OPT Runner - A multi-stop, pick up and delivery vehicle route optimizer for planning and daily scheduling. Using constraint parameters from customers business systems, this tool is customized to the application to output information to cut operational costs.

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Create the best routes and
schedule your drivers and trucks.
Simulate and cut your transport
costs.
Increase service levels for your
clients.
See the best routes through the
map you like.
Real time re-schedule and alert.
State-of-art planning engine for advanced logistics
optimization beyond trip, route planning and
fleet scheduling.
• High-speed optimization
calculating engine.
• Optimal schedules and
routing plans in few minutes
amid thousands of customers
and orders.
• Dispatching made easy.
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2. What is OPT Runner?
Core Features
Ready to move your freight with advanced
optimization capabilities? OPT Runner: a multi-stop,
pick-up & delivery truck route optimization and fleet
scheduling system.
From linear problems with few variables,
to slightly more complicated problems with
nonlinear constraints or to large-scale,
nonlinear global optimization problems,
OPT Runner engine is as fast as robust while
being scalable to large input/output size.
Combination of goals
Whether you are heading to minimize a goal
or a combination of say, 3PL companies’
rates, miles’ travelled, number/type of
vehicles’ used, delivery timespan and drivers’
idle times, trucks’ saturation, OPT Runner
allows its users to emulate the busiest
workdays.
Backhauls
OPT Runner turns constraints into your
advantage. A shipment sent on a returning
vehicle would save you money, wouldn’t it?
OPT Runner looks after backhauls; it doesn’t
let you carry “air” and always maximizes your
throughput.
Mismatches
And, yes, sometimes you can’t put everything
together in the same pot. OPT Runner
addresses this issue as well. Take food and
no-food goods for example, we know they
can’t travel in the same comp; some
customers may require specific vehicles
cause they have got limited forecourt space
to unload smoothly.
Exacting constraints
When you feel like being picky, you can tell
OPT Runner to give your trucks and drivers
exact time windows either for loading, waiting,
unloading or to end the entire trip. Eventually
you can force your drivers to stay within their
assigned area.
Multiple constraints
Multi-goods, compartments, slots traffic,
one-day trips, pick-and-drop, depots.
Why OPT Runner?
Many transportation software will claim specialist
knowledge to calculate the fastest way for goods to
move from Point A to Point B and E, but very few
stay in step with technology and state-of-art research and development while integrating your industry
business process expertise.
Many ways to bring
innovation
Integrate OPT Runner as a component into your
TMS/ERP to add advanced capabilities through
accurate analytics and robust algorithms. Use it as
stand-alone on-premise/Web-service software application to stay focused.
OPT Runner can be configured as a service called
from other applications currently adopted in your IT
systems or as a complete tool provided with user
interface and maps.
Vertical markets
While OPT Runner was being designed for its first
release, ACT-OR specialists were bearing in mind
specific industry processes and their optimization
problems to unravel. However, drawing on over 15
years’ experience so far, our products blend the
knowledge gained from cross-industry practice.
OPT Runner’s applications examples:
• Retail distribution
• Courier Express (next-day or same-day delivery)
• Municipal waste collection
• Street cleaning (snow remover, tree pruning,
etc.)
• Fuel transportation
• Touristic visits scheduling
• Door-to-door inspection scheduling (e.g.,
maintenance, meter reading)
• School bus services
Contact us to discuss your business model process.
OPT Runner, delivery routes, built!

3. Breadth of
Functionalities?
OPT Runner has come far and you can ask for so many things
and see how inputs’ changes affect your KPIs.
Dynamic model. Whether your bookings are reviewed, adjusted or cancelled at the very last minute, with OPT
Runner dynamic optimization you will understand well in
advance how many truck drivers and vehicles you need to rely
on for your delivery.
What-if. You’ll never know if you don’t ask. A few examples
of what you can ask to OPT Runner. What my tours will look
like in front of new traffic and meteorological conditions? Will
my drivers manage to deliver at the opening hours? How long
do my drivers have to wait to unload? When it comes to
narrow streets, which truck size is best to make the delivery?
What’s the best size of my fleet?
User-assisted optimization. With OPT Runner’s user-assisted
optimization, technology turns out to be your assistant rather
than your alias. Drag in, pull out your goals, constraints and
your own calculations too.
Fuzzy logic. When it comes to constraints, OPT Runner is no
so picky. We know sometimes it’s not black or white. Waive
something you think can’t give you an advantage. OPT Runner’s embedded fuzzy logic just deals with it.
From strategic planning to execution practice, OPT Runner
helps to understand your performance and costs any time.
OPT Runner. Functionalities that answer.
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Constructing routes:
o with minimal cost of transportation on the
basis of different values direction and types
of routes.
o with minimal cost, considering an empty run.
o through cross center while choosing the
optimal number of the truck.
Binding different vehicles types (truck, railroad), orders
types to specific ramps.
Calculating the time of delivery according to restrictions.
Forming schedules in non-calendar days.
Optimizing the schedule of shipments by type of season
(e.g., minimize the travel time during the winter, minimize
the storage time at summer season).
Working with various restrictions of the points of loading
and delivery.
Allocating routes to the specific carriers.
Customizing tariffs: e.g., cost of freight, tariff per km, per
hour.
Generating picking lists of multi-stop vehicle
schedule.
Estimating the arrival/departure and load/unload time.
The value, benefits
You do not necessarily need a large number of
resources and constraints to gain advantage from
OPT Runner. There is always room for improvements.
Save 12-25% on logistics costs by:
• Increasing the load factor
• Fastening the picking and loading operations
• Standardizing dispatching and delivery planning
• Minimizing miles travelled
• Saving fuel usage
• Reducing trips
• Picking the more convenient 3PL company
Enhance customer service and retention by:
• Meeting contractual requirements including
lat-minute deliveries
• Delivering on-time amid many constraints
• Comply with costumer’s requirements (e.g., time
windows, vehicle types)
Enhance your business control by:
• Understanding if your budget matches with the
actual costs
• Monitoring the deliveries
• Rescheduling as any variation to the original
schedule come up
• Linking your back-office to other systems
Enhance your work environment by:
• Reducing the work performed under pressure
• Avoid complaints due to work organization

4. Technology and integration
A Java-pure application designed and implemented with a SOA approach, OPT Runner draws on parallel computing of
multiprocessor architectures with 64-bit technology. OPT Runner’s architecture allows its use as optimization library within
other applications. The library can also be set as a Web service and integrated into popular application servers such as:
JBOSS, Apache Tomcat and WebSphere.
Database: ORACLE, MySQL, SQL Server, DB2. Integrate with ERP systems. Operating systems: Windows, Linux and IBM.
With its versatile technology and modular architectural approach, OPT Runner integrates well with software construction
components and applications and its flexibility is fairly simple:
• ability to integrate with maps (e.g., Google Map, UbiEst)
• ability to integrate with mapping database (e.g., NAVTEQ, Tele Atlas)
• interface to GPS real-time tracking systems (e.g., Targa Infomobility)
• ability to integrate with data-warehouse platforms
• scalability to large data sets and events
• SOA integration support
• ease of accessing multiple sources of data.
Build your own suite with our suggested components to piece together:
• ACT-OR OPT Loading: 3D loading optimization
• ACT-OR OPT Shipping: advanced multi-store replenishment planning engine
• Arena: the most used simulation tool to mimicking the behaviour and interactions of all components within a system
• Simio: the newest simulation tool to clone and imitate the real-world operations and their dynamics.
ACT Operations Research and its reputable partners
are able to help you analyze your needs. They come
up with the right solutions for you and might assist
your staff with full-day training.
ACT Operations
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Simulation, Optimization, Forecasting and Process Control techniques
Algorithms and models
Engineering and decisions sciences background
Advanced planning and scheduling tools
Transportation management and fleet
optimization
Warehouse optimization
Industrial production optimization
Network optimization (plant, warehouse, points
of sale, resources)
Supply chain optimization
Demand forecasting
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FAQ
Q: We have over 300 trucks delivering to over 100 stores
almost every day. We deliver food and non-food items for
clients with different unloading conditions.
Wondering if OPT Runner fits well to our situation?
Logistics Manager from a leading European food retailer
A: Yes, it does. OPT Runner’s engine has been designed to
look after a wide range of circumstances including yours.
Q: My network includes about 10 depots. Does OPT Runner
spot the best depot in order to deliver faster and with lower
costs?
Logistics Manager from a leading European food retailer
A: Yes, this can be done in a number of ways. In some cases, we couple OPT Shipping to OPT Runner.
Q: We were wondering if our team can use OPT Runner to
simulate our transportation process?
Logistics Manager from a leading European food retailer
A: Yes, you can create and simulate scenarios with a
OPT Runner’s what-if functionality. You can, for example,
simulate different fleet mix. Please note, that one is deterministic simulation. In some cases, it would be better to run
stochastic / probabilistic simulation models by coupling a
simulation package (Arena, Simio) to OPT Runner.
Q: Can OPT Runner track the real-time position of vehicles
as well as re-schedule as opportunities arise?
Logistics Manager from a leading European food retailer
A: Yes, OPT Runner easily interfaces with tracking systems.
ACT-OR entered in partnership with specialized companies.
Q: Our team draws on spread-sheets to arrange
transportation scheduling. We don’t have a wide ERP.
Can we use OPT Runner?
Logistics Manager from a leading European food retailer
A: Yes, you can provide OPT Runner with your spread-sheet
data without losing processing power.
Q: Sir, can I use OPT Runner as a Web service?
Logistics Manager from a leading European food retailer
A: Yes, you can.
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