Alcoa Köfém Hungary live with Quintiq for optimization of production process

('s-Hertogenbosch, July 17th 2002) Alcoa Köfém, located in Hungary, has gone live with Quintiq for supplying Advanced Planning & Scheduling software to optimize the production process of its Extrusions & End Products business.

Reasons for selecting Quintiq were its reputation in the aluminum business combined with the flexibility of the software, commitment to solve the business challenge and a fast deployment record. In addition to its ERP software

Alcoa Köfém needed a detailed scheduling system to be able to schedule all production process steps after the extrusion process. The scheduling system generates an initial planning proposal that can be manually adapted, constantly taking into account all constraints and business rules and to really optimize the production process.

Maul & Partner based in Austria has carried out the implementation of the software as well as the business analysis. Maul & Partner is a Quintiq implementation partner that has a considerable track record of business consultancy projects in the metal industry. For more information www.maul-partner.com.

Alcoa
Alcoa is the world's leading producer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina. It provides customers in packaging, consumer products, automotive, aerospace, construction and other markets with a variety of fabricated and finished products. Alcoa has 129,000 employees in 38 countries.

Quintiq
Quintiq offers a standard software solution to virtually any planning, scheduling and supply chain optimization problem. Its breakthrough technology empowers companies with flexible solutions, enabling them to exactly model their business and optimize it fully, delivering bottom line value.

For more information please contact: Martijn van Gils, Marketing Manager Quintiq, Tel. +31-(0)73 6910739, e-mail: martijn.van.gils@quintiq.com