Waitrose

About Waitrose

Waitrose is an upmarket supermarket in the UK. Waitrose is the food division of the British retailer and worker co-operative the John Lewis Partnership. As of July 2009, there are 210 branches across the United Kingdom. The company differentiates itself from competitors by offering high quality food and emphasizing customer service.

Project Scope

Quintiq Logistics planner will be implemented as a centralized solution for all transport planning, dispatch and yard management across the 4 distribution centers and 210 branches of Waitrose.
Full network planning for branch fulfillment at both tactical and operational execution levels. The solution will support the planning and execution of the delivery fleet of Waitrose as well as their subcontracted fleet.

The second project at Waitrose is the Quintiq workforce planning solution and will allow their branches to interact with the central system allocating man-hours so they can try different scenarios and ‘what if’ proposals to maximize the opportunities at local level.

Press release Waitrose