Quintiq and Ordina formalize partnership

Official partnership will extend the reach of Quintiq's APS suite

's-Hertogenbosch/Utrecht, October 18, 2004 - Software supplier Quintiq and IT service provider Ordina have formalized their partnership. The two companies have entered into a strategic alliance for the joint development of commercial processes for clients, centred around Quintiq's planning, scheduling and supply chain optimization software. They have regularly worked together in this way on an informal basis for the past two and a half years. By formalizing the partnership, Quintiq and Ordina now expect to benefit even more from each other's knowledge, expertise and networks.

Quintiq's software suite will find a place within Ordina's Enterprise Applications range, in which this system integrator offers a comprehensive selection of well-matched ERP, MES and Advanced Planning & Scheduling solutions. Ordina's Patrick Fiolet observes that the Quintiq suite fits seamlessly into the Ordina Enterprise Applications portfolio. “Ordina is one of the few system integrators to use a fully integrated approach to business solutions, in which we view ERP, MES and APS as strongly interrelated solutions, each of which fulfils a vital function. In this connection, the Quintiq suite is one of the most powerful solutions for the more complex planning problems experienced by companies and organizations. Complex planning problems are becoming increasingly common, and not only in the transport sector or in industry. Official bodies, the health care sector and the security sector are also demanding more advanced planning software of this kind. Ordina and Quintiq are responding to this demand with solutions tailored for specific sectors from the Ordina Advanced Planning Competence Center.”

Arjen Heeres, Quintiq's COO, is enthusiastic about the partnership with Ordina. “By giving our joint operation an official character, we have gained the broad and complete support of the Ordina organization in the Netherlands. The formalization also underscores our joint willingness to continue to invest in our partnership, which is ultimately oriented to providing customers in various market sectors with planning solutions providing real added value, and to effectively solving customers' planning problems. The partnership with Ordina also extends our various alliances with companies of renown in the Netherlands and other countries.”

About Ordina
Ordina's annual sales of 345 million euros (2003) makes it one of the largest publicly listed service providers in the Dutch market for information and communication, technology and management consultancy. Ordina vigorously pursues an image in the market as a partner of its clients. With distinctive business propositions and superior know-how, Ordina seeks to add value to its clients' business. Ordina works across industry boundaries on Enterprise Solutions, System Integration & Development, Application Management, Technical Automation and Infrastructure Solutions. The knowledge and skills for sector-specific solutions are concentrated in the Finance, Public, Trade, Transport & Industry (TTI) and Energy, Telecom & Media (ETM) business units. Ordina was founded in 1973 and now has some 3,450 staff. Ordina N.V. is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.

About Quintiq
Based in Den Bosch, Quintiq develops and supplies software, which enables companies to optimise their business processes as well as their collaboration with customers. Quintiq’s advanced software for planning, scheduling and supply chain management helps integrate different business processes in order to increase efficiency. Founded in 1997, Quintiq has since managed over 100 implementations worldwide. Renowned customers are, among others, Jan de Rijk Logistics, Ewals Cargo Care, Rutges Cargo, Kuijken Transport Groep, Corus and KLM Catering Services. For further information please refer to www.quintiq.com.

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