New planning system helps Railion Benelux to substantially increase punctuality of its cargo trains

(Capelle aan den IJssel/'s-Hertogenbosch September 24, 2002) Today Quintiq and Ab Ovo announce that Railion Benelux has achieved excellent results with their new planning system. After having gone live successfully, the punctuality of the trains has increased far above 90% (July 2002: 95%), the delivery performance has increased and a payback of one year has been realized.

The planning system has been built with Quintiq planningsoftware and Ab Ovo consultancy. Railion Benelux uses Quintiq software to plan its locomotives and locomotive drivers. The total project (design, build and implementation) has been realized in a period of six months, which is fast for the transport sector.

Nico Louter, Manager Projects Railion Benelux: "Railion Benelux is extremely pleased with the planning solution from Quintiq and Ab Ovo. Planning in rail transport is very dynamic and complex, because there are many short term changes in the planning process and a large number of very diverse constraints in planning and executed orders; with the Quintiq planning solution we are able to take this into account in real-time. This software is no doubt the best choice as far as price, quality, flexibility and speed of implementation is concerned, which is currently available on the market for the railway business."

The planning process at Railion Benelux has improved considerably through the consultancy of Ab Ovo and the Quintiq software. The utilization of the locomotives and locomotive drivers has been optimized greatly and system management- and maintenance cost have decreased considerably.

Railion Benelux
Railion is an international carrier, whose core business is rail transport. It transports a vast range of products, such as steel, coal, ore, paper, timber, cars, washing machines, computers and a whole gamut of (petro)chemical products. Please visit www.railion.nl for more information.

Ab Ovo
Ab Ovo is located in the Netherlands, with its main location in the heart of Europe's main distribution gateway, Rotterdam. Ab Ovo is an ICT total solutions provider and has an exceptionally strong presence in the Travel & Transport industry, ranging from cargo to passenger transportation, over land, over sea and through the air. Please visit www.ab-ovo.nl for more information

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