Page 36 of 57
The first electric train was already passing through the Netherlands as early as 1908. So NS must have sustainable transport practically in its genes. In the words of Mea Westerbeek, Manager Sustainable Business: “For a company like NS, which has been working on efficiency and energy improvements for years now, it is important to explore opportunities by deploying new tools. The low-hanging fruit has already been picked. But, with advanced analytics and AI, we can keep ahead of the game.”
A conversation with Mea Westerbeek, Manager Sustainable Enterprise at NS, Bart van Zaalen, Head of Digitalisation Operations at NS, and Gerben Scheepmaker, Business Consultant at NS
Routing and Delivery Optimized Solutions for the Beverage Distribution Industry
With the new year just around the corner, we’ve prepared you a list of top insights from the past year. We hope it helps you get ideas and inspiration to kickstart your thinking for 2023.
Happy reading from ORTEC’s Insights team
We are proud to announce that ORTEC received its official “Carbon Neutral Certification in accordance with PAS 2060”. The certification is a valuable and important acknowledgement for the steps we are making in our journey towards an impact organization.
December 2022
Innovation... is it a solo activity, or does it take good teamwork? Does innovation ‘just happen’, or can it be forced? And how about innovating with limited resources: is it even possible at all? Innovation is an abstract concept without a one-size-fits-all definition: it can mean many things at once. That’s why there are lots of common misconceptions and myths about it. Also at ORTEC we’ve come across various myths in the process.
———
→ We’ve listed and debunked the 6 most common myths in our free downloadable infographic.
Although logistics is still an extremely competitive landscape, the change from a demand-restricted market into a supply-restricted one over the last three years has caused a shift in the relationship between supplier and client. On top of that, the reliability of the logistics process has decreased, increasing the need for proactive, data-driven control.
An insight by Goos Kant, Managing Partner at ORTEC and Professor of Logistics Optimization and , Thomas van Vliet, Director Business Analytics at DSV. This article is based on an article that was originally published on DSV.com.
December 6, 2022 Bucharest, Romania: Today, ORTEC announced it has signed a new agreement with Freshful by eMAG to optimize home delivery operations in Romania. ORTEC is excited to partner with Freshful to provide a state-of-the-art solution that helps the e-grocer deliver customer orders with the highest possible efficiency and cost effectiveness. ORTEC was selected by Freshful due to the company’s renowned expertise in retail and mathematical optimization.
The announcement is a testament to ORTEC’s growth in Central and Eastern Europe and further establishes the analytics vendor in the e-commerce space.
Do you leverage your company’s delivery and routing data to improve operations? Leaders in the Energy, Manufacturing and Transportation industries are making proactive business decisions based on data-driven logistics – and so can you. Read the below e-guides for top ways that analytics improves your supply chain visibility.
Are you struggling to keep up with the evolving demands of finished goods logistics? From faster response times to sustainability requirements, the industry is facing unprecedented challenges that require advanced technology and strategic thinking. But how can you stay ahead of the curve and optimize your logistics operations for greater efficiency and service levels?
At our recent Finished Goods Logistics Webinar, industry leaders, including Suzan Gűreli, head of local distribution operation at BSH Turkey, shared their insights on the latest trends and solutions for optimizing logistics operations. Here are the top 5 takeaways from the webinar that can help you transform your finished goods logistics:
Many companies are dealing with the challenge to pack and load their outbound logistics efficiently, which they do by optimizing separate silo’s. But that is about to change: the Finished Goods Logistics solution package offers an integrated system to handle Packing, Loading and Routing at the same time. "At once, our customers can improve these processes and gain more visibility over their end-to-end operations. Which also means we can reduce CO2 emissions and improve supply chain resilience," says Valerie van de Kamp, Business consultant and Industry expert at ORTEC.