May 12, 2009 | Categories: Clients, Small/medium operations
Allensmore Nurseries, the Herefordshire-based horticultural specialist, has selected an advanced map-based routing and scheduling solution from Paragon Software Systems. Paragon provides advanced planning tools for Allensmore's operation, enabling the transport management team to allocate the precise number of delivery vehicles required throughout the various seasons for delivering its perishable products.
Allensmore combines a small fleet of its own with additional third-party transport to serve its customers across the UK. The company's products include home produced plants, a wide range of European imports, and various containers and hanging baskets. Consumer demand and seasonality of certain plants require highly accurate fleet management to meet customers' needs.
"We deliver to around 400 different sites, including Wyevale Garden Centres, Dobbies, Homebase and Makro as well as leading independent garden centres. It is imperative that we get our perishable products to our customers as quickly as possible. Paragon gives us the tools we need to optimise deliveries depending on the kinds of products ordered and determine how many vehicles we will need to fulfil our customers' orders," said David Bowen, Transport Manager, Allensmore Nurseries.
Allensmore selected Paragon after examining other systems and chose it for its ease of use and market-leading features and functionality. The company is now investigating the opportunity to add live vehicle tracking to its Paragon system. This will enable the company to compare planned routes and deliveries against real-time activity to further optimise its routing and scheduling.
"Allensmore Nurseries shows that Paragon provides the flexibility and scalability for any size of operation. The Single Depot system helps Allensmore develop effective transport schedules in order to cut transport costs and improve fleet efficiency. This demonstrates that all Paragon users are able to benefit from routing and scheduling optimisation for their transport operations - regardless of the size of their fleets," said William Salter, Managing Director of Paragon Software Systems.
Notes to Editors:
Paragon Software Systems is a market leader in transport optimisation with over 1,500 routing and scheduling systems installed in more than 33 countries. Paragon helps companies reduce transport costs by up to 20 per cent through more efficient deployment of vehicles and drivers. Headquartered in Dorking, UK and with US offices in Dallas, Paragon is a respected pioneer in routing and scheduling with over 30 years of know-how.
Paragon is employed by transport operations ranging from just 10 vehicles at a single site to hundreds of vehicles operating from several sites. The system is used for routing and scheduling optimisation; managing transport resources; strategic planning; scheduling home deliveries continuously as orders are being confirmed; and managing the execution of the transport plan in real time using vehicle tracking technology.
Paragon assists many leading companies with their logistics including ASDA, Royal Mail Group, Harrods, Sainsbury's, AB Agri, CEVA Logistics, Wincanton, DHL Exel, Norbert Dentressangle, Linde, Fuller's, John Lewis, Tesco, Keystone Distribution, Raleigh and many others.
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