Quintiq Rolls out Planning Software at Skyguide with Swiss Efficiency

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'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands, Jan. 29/ PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

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

announced today that the Swiss air navigation service provider (ANSP) skyguide

http://www.skyguide.ch/will be using its workforce planning system [

http://www.quintiq.com/solutions/workforce-planning.html ] to schedule air

traffic control officers (ATCOs) and air navigation service employees (ANSE) .

Quintiq’s platform, called BIOMAN (Business-Integrated Optimization of

Manpower) by skyguide, is configured for the needs of ANSPs to help

cost-effectively manage airspace and avoid service-level related financial

sanctions from regulatory bodies.

    skyguide has autonomy over Switzerland’s airspace, controlling commercial

and military traffic. One complex challenge facing ANSPs is ATCOs with the

right skill level. Quintiq’s platform will assess the resources skyguide has at

its disposal and roster staff accordingly. It will also help skyguide build the

necessary plans for staff recruitment and training, and allocate ATCOs the

right number of hours as agreed in their collective labor agreements while

taking into account fatigue management [

http://www.quintiq.com/industries/atco-training.html ] safety restrictions.

    “We are experiencing decreasing flight traffic and needed to make more

efficient use of our assets. The BIOMAN project will provide us with a

comprehensive means of planning our resources and staff better,” said Klaus

Affholderbach, deputy COO of skyguide. “We are delighted Quintiq’s platform

will be operational at the agreed time and within budget and look forward to

seeing the benefits it will bring.”

    “Completing the BIOMAN project is a significant milestone in our

partnership with skyguide,” said Arjen Heeres, COO of Quintiq. “skyguide is one

of Europe’s leading ANSPs and we take pride in having put our industry

expertise towards delivering an asset which will optimize its ATCO scheduling

and ensure safe, cost-efficient operations.”  

    About skyguide

    skyguide is responsible for providing air navigation services in

Switzerland and in certain parts of neighboring countries. With its workforce

of 1,400 employees who are active at 14 locations in Switzerland, skyguide

safely and reliably guides some 3,200 civil and military flights a day - or 1.2

million a year - through the busiest and most complex airspace in Europe.

skyguide is committed to continuous improvement, targeted innovation and

creative collaboration. Together with its partner organizations in Belgium,

France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, skyguide is a member of the

FABEC alliance that manages central European airspace. skyguide is a non-profit

limited company, which has its head office in Geneva. The majority of its

shares are held by the Swiss Confederation.

    For more information on skyguide, visit www.skyguide.ch/en/home/

    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 [ http://www.quintiq.com/solutions/supply-chain-planning.html

]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 www.quintiq.com or follow Quintiq on Twitter,

Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

    SOURCE: Quintiq