National Food Corporation Hatches Optimal Routing Plans with Paragon
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Dallas, 03 September 2009 - Major egg producer and processor, National Food Corporation, has revolutionized the way it plans and coordinates its delivery routes to customers throughout North and Midwest America and the Pacific Rim. Using routing and scheduling software from Paragon Software Systems, Inc, (http://us.paragonrouting.com) one person is able to plan up to 50 complex routes per day to complete over 11,000 deliveries per week. This high efficiency also enables the company to provide third party logistics services for several clients, including some very recognisable names in retail.
National Food Corporation uses a combination of Paragon Multi Depot and Integrated Fleets software. This has proven to be the ideal solution to automate planning and optimize transportation from its distribution centers and DCs. The system replaces a time consuming, manual process that was completely dependent on local DC managers.
"Paragon has revolutionized our planning and routing processes. Before we implemented the system, all of our planning was performed manually. Customers' orders came into the office and then based on the experience and knowledge of our local DC managers, the deliveries were planned and routed geographically", says Kevin Bookey, Transportation Manager, National Food Corporation.
"Now with Paragon, our static routes are updated constantly with the most efficient route to service the customer. On our more fluid routes, such as the Puget Sound and Portland areas, Paragon matches resources with the work load to keep us running efficiently. This way we are sure to reduce overall costs knowing that we are optimizing our routes each day," he says.
National Food Corporation has a huge area to cover, but, with the Paragon system making light work of managing the planning process, the company can focus on servicing its clients wherever they are based.
"We service all of Washington, most of Oregon, the panhandle of Idaho, northwest Montana, and most areas of South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming. Depending on the day we run anywhere from 30 to 50 routes per day and make on average 11,000 plus deliveries per week. Each depot sends a spreadsheet containing customer and shipping orders to our planner. This is loaded into Paragon. The optimized routes are then sent to each DC manager who distributes them to the drivers," says Bookey.
National Food Corporation is a fully integrated producer and processor of eggs and egg products. Today, headquartered in Everett, Washington, National Food Corporation operates its own feed mills, pullet farms, layer farms, processing plants and distribution centers in Washington, Oregon, Montana and South Dakota, serving markets throughout Alaska, Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest and exporting to the Pacific Rim.
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ABOUT PARAGON SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
Paragon Software Systems, Inc is committed to excellence in providing routing and scheduling software solutions for companies wishing to optimize their transportation operations. The company has an unparalleled track record of successful software implementations with over 1,500 systems installed in more than 33 countries worldwide. Paragon provides software solutions for operations ranging from 10 trucks based at a single site to hundreds of trucks running out of several sites.
Paragon software is used by 3PLs and private fleet operators for routing and scheduling optimization on a daily basis; managing transportation resources; rationalizing fixed routes; and strategic transportation planning and modeling.
With clients including CEVA Logistics, Airgas, Exel Logistics, Toyota Material Handling, Ryder, BrandsMart, McLane, Honda, Canada Cartage, National Food Corporation, SCI Group and Safeway.com, Paragon has the experience to ensure that logistics problems are translated into software solutions that provide real benefits for customers.
Paragon solutions are helping hundreds of companies across the globe to cut transportation costs, improve operational efficiency, reduce planning time and raise customer service levels, and frequently support a company's strategic business growth objectives.
