A new level of efficiency for logistics planning
June 1st 2006

Through the integration of the ORTEC Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) suite of products Microlise offers a range of highly configurable, highly optimised, 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 and scheduling functions and real-time feedback of route and schedule adherence exceptions to planners, facilitating dynamic rescheduling.

Out of the box configurations are available for haulage and 3rd party distribution, food & beverage, cement & aggregates, tanker operations, service engineers and transportation operations.

The system also provides real-time transmission of route and schedule changes to mobile workers, along with full report integration for planned v. actual analysis of costs, route and schedule adherence and planning improvement opportunities, including route navigation updates.

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