67 Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition Testimonials

“Paragon enables us to improve customer service by automatically scheduling deliveries to meet increasing numbers of customer time windows. Combine this with warehouse cost savings of 5.6% per year, increased vehicle efficiency, reduced sub-contractor costs and a dramatic cut in planning administration makes Paragon pivotal to our distribution operation. We couldn’t plan without it!”

“We spoke to our partners and they said that Paragon had been their ‘secret weapon’ for accurate routing and scheduling. They use the software to provide us with reliable on time deliveries and we recognised the software could do a similar job for Future Products. Paragon showed the software to us and it was clear that it would relieve us of a major time-consuming task.”

“With the time savings and level of consistency Paragon has given us, we have been able to extend the customer cut-off time from 12 to 2pm and achieve almost all of our time window targets, whether they are in central London or the Highlands of Scotland. I would heartily recommend Paragon to anyone that isn’t in competition with us.”

"The Paragon team not only helped us configure the software for our business, but it also made some general adjustments to the standard system which has significantly improved the quality of the results it produces in our particular type of operation."

"Using Paragon routing and scheduling software with resource management functionality for dynamic planning gives our depot planners a great tool to produce efficient, compliant, delivery schedules that help us provide a better service for our stores. The pilot at our West Thurrock distribution centre resulted in a 5 per cent mileage saving. We expect to save 5,000 tonnes of CO2 per year along with significant cost savings when we roll out dynamic planning across the network."

"Improving driver productivity by 20% has enabled us to reduce both the number of drivers and the number of vehicles we need to use to achieve the same, if not higher, levels of service. Our work with Paragon really has delivered in a big way and everyone involved is very happy with the results."

"We offer customers the ability to book a delivery up to 90 days in advance if they require it; typically most choose between 10 and 15 days after making a purchase. We also have much more flexibility to move deliveries around if we need to and we can close off routes earlier. In fact, with the latest version of the software we can also shut off a depot early and we can pause specific routes, if necessary to maximise efficiency. When a Dreams customer buys a bed our Microsoft Dynamics NAV system will calculate the earliest availability for the product. This information feeds through to Paragon HDX, which then works out the available delivery dates to offer the customer. The information is presented graphically to our sales staff in red, amber and green, with green being the most efficient delivery."

"Our shops now know what they are getting when and that goods will arrive when they’re told they will. Significantly for the company, our implementation of Paragon has also meant that at a time when business has grown by 3% not only have we not required extra vehicles, we’ve actually cut total loads by 5% – an overall efficiency gain of 8%."

"It’s really important that we make the best use of our vehicle fleet and that loads are maximized and routes optimized. Paragon gives us the power to do that and, when used in conjunction with our SAP business software, has resulted in efficiency gains across our dairy product delivery operation which spans the entire Republic of Ireland."

"Paragon is the routing software of choice for Linde’s cylinder business globally. It is integral to the efficiency of our gas cylinder business and we have proven that the software is the best choice for producing optimised delivery routes and schedules. With this new licence, we now have the opportunity to roll out the software to all our sites worldwide from centrally hosted servers within our IS network and accessed through a Citrix link. Paragon has proven to be a reliable supplier and has been supportive to our goal of continually improving our gas delivery operations."

"Uncertainties are a fact of life for any transportation operation so we build contingencies into our schedules, but they add costs. The more uncertainty that can be eliminated, the greater the control over costs."

"We are confident that our customers are getting the deliveries they request at the time that we promise them. This is a key customer service benefit that, combined with the cost and efficiency savings we are seeing, makes Paragon software an invaluable daily planning tool for our operation."

"Paragon has enabled us to effectively re-evaluate our transportation operation with minimum fuss. We are already seeing huge cost savings which will only continue to increase as we roll out Paragon-calculated routes at additional sites. In addition, the accuracy of the Paragon routes has resulted in significant improvements in customer service – we are now able to guarantee customer delivery times to the nearest 15 minutes. Overall, Paragon has succeeded in making the rationalization of our longstanding fixed route network a straightforward and highly effective process."

"We wanted a systematic freight control system that would interface easily with our SAP system. We now use Paragon several times a day to schedule and route our outbound deliveries to customers. We rely on its optimization engine to determine the best route for our forklifts. We have been using Paragon exclusively for 15 months, and it is relatively easy to use and easy to update. We would recommend the product to others."

"Paragon’s willingness and determination to work closely with our team has had a major impact on the success of the project. We are already achieving the outstanding results anticipated at the outset and now have an excellent planning tool that enables us to produce more efficient plans much more quickly."