Quintiq and Trim Informatica enter partnership for the Italian Market

‘s-Hertogenbosch, February 8, 2010 - Quintiq, a leading global provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solutions, and Trim Informatica, a software consulting services firm based in Brescia, North of Italy, today announced a partnership agreement covering Quintiq software implementation services in Italy.

The cooperation between the two companies enables them to deliver enhanced capabilities to their customers in Italy and open up new opportunities for Trim Informatica and Quintiq.
Quintiq focuses on providing the most advanced planning, scheduling and supply chain optimization solutions for targeted markets. As the market leader in its chosen markets it provides solutions that significantly improve the main KPIs of its customers.

The Quintiq solution has been implemented at a wide range of manufacturing, metal, logistics, transportation and other companies in Europe and around the world. The new partner arrangement builds on this success, enabling Trim Informatica and Quintiq to offer solutions in planning and scheduling within the Italian metals and manufacturing markets.

Carlo Gozio, Commercial Director at Trim Informatica commented: "Trim Informatica is a leader in MES solutions based on service oriented architecture and object oriented programming, with customers like IVECO, Arvedi Group, Calvi Group and many more. We have been looking for innovative solutions to face our customers’ complex operational activities and supply chain processes. The partnership with Quintiq will offer to our customers the opportunity to improve the capabilities of their SCM and rely on a technological innovative solution that is able to solve any planning and scheduling issues to speed them up to achieve their SCM targets.”

Francois Eijgelshoven, Director Metals and Manufacturing at Quintiq: “This agreement underscores our joint willingness to invest in the Italian market. Trim Informatica demonstrated that they are well versed in the complexities of planning and scheduling with a depth of knowledge that has been built upon over many years of experience in the supply chain market. Trim Informatica recognised the tradeoffs many businesses are making when implementing APS, complimenting Quintiq’s unique 100% fit commitment to our clients.”

About Trim Informatica
TRIM is a leading Italian company specialized in processes consultancy and developing MES solutions based on SOA architecture and object oriented programming technology. Born in 1997 and located in Brescia, TRIM offer integrates different and complementary skills from the Supply Chain Design to the capability to develop MES solution online connected with SAP, or other ERP solution, and at the factory level with the industrial automation.

About Quintiq
Quintiq provides advanced planning, scheduling and supply chain management solutions. The fast-growing Dutch company, established in 1997, offers software for planning and optimizing complex business processes throughout the enterprise. The company’s headquarters is located in the Netherlands and it has subsidiaries in Australia, China, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and the USA, with implementations in 68 countries. For more information: www.quintiq.com

For more information, please contact:
Quintiq
Martijn van Gils
Global Marketing Director
+31 (0)73 691 07 39
martijn.van.gils@quintiq.com

Trim Informatica
Carlo Gozio
Commercial Director
+39 0302180446
gozio@triminformatica.it