Aptean Routing & Scheduling Brochure: Strategic Transportation Modeling and Optimization

Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition

Strategic Transportation Modeling and Optimization

Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition is the established choice of the distribution and logistics industry for strategic and operational transportation modeling. Hundreds of 3PLs and private fleet operators rely on Aptean Routing & Scheduling to analyze alternative transportation strategies and network options, rationalize static routes schedules and evaluate service options – helping to make policy decisions which will improve transportation efficiency, reduce overall transportation costs, improve customer service, cut carbon emissions and support business growth.

Turn RFP’s Into Revenue Aptean Routing & Scheduling is used by 3PLs throughout the world with flexibility and range of functionality to bid for, win and plan client business including:

› Single or multiple depots › OD pairs › Deliveries and/or pickups/backhauls › Single or double shifting and/or trips/loads › Tractor/Trailers or Straight Trucks, to offer an effective solution

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Aptean Routing & Scheduling for 3PLs Aptean Routing & Scheduling meets the needs of the 3PL sector with significant benefit and revenue generation opportunities by:

› Securing high value contracts › Continuously improving current contracts › Improving contract retention through innovation – securing revenue for longer

› Providing cost efficient operational route planning With Aptean Routing & Scheduling, many 3PLs have identified that on average one engineer can do the work of three, and therefore produce not only more bid packages, but bids that are far more accurate.

When our 3PL customers win a bid and covert it to operational execution, the required resources identified to support a client’s workload during business development is very accurate. This builds trust with customers and instills confidence that your bids are accurate and that post contract signing your business model is to not under bid and then recoup costs by upselling.

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The Bidding Stage Third-party logistics companies rely on Aptean to quantify transport resource requirements. Using data provided by the prospective client, Aptean Routing & Scheduling can quickly model and cost different transport scenarios, evaluating the different ways of meeting the demands of the prospective client’s operation. As a result, the strategic modelling of variations in fleet mix, routes, delivery times and loads becomes a task that takes just a few hours, as opposed to days or weeks of manual effort.

Aptean Routing & Scheduling gives companies the ability to quickly and effectively model different scenarios that may fall outside the prospective client’s brief. For example, this could be introducing double-shifting or experimenting with routing collections with deliveries to see whether additional savings can be made. This underlines professionalism and demonstrates added value.

Static Route / Lane Rationalization Where demand patterns are less variable and fixed routes are operated, Aptean Routing & Scheduling can be used more periodically, typically once every 3-6 months, to update the fixed delivery routes and schedules to be operated over a period. Aptean Routing & Scheduling can easily be re-run with revised volumes and customer changes, which means that transportation efficiency levels can be maintained as customer profiles evolve.

Auditing & Continuous Improvement Aptean Routing & Scheduling can be used at regular intervals to assess other live contracts. By staging a regular audit of a client’s operation, routes and schedules can be continually improved for optimum efficiency, and ultimately a prolonged 3PL/customer relationship.

Strategic Planning Aptean Routing & Scheduling is used as a strategic modelling tool to evaluate alternative strategies, for example involving fleet deployment, fleet mix or service levels, or plan for the introduction of new business or changes in industry legislation.

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Planning with Aptean Routing & Scheduling Once a contract has been confirmed, the routing and scheduling technology is deployed in several ways:

Daily Operational Scheduling In operations where order volumes vary significantly day by day, Aptean Routing & Scheduling is typically used daily to plan the most efficient next-day vehicle routes and schedules based on actual order volumes.

Compared to the alternative of manual transport planning, using Aptean Routing & Scheduling in this way provides several benefits:

› Reducing overall transport cost by up to 20% through more efficient routing and scheduling › Meeting predicted arrival times and promised time windows more reliably › Reducing delivery lead times, due to faster planning › Releasing the load details to the warehouse earlier to facilitate a smoother and more efficient warehouse operation

› Reducing the number of man-hours required every day for planning the transport operation Baseline / ROI Reporting Aptean Routing & Scheduling can import a baseline and use the routing and scheduling tools to optimize the result, creating different solutions for comparative analysis and detailing where savings can be made that will impact on bottom line costs.

Aptean Routing & Scheduling provides a set of standard reports and has the functionality to produce customized reports and tables that can be exported to others within the organization. Crystal report viewer is embedded, which automatically accommodates more advanced reporting needs and allows a range of documents to be produced and exported in a variety of formats including CSV, flat text, database “pdf”, or a webportal files for ease of use.

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“We use Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition software across our logistics business to model and optimize our transportation operations, design practical and cost effective solutions for our customers, and maintain efficiency through regular review. The flexibility of the software enables us to evaluate numerous options very quickly so we can provide the best possible service to our customers.”

Sr. Project Manager, Logistics Solutions, CEVA Logistics North America

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Aptean Fastnet Determine ideal DC network Allocate customers to DCs

A complete range of integrated strategic planning software solutions Aptean Routing & Scheduling’s transportation modeling software consists of four separate modules – each of which can be used either standalone or as part of a complete fully integrated modeling solution – with consistent results all based on the same base data and mapping technology.

Aptean Multi Period Planner Allocate multi-frequency calls to days

Aptean Territory Optimizer Design compact even territories

Aptean Routing & Scheduling Optimizer Calculate optimized routes and schedules

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Related Aptean Products

Aptean Routing & Scheduling Optimizer Operational Scheduling

Transportation infrastructure

Territories

Master Schedules

Policy decisions

Fleet mix

Delivery days

3PL quotes

DC network

Resource requirements

Costs and KPIs

Strategy comparisons

Web access to reports

Aptean Fixed Route Manager Managing Daily Variations

Aptean Route Execution Real-time Route Visibility

Aptean Resource Manager Managing Trucks and Drivers

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Manufacturing sites, warehouses and DC options

Aptean Routing & Scheduling Fastnet Aptean Routing & Scheduling Fastnet is a network modeling system that enables you to determine the best network of DCs and domiciles to satisfy your distribution requirements most cost-effectively. The software recommends how many and which sites should be used, and allocates delivery points to DCs. Fastnet enables you to:

› Make effective decisions in distribution strategy and infrastructure

› Improve transportation efficiency, reduce total

DC througput limits and operating costs

Linehaul and delivery cost rates

Maximum time radius (service level)

Customers Calculate new network

distance incurred and cut carbon emissions - by optimizing the allocation of customers to DCs

› Improve cost performance through better strategic decision making

Geocoding & map data

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DC Network Optimization

Update existing network

Review/amend DC network and customer allocations using Aptean Workbench

DC Network Transhipment, linehaul network and customer/DC allocations DC Summaries Number of customers throughputs costs

User defined reports

Can be linked with...

Aptean Territory Optimizer Aptean Multi Period Planner Aptean Routing & Scheduling Optimizer Brochure | Strategic Transportation Modeling and Optimization | 11

Aptean Routing & Scheduling Territory Optimizer Aptean Routing & Scheduling Territory Optimizer enables logistics and field service companies to divide their delivery or service regions into compact territories with balanced workloads. Ideal for companies that can service different areas on different days of the week, or that need different territories for drivers to become familiar with, Territory Optimizer enables high levels of productivity and efficiency to be maintained. This powerful software solution:

› Enables delivery or service regions to be sub-divided into compact territories with balanced workloads

› Provides a fair allocation of work to drivers › Enables drivers to develop rapport with customers › Defines compact delivery areas with reduced inter-

DC boundaries

Pre-defined clusters

Territory balancing parameters

Optimization options

Customers

call travel times for overall efficiency

› Helps reduce transportation costs, improve driver

productivity and reduce overall mileage as a result of more efficient planning.

Territory Optimizer is suitable for operations in which individual areas may only need to be visited, for example, once a week; which include a wide range of call frequencies; where customers need to be serviced by a regular driver; or involving a fixed customer base plus ad hoc orders.

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Territory Optimization

Calculate new territories from scratch

Geocoding & map data

Typical volumes

Update existing territories

Partially freeze territories and re-optimize

Review/amend territories using Aptean Workbench

Territory Details Customers allocated

Territory Summaries Number of customers volumes

User defined reports

Can be linked with...

Aptean Multi Period Planner Aptean Routing & Scheduling Optimizer

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DC boundaries

Aptean Routing & Scheduling Multi Period Planner Aptean Routing & Scheduling Multi Period Planner is a strategic planning tool which allocates multi-frequency deliveries to days, over a multi-week planning horizon. It takes account of acceptable day patterns, volume profiles and call frequencies ranging from daily to monthly or more.

The software allocates multiple deliveries to days, balancing the overall distribution workload across the period, while clustering calls geographically and ensuring the required period between subsequent deliveries to the same customer is maintained. Multi Period Planner is in widespread use in a range of industry sectors, including 3rd party logistics and retail, as well as in the service sector.

Used with Aptean’s Routing & Scheduling Optimization, Multi Period Planner enables the rationalization of fixed routes in operations with multiple delivery frequencies – to help reduce transportation costs, improve driver productivity and reduce overall mileage as a result of more efficient planning.

Geographical clustering parameters

Workload balancing controls

Customers

Geocoding & map data

Frequencies, typical volumes & profiles

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Day Balancing

Allocate multi-frequency orders to days

Review/amend day allocations using Aptean Workbench

Reports Allocated days per customer and total deliveries per day

User defined reports

Can be linked with...

Aptean Routing & Scheduling Optimizer

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Driver shifts and breaks

Scheduling options:

» Multiple trips per truck per day

Truck capacities

» Multi shifted trucks » Multi day routes » DC-based trucks or 3rd party carriers

Aptean’s Routing & Scheduling Optimizer Aptean’s Routing & Scheduling Optimizer is used for detailed transportation modeling - to accurately evaluate alternative transportation and service scenarios, calculate efficient transportation schedules in each case, and determine resource requirements and costs.

» Simultaneous scheduling Product availability per DC

Planning period 1-28 days

Historical orders: Deliveries, Pickups and OD pairs

Geocoding & map data

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Optimization

Calculate optimized routes and schedules for:

» A single DC » Multiple DCs » Integrated fleets

Review/amend schedules using Aptean Workbench

Comparison of Different Strategies KPIs, costs and total summaries Routes and Schedules Call sequences, map images, route instructions, time windows and route timings Management Summaries Cost and utilization, distance totals, KPIs, exceptions, and cost performance

User defined reports

Fixed Route and Schedules

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Aptean Routing & Scheduling – leading technology from industry experts Our proven range of transportation modeling and optimization software can help improve your strategic decision making:

› Integrated software modules to handle high level strategic planning through to detailed routing and scheduling

› Advanced routing and scheduling optimization to handle the widest range of road-based transportation operations and strategic options

› Configurable user preferences for genuine ease of use › Choice of deployment options to suit a range of IT strategies › Benefits from our intensive on-going development program › Based on over 30+ years experience of the transportation and logistics sector › Powerful strategic options enable multiple what if scenarios to be quickly analyzed and compared › Implemented with the help of our highly experienced team › Quantified benefits reported by users as a result of strategic studies or rationalizing static routes › Used by many of the world’s leading logistics companies – including DHL, Ceva Logistics, Universal

Logistics, and XPO – for modeling transportation operations and quoting for business, as well as smaller niche operators

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The power and flexibility of Aptean Routing & Scheduling’s planning and optimization solutions is underlined by its industrywide success by own-fleet operators and logistics companies:

› Retail › Manufacturing › Pharmaceutical › Wholesale › Logistics › Home delivery › Agriculture › Parcels, mail and news › Food and drink › Automotive › Waste management › Field service › Furniture › Petrochemical › Healthcare Companies in these sectors rely on Aptean Routing & Scheduling to support their strategic transportation-related decision making and update their transportation schedules.

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