Howard Tenens Invest in Quintiq to Support Growth and Drive Efficiencies Through Advanced Planning and Transport Management


'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands, February 18 /PRNewswire/ --     Quintiq, a leading provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS)
solutions, today announced that logistics management group Howard Tenens has
chosen the Quintiq Logistics Planner solution to improve the planning,
management and execution of its client's logistics operations. Quintiq will
assist Howard Tenens in maximizing operational efficiencies and lowering
operational costs.

Howard Tenens is one of the largest privately owned third party logistics
management service providers in the UK. Operating a fleet of over 200 trucks
and 3 million square feet of storage facilities throughout Great Britain,
Howard Tenens specializes in managing demanding logistics contracts by
providing customer-oriented distribution and warehousing services.

In recent years, the business has expanded both in size and in service
offering, increasing the complexity of planning resources and personnel.
Howard Tenens took the business decision to invest in its IT systems and
infrastructure and a new transport management system formed part of this. The
new system needed a number of intricate but essential core functions and the
flexibility to work across the numerous sites and depots Howard Tenens now
operates from. It also needed to incorporate automated planning as well as
being user friendly and increase visibility to customers.

Superior Capabilities within Budget

Fulfilling all of Howard Tenens' planning and functionality requirements,
Quintiq demonstrated that its standard industry solution could be configured
to exactly fit the requirements of the business - even the subtle behaviour
differences between operational sites and contracts can be incorporated. The
Quintiq solution will be used to maximize resource utilization so Howard
Tenens' existing personnel and facilities will be able to meet the needs of
more customers, while maintaining a high level of customer service. Increased
resource utilization will also support Howard Tenens' commitment to
environmental awareness by reducing empty mileage and lowering fuel
expenditures.

Together with new investments in vehicle computing and GPS, the Quintiq
solution will provide operational event management in real time to help
Howard Tenens' planners confidently handle frequent, last-minute scheduling
disturbances. With an organization-wide overview, Quintiq is able to provide
planners with optimal solutions for rectifying disruptions as they occur.

The implementation process, handled by The Logic Factory, began this
month, January 2009. The solution is expected to go live in the second
quarter of 2009.

"As a growing company, we are constantly looking to enhance our customer
service and gain increasing efficiencies," explained Julian Beecham, Deputy
CEO at Howard Tenens. "Quintiq will support our growth by making us more
attractive to potential customers and by maximizing our resources." We have
invested in a Transport Planning and Management Solution that will allow our
operation to meet the demands of today, but that will also flex to
accommodate the contracts of tomorrow.

Arjen Heeres, Chief Operations Officer at Quintiq commented: "We are
delighted that Howard Tenens has chosen Quintiq for its company-wide planning
needs. We believe that organizations of virtually any size should be able to
benefit from the advanced planning technologies that once only the largest
organizations could afford. Howard Tenens' choice of Quintiq demonstrates our
affordability."

About Howard Tenens

http://www.tenens.com

About Quintiq

http://www.quintiq.com

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