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DPS wins two major ICT Excellence awards!
Pictured: Some of the DPS team celebrating our double win at the ICT Awards!
DPS International are proud to announce that we have won two prestigious ICT Excellence awards. The ICT Excellence Awards 2007, organised by West Midlands ICT Cluster and sponsored by Accredit UK, were held on 22nd November.
logixcentral, the logistics web-based vehicle routing and scheduling system from DPS International, was the winner not only in the Product Innovation category but also overall winner of the event.
The ICT Excellence Regional Champion Award was won outright by DPS with logixcentral. The award was presented to the organisation selected from all the individual award winners who demonstrated outstanding achievement and who is an exemplar of good practice to the region's ICT business community. In addition to a trophy, the prize for the overall winner included a cheque for £2000.
Paul Palmer, CEO of DPS, receives the Regional Champion Award
Pictured: Paul Palmer, CEO of DPS, receives the Regional Champion Award, presented by Scott Dodds (General Manager, Small Business Division, Microsoft) and Richard Leary (COG Chair, West Midlands ICT Cluster)
In the ICT Excellence in Innovation (Product) Award, DPS was a joint winner with the Lanner Group. This award was sponsored by the University of Warwick Science Park. It was awarded for the most innovative product introduced by an ICT business.
The judges citation for DPS was "DPS International is a supplier of vehicle routing and scheduling software, the LogiX suite is based on a wealth of experience in logistics consulting. Now in its 25th year, the West Midlands based company has recently launched a web version of LogiX, called logixcentral. In addition to the usual benefits of LogiX, such as reduction in mileage, fuel, vehicles and hence carbon footprint, logixcentral offers the convenience of web access and its pay-as-you-use pricing system makes it viable for smaller companies."
Some of the DPS team celebrating our double win at the ICT Awards!
Pictured: Some of the DPS team celebrating our double win at the ICT Awards!
Paul Palmer, CEO and founder of DPS, said: "These awards are particularly welcome in our silver-jubilee year. They show that DPS is still at the forefront of freight transport planning after a quarter of a century. They also acknowledge that the Internet is the way forward for such applications and this also opens the market for new sectors, particularly in the service sector, and for smaller companies who cannot afford traditional desktop solutions"
Earlier this year logixcentral was named Web Based Vehicle Scheduling Solution of 2007 by the Institute of Transport Management.
The ICT Excellence Awards were featured in the Business Section of the Birmingham Post on Tuesday.
DPS International awarded "Best Vehicle Routing System 2007" for LogiX by the Institute of Transport Management
DPS International awarded Best Vehicle Routing System 2007 by Institute of Transport Management
Given the complexity of managing all modes of transport today, with increasing time and scheduling limitations, vehicle routing and scheduling is critical in successful logistics execution. The emergence of technologies and information systems allowing for seamless mobile and wireless connectivity between delivery vehicles and distribution facilities is paving the way for innovative approaches to real-time vehicle routing and distribution management.
Fleet managers have discovered how essential it is, in effective fleet management, to have a system which provides real-time control and scheduling systems that determine the vehicle routing plan based on the current status of the system. As a result of the in-depth research conducted in this area, the Institute has found that DPS's vehicle routing software, LogiX, does just this.
DPS International was established in 1982 and is primarily known as a vehicle scheduling and routing software supplier. They provide services such as transport and logistics consultancy, vehicle scheduling software and in-cab control and monitoring systems.
DPS's scheduling system, LogiX, allows fleet management to ensure that significant fleet objectives are being met effectively. For instance, having an inter-connected communications network system allows the operator to minimize the total distance that must be travelled through interactive scheduling. Secondly, it allows for a balance of workload among employees, as much as possible, through the interactive monitoring of the fleet en-route.
Aside from DPS's standard vehicle routing system, DPS also recognises a significant market niche for a web-based, transaction cost-based version of their LogiX product (a transport and logistics planning solution). And hence have launched the "logixcentral" product as a pay-as-you-go pricing model. This cost-based product approach allows smaller companies to reap the benefits of a vehicle scheduling tool, which previously may have been too costly a product to warrant purchasing for a company of their size. One of the main attractions is the fact that there is no need for capital expenditure, onlgoing maintenance and support costs nor for costly upgrades.
It is product innovation and market responsiveness like this that makes it hardly surprising that DPS are the market-leaders in providing software solutions for both inbound and outbound transport and logistics planning. Thus, making them deserving winners of the "Best Vehicle Routing System 2007" ITM Award.
Commenting on the Research Report and DPS's success in this award category, Mr. Patrick Sheedy, Media & PR Director for the Institute said: "DPS provide an invaluable service to clients who want to overcome traditional logistics scheduling obstacles and fully maximise all the information available on their travel routes in order to make the best decisions for themselves and/or their business and improve traffic fluency. The proven trustworthiness of the company, coupled with the innovative approach to launching new products in response to growing market needs makes them the ideal candidate for this award."
Mr Sheedy concluded by saying: "DPS's great experience as an information provider has stood up to scrutiny and in our opinion, has out-performed its rivals in every criterion examined. For my part I would like to congratulate all at the company on their success and wish them continued success in the future."
