Case Study: Glanbia achieves 16% delivery cost savings and 6-month payback with Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition

Glanbia cuts 106,000 km from delivery routes with Paragon optimisation software

Glanbia, the international nutritional ingredients and cheese group, faced a complex daily delivery challenge: more than 4,500 weekly chilled deliveries across 136 routes with narrow two‑hour 6am–8am direct‑store windows, Coldbox depot deliveries between 4pm and 6am, nine hauliers and over 250 individual time windows. To optimize this operation Glanbia implemented Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition’s transportation optimization system (Paragon) to model and improve its routing and scheduling.

Using Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition, Glanbia modeled DCs, agents, hauliers and customers, tested scenarios, standardized regional Coldbox time windows and combined Coldbox with direct‑store deliveries, allowing recalibrated routes and vehicle consolidation. The result was a 16% reduction in delivery costs with payback within six months, removal/retirement of five vehicles, a 15% improvement in vehicle utilization, a 10% drop in routes per week, 106,000 km saved annually and over 100 tonnes of CO2 avoided, while improving service levels.

Glanbia

Paul Devlin

Consumer Foods Ireland Senior Route Planner