Paragon Software Systems provides routing and scheduling optimization solutions for food & beverage companies. Chilled dairy foods company, Dairy Crest, has centralized its UK-wide delivery planning with Paragon. This gives the company a clear view of its entire delivery operation and allows planners to model and map the most efficient routes and deliveries. Dairy Crest is the UK’s leading chilled dairy foods company. The company manufactures a range of everyday dairy brands including the award-winning Cathedral City cheddar, Clover spread, Country Life butter and FRijj, the top selling flavored milk drink. Dairy Crest also supplies milk to retailers throughout the country, from major supermarkets to village stores, while its milkmen deliver milk - and much more - to thousands of doorsteps in England and Wales every day. Nick Wadey has led a progressive strategy that places Dairy Crest at the leading edge of maximizing value from the demand chain, while maintaining best-in-class service and costs to its customers. This five-year plan also aims to make full use of the integration potential across Dairy Crest’s unique network of dairies, factories and DCs. The software is key to Dairy Crest’s operation and business decision making. It allows Dairy Crest to run “what if” scenarios to test and monitor distribution so that the fleet is being used efficiently to meet customers’ needs in the most cost-effective way. Dairy Crest’s refrigerated truck fleet comprises semi-truck and straight-trucks used to serve major multiple retailers, supermarkets and other dairies. “Dairy Crest is fast growing a reputation for transforming its logistics operations from a traditional method of stock-based deliveries to a web-based collaborative planning model, this is enabling the company to drive value through closer relationships with customers, suppliers and third party logistics companies. Paragon has played, and continues to play, a pivotal role in the success of this strategy, particularly in the way in which the Paragon team helped to tailor the solution.” Nick Wadey, Logistics Director, Dairy Crest. “With Paragon’s help we have developed a tailored centralized Multi Depot software solution. We can use the software to remodel our routes and schedules to determine the best and most cost-effective way to service our customers. It is extremely flexible, allows us to readily integrate new business and is proving invaluable in helping us to provide accurate costings to our commercial department.” Mark Hill, Central Planning Manager, Dairy Crest Quick facts: Centralized transportation planning Chilled dairy foods company Manufacturer of Cathedral City cheddar, Clover spread, Country Life butter and FRijj Supplying milk and dairy products to major supermarkets and village stores throughout the country Team of milkmen delivering milk (and more) to thousands of doorsteps in England and Wales every day UK-wide delivery planning 11 production sites Benefits reported using Paragon: Accurate costings for the commercial department Easily integrate new business Ability to remodel routes and schedules to determine the best and most cost-effective way to service customers Clear view of the entire delivery operation