Swedish Steel Producer Selects Quintiq's Platform to Optimize its Supply Chain Planning

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S'-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands, Aug. 28, /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

     Quintiq [http://www.quintiq.com ], a global leader in supply chain

planning and optimization (SCP&O), announced today that SSAB

[http://www.ssab.com ] has chosen its platform to optimize supply chain

processes across its production plants.

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    Headquartered in Sweden, SSAB is a leading producer of high-strength steel

and has a 6-million-tonne capacity for crude steel. Quintiq's platform will

assist the company in increasing delivery performance and will help reduce

manufacturing lead times across its EMEA network.

    "We are thrilled to deliver SSAB the transparency and functionality that is

only possible through a single, 100%-fit SCP&O platform," said Markus Malinen,

business unit director at Quintiq. "Our extensive work in steel planning and

optimization makes us the perfect candidate to help SSAB meet current and

future business goals."

    About SSAB

    SSAB is a global leader in value added, high strength steel. SSAB offers

products developed in close cooperation with its customers to create a

stronger, lighter and more sustainable world. SSAB has employees in over 45

countries and operates production facilities in Sweden and the US. SSAB is

listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange, Stockholm.

    About Quintiq

    Every business has its supply chain planning puzzles. Some of those puzzles

are large. Some are complex. Some seem impossible to solve. Since 1997, Quintiq

has been solving each of those puzzles using a single supply chain planning &

optimization software platform. Today, approximately 12,000 users in over 80

countries rely on Quintiq software to plan and optimize workforces, logistics

and production. Quintiq has headquarters in the Netherlands and the USA, and

offices around the world. Find out more at http://www.quintiq.com.

    For more information, visit http://www.quintiq.com or follow Quintiq on

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    Press contacts:

    North America enquiries

    Jon Temerlies

    Racepoint Group

    Tel: +1-202-349-0859

    Quintiq@Racepointgroup.com

    EMEA enquiries

    Charlotte Poh

    Global Marketing Communication Manager

    Tel: +31(0)736910739

    pressrelease@quintiq.com

    Source: Quintiq