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Quintiq Launches New Version of Macro Planner Solution For Strategic Multi-Scenario Planning

's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, December 09, 2008

Quintiq, a leading provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solutions, today announced the release of its new version of the Quintiq Macro Planner Solution to enable strategic multi-scenario planning and supply chain performance management.

Most of today’s business leaders acknowledge the importance of strategic planning in controlling their company’s growth in rapidly changing business environments. Recent economic developments in particular have demonstrated the importance for companies to be able to quickly react to changing market conditions. During an economic downturn, organizations more than ever need to understand their actions and the implications on their supply chains when it comes to assessing decisions such as:

• Major investment or de-investment decisions concerning capital equipment
• Re-structuring of supply chains
• Optimization of product mix to maximize profits
• Assessment of customer service strategies

Most importantly, corporate management needs to be able to quickly understand the implications of their actions on the bottom line.

The new version of Quintiq Macro Planner offers an advanced solution for strategic planning. It supports manufacturing companies in performing strategic planning as well as analyzing all aspects of their supply chains from the medium to long term. Multi-scenario functionality enables easy comparisons of possible business decisions. Consequences of scenarios are immediately visualized as changes in KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) such as profits and costs, inventory targets and delivery performance are recalculated. The new solution not only provides supply chain planning functionality, but also supply chain design features including graphical overviews. Additionally, the new version can be integrated using different sources such as Excel, ERP Systems or other Quintiq planning solutions.

The new version of Quintiq Macro Planner provides manufacturing companies with an easy-to-use, centralized planning application. The result: efficient supply chains, optimized management of product-mix and company-wide transparency over the entire supply chain enabling fast decision-making processes that can result in significant cost savings.

“Quintiq continuously strives to improve its solutions taking into account rapidly changing business environments”, said Francois Eijgelshoven, Business Director, Quintiq. “The Quintiq Macro Planner Solution not only provides substantial support for making decisions at a strategic level, customers will also benefit from the short implementation cycles resulting in fast returns on investments.”

About Quintiq
Quintiq provides advanced planning, scheduling and supply chain optimization solutions. The fast-growing company, established in 1997, offers software for planning and optimizing complex business processes throughout the enterprise. The company's headquarters are located in the Netherlands and it has subsidiaries in Australia, China, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, UK, and the USA. For more information: www.quintiq.com  

For more information, please contact:
Martijn van Gils
Global Marketing Director
Tel.: +31(0)736910739
E-mail: martijn.van.gils@quintiq.com