Turkish fuel distribution firm OPET has selected ORTEC as a partner for automating the company’s lubricant distribution planning. OPET, which operates a network of 1,200 fuel service stations in Turkey, explained that a strong return on investment was key to its decision to work with ORTEC, an advanced planning software and operations consultancy.
"From a group of several specialist suppliers, ORTEC outshone all the competition by clearly demonstrating the necessary capabilities to handle all of our planning constraints,” said OPET Project Manager Murat Inci. “The deciding factor, however, was the fact that ORTEC could deliver large reductions in transportation costs, by an estimated 5% compared with the previous year, which would equate to significant financial savings for our company. We expect the ROI time for this project to be approximately one year."
OPET is currently analysing a project to implement ORTEC Shortrec, ORTEC's advanced vehicle routing and optimization solution, at its Izmir-based central distribution warehouse. This will be followed up with implementation of ORTEC’s demand forecasting solution, ORTEC Orion. The solutions will allow OPET to create optimum route plans for transportation firms delivering bottled oil products to 2,500 locations across the region.
Inci, who revealed that generating route distribution plans currently involve a high degree of manual work for the company, said that OPET expects to benefit from moving to an automated process: "Besides the financial gains already mentioned, we also expect to reduce the time it takes to create the plans so that our planners can concentrate on other important tasks,” he noted. “In addition, we will gain significantly enhanced reporting capabilities, enabling us to analyze the transportation costs more effectively and view instant management reports. The seamless integration with SAP will allow us to determine the real transportation costs and this aspect will save us a great deal of time and effort," added Inci
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