Transvision Waste Planner

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1 Transvision Waste Planner Improving waste collection and transport efficiency TRANSVISION WASTE PLANNER facilitates major cost savings and impressive CO 2 emission reductions in your waste collection and transport. The system decreases planning time drastically and assists you in improving your customer service and route quality. Transvision Waste Planner is a revolutionary standard system developed specifically for the waste management industry. The system is tailored to optimise collection routes and transport of all waste types.

2 Waste transport optimisation The Collection and transport of waste is one of the most challenging tasks within the transport industry. In general, the complexity is enormous. The different types of collection commercial waste collection, household waste collection, container dropoff each have their own demanding issues. These include high geographic density issues, large-scale issues, visit frequency issues, dynamic container transport issues, waste mixing issues, issues related to choice of disposal site, and union legislation issues, among others. The waste industry is facing additional challenges due to the emergence of new recycling types and technologies, environmental legislation from governments and the EU, as well as higher service demands from customers. Furthermore, the waste management industry is undergoing a process of privatisation, and therefore the companies involved have to optimise their operations for the new and fiercer competitive situation. In addition, organisations change in the waste collection sector due to acquisitions and mergers. Integration of collection routes and transport organisations often implies major synergy potential just waiting to be utilised. Transvision waste planner is a revolutionary and sophisticated IT system which covers the entire planning process for waste management companies. The system has a high level of industry-specific functionality and configuration options aimed at solving the complex transport and collection challenges within the waste management industry. Transvision Waste Planner is tailored to handle all areas of waste transport, including household refuse, commercial waste, sludge, and drop-off containers. Transvision Waste Planner makes key aspects in the planning of waste collection easier and more efficient. Significant improvements can be made in the following areas: Planning with different visiting frequencies; choice of disposal centres and vehicle types; integration of ad hoc orders and fixed orders; dealing with weekday variations and seasonal variations; and longterm logistic structure (depots, service levels, etc). Moreover, Transvision Waste Planner is easy to use. The system can be configured to model specific requirements and is capable of building realistic routes which reflect true transport conditions and everyday planning. Activities related to transport are major cost burdens, and the complexity and dynamics involved make it particularly difficult to conduct efficient transport planning. Hence, the potential for improving the efficiency of waste collection and transport is very large. Savings in this area have a direct impact on company margins. It is therefore essential to find the right tools for optimising the transport fleet.

3 Benefits and savings BENEFITS Transvision Waste Planner has been implemented in both smaller and larger waste collection companies with great success. By using Transvision Waste Planner, waste collection companies manage to improve operational efficiency significantly and realise major savings on their transport costs. Companies normally experience the following benefits: A reduction in operational costs (km, time, trucks) by 5-15 %, and a major reduction in CO 2 emissions Strikingly improved customer service levels; close to a 100 % service fulfilment rate TRANSVISION has 35 years of experience in developing and implementing advanced, automated planning systems. The company is the leading provider of planning systems in Scandinavia, and this position is now expanded internationally through the promotion of superior industry-specific planning systems. Transvision Waste Planner is based on Transvision s standardised system platform, which has been expanded with a waste-specific functionality. The system has been delivered to many of the largest waste management companies in Northern Europe. Founded on an extensive knowledge of waste collection, Transvision keeps improving Transvision Waste Planner to consolidate its position as the most advanced planning and optimisation system within the industry. Between 30 and 60 % less time spent on planning Time spent on registration and follow-up reduced by % Significantly increased route quality, employee satisfaction, and planning flexibility Transvision constantly strives to raise the bar and is continuously inspired by our customers to further develop the system s algorithms, functionality and overall performance. Through such long-lasting partnership with Transvision, the profitability and business value of our customers continue to grow.

4 Transvision Waste Planner Tranvision waste planner is a mature, fully integrated system which covers all types of waste collection and transport planning. The system consists of two modules: A route planning module for large-scale optimisation of master plans and simulation of what-if scenarios A fleet planning module for customer booking, ad hoc planning, and realtime execution The route planning module is based on a stand-alone platform. It is capable of handling optimisation which involves large quantities of data and of creating and comparing a range of different planning scenarios before finalising the master plans. The fleet planning module is based on a true client/server platform allowing multiple planners to work simultaneously on the same data. This module has the same core optimisation facilities plus a range of superior tools for creating an overview of the entire planning and execution process. POWERFUL WASTE FEATURES In order to handle the unique demands within waste collection, the system is equipped with unique features such as: Road editing (e.g. zigzag restrictions, speeds, one-way streets, turn restrictions) Driving time calculations, including acceleration and rush hour aspects Optimisation of truck compartment utilisation Intelligent clustering of stops in densely populated areas Differentiated disposal costs at recycling plants and disposal sites Waste type mixing rules Container type and vehicle type rules The many features and modelling opportunities make it possible to perform very realistic optimisation and create routes covering important aspects of waste transport. ADVANCED PLANNING ALGORITHMS Transvision Waste Planner uses powerful optimisation algorithms which are tailored for the waste collection industry. By utilising the power of the optimisation engine, the planners are able to produce efficient and realistic routes for both high- and low-density waste collection. The algorithms optimise routes by searching for the lowest cost solution while respecting the relevant service requirements and business rules. The most popular planning restrictions and optimisation criteria can easily be accessed and changed by the planner. In addition, comprehensive configuration facilities make it possible to tailor the planning in detail. These settings can be accessed by super-users who can assist in configuring the optimisation in details.

5 Fully integrated planning Transvision waste planner is designed to cover the entire planning cycle of waste transport, ranging from long-, medium- and short-term planning to real-time execution. transvision waste planner features strong planning facilities for the following: What-if scenarios: Simulating consequences of relocating recycling plants, using different vehicle types, changing collection policies, etc. Execution Follow-up What-if scenarios Transvision Waste Planner Master plans Customer booking Master plans: Making large-scale fixed periodic plans, for instance for household and commercial waste collection routes Customer booking: Maintaining master routes with optimal insertion of new customers according to visit patterns and frequencies Operational planning: Performing batch or incremental planning and inserting ad hoc orders, for example for bulky refuse or drop-off container transport Execution: Real-time monitoring of the operation, fast handling of urgent orders, real-time re-optimisation, and data collection from trucks Follow-up: The live data which is collected during execution is stored and used for reporting or exported, for instance for statistics and invoicing Operational planning All planning levels are approached in an integrated way, and fixed long-term master routes are used as templates for daily operational routes. This creates an all-embracing planning environment tailored directly for the planning process within waste collection and transport.

6 Advanced route optimisation WHAT-IF SIMULATIONS Transvision Waste Planner can display numerous different plans in the same data set, which creates an ideal basis for building and comparing different what-if scenarios. This makes it easy to test and evaluate the results of different planning scenarios reflecting different strategies, policies, and legislation. Examples of different planning scenarios could be: Using different types and numbers of waste trucks; planning with or without geographical restrictions or districts; using different waste disposal sites; mixing waste fractions on the routes; using different service levels and frequencies, etc. Moreover, new long-term investment scenarios reflecting strategic initiatives can be evaluated with detailed KPIs and customer service level indications. CUSTOMER BOOKING Transvision Waste Planner is an excellent tool for maintaining master routes when new customers are added. New customers can be booked into the best possible positions in a master plan automatically, based on their service frequencies and allowed visit patterns. As an alternative, the planner can get a list of prioritised booking suggestions to choose from. This functionality can easily be linked to the Internet, where the optimal time slot can be found in a direct dialogue between the customer and the system. An additional benefit is that when an order is received in a service centre, a booking request can be sent to Transvision Waste Planner via the main host system. Transvision Waste Planner then replies directly to the main host system with a list of the best booking and time-slotting suggestions. This is an efficient way of linking the order-taking process with logistics. MASTER ROUTE PLANNING The system is ideal for optimising master routes for household or commercial waste collection. Transvision Waste Planner offers many waste-specific features for highdensity master planning. These include cyclical planning using visit patterns and frequencies for each pickup, multi-load routes, intelligent choice of disposal sites, and volume variations between weekdays. Moreover, the system features high-quality sequence optimisation which can efficiently optimise the visit order, even for large trips involving hundreds of visits. With Transvision Waste Planner, it is possible to create a variety of different periodic or seasonal plans, allowing the planner to pick the best master plans for operational use.

7 Optimising in real time DAILY PLANNING AND SCHEDULING With Transvision Waste Planner, transport planners have an outstanding tool for optimising the daily waste collection and drop-off container transport. The planners will be able to optimise the plans either in batches or as incremental planning, where the plans are continuously optimised while ad hoc orders are received. Typically, planners use a master plan as a stable template and create a daily operational plan adding ad hoc orders and adapting the plan to current circumstances and resource availability. These plans can be displayed weeks ahead, if necessary. The system can assist the planners and dispatchers efficiently in order timeslotting, incremental planning, optimal order insertion, batch planning of new order pools, resource rescheduling, etc. The planner can see all relevant data in Gantt charts, list views and maps, from where the automatic planning can easily be modified by manual drag-and-drop. REAL-TIME PLAN EXECUTION Transvision Waste Planner is a true real-time planning system. It makes it possible to monitor the transport, perform consequence calculations of all truck updates, and re-optimise the waste collection from second to second during operations. This is an extremely powerful tool, especially for handling urgent orders within sludge collection and drop-off container movement: As soon as an urgent order is received, the system immediately re-optimises existing routes, if allowed, and inserts the new and more urgent orders. The system can be integrated with a mobile unit in the truck. Consequently, tour lists with route sequence information can be sent to the driver, and status messages as well as GPS positions can be returned to the system. This makes Transvision Waste Planner a highly dynamic, real-time-based dispatch system. TRANSPORT FOLLOW-UP Through its real-time connectivity to the trucks, Transvision Waste Planner will collect all transport KPIs from the source, such as handling times, weight of collected waste, waiting time, working hours, empty mileage, etc. All this data is saved in Transvision Waste Planner for follow-up purposes, e.g. invoicing, payment of drivers and external contractors, performance evaluation, and analysis of customer profitability. This information is extremely valuable to management information systems and is used for fine-tuning the Transvision Waste Planner planning model and calibrating system parameters. The collected KPIs can be analysed in Transvision Waste Planner s standard reports or exported to external systems like ERP systems or data warehouses, where for example Jasper Reports can be used for further data analysis.

8 TRANSVISION WASTE PLANNER Handling the collection and transport of waste is a demanding and highly challenging task, and the complexity of the industry involves a considerable potential for improving efficiency and achieving savings. To assist waste collection companies in obtaining this, Transvision has, based on years of experience, developed Transvision Waste Planner a cutting-edge planning system for the collection and transport of waste. The system is highly capable of handling all areas of waste collection: Household refuse collection, commercial waste collection, sludge collection, and drop-off container transport. Moreover, the system covers the entire planning process, including strategic what-if scenarios, master route planning, customer booking, operational planning, execution and real-time optimisation, and follow-up. Transvision Waste Planner is equipped with a range of powerful, industry-tailored optimisation algorithms capable of creating outstanding routes for both high- and low-density waste collection. With Transvision Waste Planner, several of the largest North European waste management companies have improved their transport efficiency considerably and, in general, realised savings of 5-15 % on their transport costs. Transvision A/S Hejrevej 34 D, 3. DK-2400 Copenhagen Denmark Tel: info@transvision.eu