SIS LIVE to Centralize Resource Scheduling With Quintiq's Outside Broadcast Scheduling Solution

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands, February 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintiq, a leading provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solutions, today announced that broadcast services supplier SIS LIVE, Europe's leading supplier of outside broadcast facilities and satellite uplinks, has chosen the Quintiq solution for its Outside Broadcast (OB) division. The Quintiq solution will be used to schedule all of SIS LIVE's OB resources, to achieve process efficiencies and increase productivity by optimising resource utilisation
SIS LIVE's planners have been scheduling equipment and crew using legacy systems that did not have the capacity to effectively manage the large number of resources required. Handling the complex logistics involved in coordinating the movement of people, vehicles and equipment in line with multiple production schedules was becoming more of a challenge. Constantly expanding, SIS LIVE needed to replace the legacy systems with a scheduling solution that could centralize the planning of all its resources while providing real-time transparency into resource utilization to improve efficiency.
"We chose Quintiq because their solution provides a unique combination of logistical and operational planning that will allow us to maximize the utilization of our resources within the production budgets and delivery requirements of our customers," explained Matthew Fell, Project Manager Change Management Department, at SIS. "The flexibility of the solution will also provide us with more options in the future. SIS LIVE is a growing business involved in many different areas of broadcasting and all these areas involve scheduling. We needed a system that can evolve with us and Quintiq offers this."
Logistics Expertise: Key to OB Resource Scheduling
The second deciding factor was Quintiq's logistics expertise. SIS LIVE's OB production units work anywhere in the world, from a football stadium in Ireland to the Olympic games in China. Getting resources to distant or remote locations and understanding costs in terms of transportation is extremely important. Quintiq possesses extensive experience in logistics planning, something none of the competition could offer. The Quintiq solution will provide SIS LIVE with the information it needs to ensure all resources reach their destination in the most cost-effective way. In total, SIS LIVE has over 200 vehicles in its fleet and 500 employees. They also work with over 1500 freelancers as well as many thousands of pieces of equipment.
Resource Visibility: Key to staff planning
SIS LIVE also chose Quintiq for its personnel scheduling features. Working with many different pools of freelancers located in different geographical locations, planners will be able to choose from an optimised list of resources simply by clicking on the map location of the events being planned. Planners will be capable of generating production schedules within a few minutes - maximizing quality of planning while always satisfying technical, legal, operational, social and commercial constraints as well as reducing costs.
Arjen Heeres, COO at Quintiq, commented: "We are very excited to be helping SIS LIVE achieve centralized intelligent resource planning. What makes this project so unique and pioneering is that for the first time we are combining our expertise in resource scheduling with logistics planning. This will enable SIS LIVE to intelligently plan all its resources, in any location, with the best outcome in terms of time and production costs and delivery."
About SIS
SIS is one of the world's leading companies in the television broadcasting industry. It is the foremost supplier of television programming and data services to the UK and Ireland betting industry. The company's broadcast business, SIS LIVE, is the largest outside broadcast and satellite uplink supplier in Europe. It offers a complete broadcasting solution from onsite outside broadcast facilities through to global distribution and IP provision. The company covers 100,000 hours of live events worldwide each year, including Formula One, The Wimbledon Championships, UEFA Champions League football and European Tour Golf, and delivers approximately 80% of live news feeds across the UK. Please visit http://www.sislive.tv for more information.
About Quintiq
Quintiq provides advanced planning, scheduling and supply chain management solutions. The fast-growing software company, established in 1997, offers solutions for planning and optimizing complex business processes throughout the enterprise. The company's headquarters is located in the Netherlands and it has subsidiaries in Australia, China, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and the USA, with implementations in 68 countries. For more information: http://www.quintiq.com.

For more information, please contact:Quintiq, Martijn van Gils, Global Marketing Director, +31(0)73-691-07-39, martijn.van.gils@quintiq.com