Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Upgrades Planning Software Platform to Quintiq 5.0

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MELBOURNE, Australia, October 9, /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

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

planning and optimization (SCP&O), has announced that Dalrymple Bay Coal

Terminal [http://www.dbct.com.au ] Pty Ltd (DBCT P/L) has upgraded its

logistics and supply chain planning software platform to Quintiq 5.0

[http://www.quintiq.com/solutions/quintiq-platform.html ]. DBCT P/L upgraded to

the latest software following five successful years using Quintiq 4.2, which

was deployed when the company became Quintiq's first Australian customer in

2008.

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    DBCT P/L is Queensland's largest coal export terminal. The terminal is an

integral part of Australia's coal supply chain, ensuring the continuity of coal

supply from the Bowen Basin coal fields to the world market. Quintiq has been

implemented as an integrated planning and scheduling suite to manage the

synchronization of resource stockpiles, trains, stacker/reclaimers, and ships

within defined constraints.

    DBCT P/L will receive a number of benefits from using 5.0, including:

    - Using BIRT (Business Intelligence and Report Tools) to generate reports

detailing data from different sources which can be applied to business

planning.

    - Improved user interface that enables user configurable views and brings

planning activity to life.

    - An interactive dashboard that allows Terminal Users to define and utilize

KPIs as gauges and in a wide range of formats and conditions, allowing for

critical information to stand out with maximum effect.

    - Redesigned configuration utility that makes it easier to identify and

track parameters of planning projects.

    "The Terminal's operation and supply chain complexity has grown rapidly

during the five years we've been working with Quintiq. Although we were

impressed with 4.2's flexibility to manage our changing business needs, we saw

the benefits of upgrading to 5.0," said Kelvin Lockyer, Executive Manager

Operations, DBCT P/L. "The upgrade implementation went smoothly and was

delivered on schedule and to budget. With the new features and functionality we

are able to get even further value from the system through the improved

usability and intuitive interface."

    "DBCT P/L, a long time Quintiq customer, provides a critical service to

their stakeholders in the Dalrymple Bay Coal Chain and we are pleased to be

providing additional value and delivering improved productivity with this

significant upgrade to the current Quintiq platform. In the ERP world you are

often talking months and very high (integration) risk to install such an

upgrade with high resistance from IT. With Quintiq's layered architecture, and

despite DBCT P/L's complexity, their upgrade was efficient and was achieved in

a matter of weeks including testing. We are looking forward to DBCT P/L taking

full advantage of the new features in Quintiq 5.0" said Paul Shepherd, Director

of Quintiq Australia and New Zealand.

    About Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal

    Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Pty Ltd operates and maintains Dalrymple Bay

Coal Terminal, one of the largest coal terminals in the world, on behalf of the

terminal owners; this includes interfacing with mine, rail and shipping parties

in the Goonyella Coal Chain to optimise performance of the asset.

    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.

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     Press Contacts:

     Quintiq Australia & New Zealand  

     Loris Toffano

     Marketing Manager

     Tel: +61(0)3-9268-6900

     loris.toffano@quintiq.com

     SOURCE: Quintiq