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Dreams Selects Paragon Software Systems [Professional Services Close - Up](Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Paragon Software Systems reported that Dreams has selected Paragon's Home Delivery System. "When a Dreams customer buys a bed, our Microsoft Dynamics NAV system will calculate the earliest availability for the product. This information feeds through to Paragon HDS, which then works out the available delivery dates to offer the customer. The information is presented graphically to our sales staff in red, amber and green, with green being the most efficient delivery," said Ian Clarke, Change Controller, Dreams, in a release. "We offer customers the ability to book a delivery up to 90 days in advance if they require it; typically most choose between 10 and 15 days after making a purchase. We also have much more flexibility to move deliveries around if we need to and we can close off routes earlier. In fact, with the latest version of the software we can also shut off a depot early and we can pause specific routes, if necessary to maximize efficiency. "Paragon HDS completely eliminates all manual elements from our delivery planning. It gives us much tighter control of how many vans we need and the number of driver shifts required to achieve the plan. Together with our stock availability system, we have a much clearer view of our supply chain as we can plan when goods need to be in the depots and we're now running some as stockless, having just the items they need to deliver within the next 48 hours." "What makes Paragon HDS different is that, while most route optimization systems only get used once a day when all the orders have been received, Paragon HDS is running continuously. It routes each order while the order is actually being placed -- this means the system can offer the customer a very narrow time slot, while also optimizing route efficiency," said William Salter, President and CEO of Paragon Software Systems. Paragon Software Systems is a provider of truck routing and scheduling software solutions. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |