst keeping costs down. I firmly believe no other routing package can deliver the same benefits as Optrak.”
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Kuehne and Nagel

“Optrak4 offered a more cost effective and personalised system that catered for our particular requirements and the decision to use an advanced routing and scheduling system has been fully justified by the benefits that Kuehne + Nagel has achieved. We have greatly improved the time we spend on planning and Optrak generates very efficient transport runs for a very complex daily transport operation.


Furthermore, thanks to Optrak4, we can meet the requirement to deliver next day to any location throughout the UK. We generally achieve 97-98% of this target on a daily basis. Optrak4 can plan effectively for consignments of any shape and size as long as we have the right information such as vehicle types, driver working times and product details for example.”

Chris Donaghue, Senior Transport Supervisor at Kuehne + Nagel

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2018-06-21T16:11:03+01:00

Chris Donaghue, Senior Transport Supervisor at Kuehne + Nagel

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“Optrak4 offered a more cost effective and personalised system that catered for our particular requirements and the decision to use an advanced routing and scheduling system has been fully justified by the benefits that Kuehne + Nagel has achieved. We have greatly improved the time we spend on planning and Optrak generates very efficient transport runs for a very complex daily transport operation. Furthermore, thanks to Optrak4, we can meet the requirement to deliver next day to any location throughout the UK. We generally achieve 97-98% of this target on a daily basis. Optrak4 can plan effectively for consignments of any shape and size as long as we have the right information such as vehicle types, driver working times and product details for example.”
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