July 03, 2012
Integra2, the ambient and controlled temperature transport company, has implemented the SENDA system, Alerce’s Routes Optimization System aimed at improving capillary distribution in its Barcelona and Madrid centers.
Integra2 optimizes resources and routes with this solution developed by Alerce, which is integrated into the TMS Alertran already installed by Integra2. By implementing the SENDA systems, the company optimizes the delivery and collection activity in Barcelona and Madrid, the network’s main centers and those with highest volume. Also, SENDA provides process automation and greater efficiency, as well as the fleet’s load and route optimization.
Integra2 implements a solution designed and developed to optimize distribution and collection which integrates daily needs, optimizing routes and meeting timetables according to product delivery conditions. The system uses variables to optimize the service such as each vehicle’s characteristics, bulk size, nature of the transport, delivery and/or collection conditions, time frames, additional services, incompatible products regarding vehicles and/or driver, area average speed, traffic density and restrictions, weather, route starting and final points or loading and unloading areas. The system appraises the cost of the vehicle’s activity plan at any time and compares it with the real cost, so it is possible to follow-up changes in the deliveries’ plan.
Integra2 may also standardize and georeference every collection and delivery point to provide an on-screen representation of every service point. SENDA has been designed for graphic environments and touch screens, is highly intuitive and has several optimization indicators including each vehicle’s load factor as a percentage, estimated time for all operations; service points’ history, as well as real time control panel of the fleet.
Alerce
Created in 1984, ALERCE has been fully devoted to Research and Development of well respected software for the Transport and Logistics industry. Since the first TMS Alertran solution implemented in 1989 until today, more than 200 companies in Europe and South America trust and work with their products.
Integra2
The ambient and controlled temperature industrial package transportation company is a benchmark in the gourmet food and pharmaceutical industries. It is part of the Logista Group, the first logistics operator in Spain and Portugal and one of the foremost operators in Southern Europe.
Integra2 has 58 delegations equipped with refrigerated chambers and pre-chambers with more than 120,000 m³, and its fleet exceeding 1,000 vehicles makes use of cutting-edge technologies in controlling temperature.
It is the first transport company in Spain certifying its cold chain under CCQI (Cool Chain Quality Indicator) regulation. It has also certified its entire network under ISO 9001 regulation.