Rema Distribution

Challenge

Rema believes that the company can add more value by doing the logistics in-house instead of relying on transport companies. For Jespersen (Transport Manager Rema Distribution), that requires having software solutions that can handle the complexities of the business and make their planners’ jobs easier. Rema Distribution owns more than 250 trailers and work with over 30 external hauliers that are hired on an hourly basis.

Solution

Rema uses AMCS Retail Planner to coordinate the entire operation. A key advantage of AMCS route optimisation combined with mobile web solutions is that the hours those external hauliers spend on distribution is easily captured, which helps ensure they can be paid correctly and on time, and with much less hassle than drivers who had to track their time manually.

Results

The efficiency of AMCS Retail Planner in generating the best routes based on different types of business and environmental criteria is something that makes life easier for Rema’s team of highly skilled planners. It has significantly increased the team’s planning capacity on high value activities, as they are better prepared to handle exceptions and analyze deviations for improvement opportunities rather than being bogged down with daily order scheduling. "Without the automated system handling our complex scheduling, we would probably need three times as many planners," says Jespersen.

Rema prides itself on making IT decisions that are driven by business goals rather than limited by the technology, as is the case with many of the generic ERP systems. “This is one reason why the industry specific logistics solutions from AMCS have always been a good fit for us,” says Jespersen. "We focus on only implementing IT systems from the business up and not top-down and when our goods flow team wanted the best goods flow system, AMCS was what they proposed."