Lafarge has Selected Quintiq to Optimize its Supply Chain Around the World

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PARIS, Jan. 21, 2014 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

    Quintiq, a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O),

announced today that Lafarge has chosen Quintiq software to optimize sales &

operations planning (S&OP) and transport management. The company will benefit

from the Quintiq software platform across the entire organization for demand

planning, supply chain planning and transport optimization. All Cement,

Aggregates and Concrete business lines in all countries in which Lafarge

operates will be able to implement this system. The solution will reduce

production and transport costs while increasing customer satisfaction.

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    Real-time collaboration between Lafarge planners will also improve the

quality and transparency of the planning process. The use of a single platform

for all planning applications will simplify Lafarge's IT landscape. The

flexibility of Quintiq's optimization technology enables the solution to be

used to cover all country-specific business requirements.

    As a top-ranking player in Cement, Aggregates and Concrete, Lafarge

contributes to the construction of cities around the world. Through its

innovative solutions, it provides them with more housing and making them more

compact, more durable, more beautiful, and better connected.

    "We are extremely pleased that the world's largest Cement manufacturer

decided to ask Quintiq France to provide sales & operations planning

applications," said Arjen Heeres, Quintiq COO. "Lafarge will benefit from the

Quintiq platform within the entire organization, not only for Cement and

Aggregates, but also for Concrete. All of our global offices look forward to

supporting Lafarge worldwide on its journey to build better cities while

becoming the most efficient manufacturer of building materials in the world."

    About Lafarge

    A world leader in building materials, Lafarge employs 65,000 people in 64

countries, and posted sales of EUR15.8 billion in 2012. As a top-ranking player

in its Cement, Aggregates and Concrete businesses, it contributes to the

construction of cities around the world, through its innovative solutions

providing them with more housing and making them more compact, more durable,

more beautiful, and better connected. With the world's leading building

materials research facility, Lafarge places innovation at the heart of its

priorities in order to contribute to more sustainable construction and to

better serve architectural creativity. Since 2010, the Lafarge Group has been

part of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, the first global

sustainability benchmark in recognition of its sustainable development actions.

    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.

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

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    SOURCE: Quintiq