Aptean Routing & Scheduling Helps AKI Group Improve Productivity and Reduce Costs
Aptean Routing & Scheduling Helps AKI Group Improve Productivity and Reduce Costs
Aptean Routing & Scheduling Helps AKI Group Improve Productivity and Reduce Costs
Oct 21, 2021
Al Khayyat Investments (AKI Group) is a family-owned company that operates a diverse range of autonomous business units including retail, consumer, contracting, pharmaceutical, strategic investments and automotive. Founded in 1982, the AKI Group is now a $1.6 billion business that has developed strong partnerships with leading international brands. With a strong workforce and state-of-the-art logistics center, the company strives for operational excellence that helps build lasting relationships with its customers.
The Challenge
The AKI Group has an in-house transportation operation that is responsible for providing delivery services across the business, and to the UAE’s seven emirates. Due to the diverse make-up of the business and the scale of orders being processed, the existing routing and scheduling operations were creating significant challenges for the AKI Group:
Managing transportation requirements to the UAE’s seven emirates
Effectively processing 25,000 orders per month
Efficiently managing transportation operations for over 12,000 deliveries
Using manual planning processes to route and schedule deliveries
The Solution
The AKI Group processes around 25,000 orders a month, typically equating to 12,500 deliveries each month to up to 5,500 customer sites across the UAE. The company recognized that manually planning such a large multi-drop delivery operation was resulting in inefficiencies. It sought to find a more advanced system that would help transform the performance of the distribution operation. The solution needed to be able to:
Provide real-time visibility of the transportation operations
Improve driver and fleet productivity and efficiencies
Deliver more accurate, optimized route plans and schedules
Consolidate operations and centralize planning functions and resources
The Result
After implementing Aptean Routing & Scheduling software, the AKI Group has seen significant operational improvements across several essential transportation KPIs, as well as a dramatic improvement in the productivity and efficiency across the operation. The advanced technology solution provided by Aptean is now a crucial part of AKI Group’s commitment to operational excellence.
Annual transportation cost savings of $1 million
Increased average deliveries per vehicle by 164%
Reduced fleet size by 38%
Lowered the average cost per delivery by 65%
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